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authorMark Wielaard <[email protected]>2018-01-30 12:05:57 +0100
committerMark Wielaard <[email protected]>2018-02-21 17:10:23 +0100
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treef685cd3b857302046bc8576c0d23e89938175dbf /libdw/dwarf.h
parent532ab1edd81474b907c4763c417e961d813729ea (diff)
libdw: Add new dwarf_get_units function to iterate over all units.
The dwarf_nextcu and dwarf_next_unit functions provide information to construct the offset to construct the associated CU DIE using dwarf_offdie or dwarf_offdie_types. This requires the user to know beforehand where to DIE data is stored (in the .debug_info or .debug_types section). For type units one also needs to use the type offset to create the actual type DIE. In DWARF5 DIEs can come from even more data locations. And there are also skeleton units which require the user to find the associated split compile unit DIE (which would come from a different file). The new dwarf_get_units function simplifies iterating over the units in a DWARF file. It doesn't require the user to know where the DIE data is stored, it will automagically iterate over all know data sources (sections) returning the Dwarf_CU and the associated Dwarf_Die if requested. If the user requests to know the associated "subdie" it will also be resolved. This implementation returns the correct subdie for type units. A future version will also handle skeleton units and return the associated skeleton DIE and split unit DIE. readelf has been adapted to use the new iterator and print the new DWARF5 unit header information (which it gets through dwarf_cu_die). The new interface hides which section exactly to iterate on (by design). readelf works around that by "cheating". It sets up a Dwarf_CU so that it gets the data from the right section, using the (normally) internal data structure. Signed-off-by: Mark Wielaard <[email protected]>
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