rust-lang / rust-lang/rustc_codegen_gcc
Location generation in debuginfo treats mangled names as short names
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Description
Problems
Currently, at least for GDB, demangling for variable names and function names are not supported by the debuginfo generated in cg_gcc.
Causes
For the short test program, https://github.com/rust-lang/rustc_codegen_gcc/blob/b5d61f1c9e2177f66f2c80c63ced76d8cc66d3db/example/std_example.rs, cg_gcc-generated debuginfo, as is dumped by abi-dumper:
ABI_gcc.txt
While in LLVM:
ABI_llvm.txt
Upon inspection, it's evident that the current debuginfo generation treats mangled names as short names in the DWARF file.
Potential Solutions
Add a new function to generate a Location from mangled names and change the internal representation of Location in gccjit to allow storage of names as demangled ones.
Contributor guide
First steps
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with debuginfo generation in cg_gcc and compare the ABI_gcc.txt and ABI_llvm.txt dumps for the example/std_example.rs program. Trace how gccjit represents Location names, then verify that generated DWARF distinguishes mangled names from short names and supports demangled variable and function names.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- compilers
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100