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authorPetr Machata <[email protected]>2010-09-17 18:40:55 +0200
committerPetr Machata <[email protected]>2010-09-17 18:40:55 +0200
commit75fca96bcdd27490f70572de2e0ca8c7ac2a028f (patch)
treef763d8d8b5a1443ae2cc0f97786c7842c3106432 /dwarflint/locstats.cc
parentf709906bf6a2377f941f993fe89b9862c6e05c48 (diff)
dwarflint: Add a description of locstats
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diff --git a/dwarflint/locstats.cc b/dwarflint/locstats.cc
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--- a/dwarflint/locstats.cc
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@@ -43,7 +43,15 @@ namespace
static checkdescriptor const *descriptor () {
static checkdescriptor cd
(checkdescriptor::create ("locstats")
- .groups ("@nodefault"));
+ .groups ("@nodefault")
+ .description (
+"Computes a location info coverage statistics. Goes through the whole\n"
+"DIE graph, looking at each variable and formal parameter, and\n"
+"determining scope coverage of its location information. In other\n"
+"words for how big a part of scope we know, where the variable\n"
+"\"lives\".\n"
+" https://fedorahosted.org/pipermail/elfutils-devel/2010-July/001498.html\n"
+" https://fedorahosted.org/pipermail/elfutils-devel/2010-September/001602.html\n"));
return &cd;
}