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Diffstat (limited to 'src/common/linux')
-rw-r--r-- | src/common/linux/module.h | 28 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/src/common/linux/module.h b/src/common/linux/module.h index f3a6c199..b91c0f90 100644 --- a/src/common/linux/module.h +++ b/src/common/linux/module.h @@ -133,28 +133,30 @@ class Module { void AddFunctions(vector<Function *>::iterator begin, vector<Function *>::iterator end); - // If this module has a file named NAME, return a pointer to a - // pointer to it. If it has none, then create one and return a - // pointer to the new file. - // Destroying this module frees all File objects that have been created - // using this function, or with Insert. + // If this module has a file named NAME, return a pointer to it. If + // it has none, then create one and return a pointer to the new + // file. Destroying this module frees all File objects that have + // been created using this function, or with Insert. File *FindFile(const string &name); File *FindFile(const char *name); // Write this module to STREAM in the breakpad symbol format. // Return true if all goes well, or false if an error occurs. This - // method writes out a header based on the values given to the - // constructor, writes the source files added via Insert and - // FindFile, and then the functions added via Insert, along with - // their lines. + // method writes out: + // - a header based on the values given to the constructor, + // - the source files added via FindFile, and finally + // - the functions added via AddFunctions, each with its lines. + // Addresses in the output are all relative to the load address + // established by SetLoadAddress. bool Write(FILE *stream); private: - // Assign source id numbers to this modules' files that functions' - // line number data actually refers to. Set the source id numbers - // for all other files to -1. We do this before writing out the - // symbol file, omitting any unused files. + // Find those files in this module that are actually referred to by + // functions' line number data, and assign them source id numbers. + // Set the source id numbers for all other files --- unused by the + // source line data --- to -1. We do this before writing out the + // symbol file, at which point we omit any unused files. void AssignSourceIds(); // Report an error that has occurred writing the symbol file, using |