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Static class members & DWARF
- From: Keith Seitz <keiths at redhat dot com>
- To: java at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:48:53 -0800
- Subject: Static class members & DWARF
Hi,
Consider the following simple class:
class jvstatic
{
public static int STATIC = 1;
}
Looking at the DWARF info for this class, I see:
<1><107>: Abbrev Number: 2 (DW_TAG_class_type)
<108> DW_AT_name : (indirect string, offset: 0xdf):
jvstatic
<10c> DW_AT_byte_size : 4
<10d> DW_AT_decl_file : 1
<10e> DW_AT_decl_line : 0
<10f> DW_AT_containing_type: <0x17b>
<113> DW_AT_sibling : <0x17b>
<2><117>: Abbrev Number: 3 (DW_TAG_inheritance)
<118> DW_AT_type : <0x17b>
<11c> DW_AT_data_member_location: 2 byte block: 23 0
(DW_OP_plus_uconst: 0)
<11f> DW_AT_accessibility: 1 (public)
<2><120>: Abbrev Number: 4 (DW_TAG_member)
<121> DW_AT_name : (indirect string, offset: 0x123):
STATIC
<125> DW_AT_decl_file : 1
<126> DW_AT_decl_line : 0
<127> DW_AT_MIPS_linkage_name: (indirect string, offset: 0xca):
_ZN8jvstatic6STATICE
<12b> DW_AT_type : <0x181>
<12f> DW_AT_external : 1
<130> DW_AT_declaration : 1
Pursuant to the DWARF3 specification (sec 4.1 #6), I would expect to
subsequently see a DIE with DW_TAG_variable which refers to DIE <120>
(via DW_AT_specification). Alas, this DIE does not appear in the debug
info at all.
Does java operate differently from C++ (which follows the DWARF
specification)?
Keith
PS. This causes gdb to report jvstatic.STATIC as "optimized out" when,
in fact, it is not. [This is because I am removing
DW_AT_MIPS_linkage_name from gdb, and this works on CVS HEAD *only*
because gdb finds the linkage name in the minimal symbol table. A
convenient workaround for many of gdb's sins.]