PATCH: __nodebug__ attribute for use on SSE intrinsic wrappers

[Devang Patel]

On Jul 29, 2005, at 11:05 AM, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 11:03:05AM -0700, Devang Patel wrote:
>
>>
>> On Jul 29, 2005, at 10:58 AM, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
>>
>>
>>>> To put Devang's remarks in proper context. Apple tools all use stab
>>>> at this time. And there is an immediate need for this functionality
>>>> at the producer level.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yes, I know.  The question Geoff was answering is whether the FSF  
>>> tree
>>> should have this attribute, though.
>>>
>>
>> It is not STABS vs DWARF.
>>
>> As I mentioned in separate email, I am still at loss how performance
>> tools will automatically present sample info the way user expects
>> (rightfully, IMO) to see.
>>
>
> The tool needs to know what functions to ignore.
>
> If you want that information to propogate from the source code, you
> should do it by adding some annotation to the debug info which says
> that the inline function is uninteresting, rather than removing debug
> info.  This way, tools _can_ step into the function if they are asked
> to by the user.

And one way to annotate and propagate this info is to use special  
attribute. Any other alternative ?

Thanks,
-
Devang