1 \chapter{Data Representation}
2 \label{datarep:datarepresentation}
4 This section describes the binary representation of the
5 debugging information entry itself, of the attribute types
6 and of other fundamental elements described above.
9 \section{Vendor Extensibility}
10 \label{datarep:vendorextensibility}
11 \addtoindexx{vendor extensibility}
12 \addtoindexx{vendor specific extensions|see{vendor extensibility}}
15 \addtoindexx{extensibility|see{vendor extensibility}}
16 reserve a portion of the DWARF name space and ranges of
17 enumeration values for use for vendor specific extensions,
18 special labels are reserved for tag names, attribute names,
19 base type encodings, location operations, language names,
20 calling conventions and call frame instructions.
22 The labels denoting the beginning and end of the reserved
23 value range for vendor specific extensions consist of the
24 appropriate prefix (DW\-\_TAG, DW\-\_AT, DW\-\_END, DW\-\_ATE, DW\-\_OP,
25 DW\-\_LANG, DW\-\_LNE, DW\-\_CC or DW\-\_CFA respectively) followed by
26 \_lo\_user or \_hi\_user.
27 \textit{For example, for entry tags, the special
28 labels are \livetarg{chap:DWTAGlouser}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_lo\-\_user} and
29 \livetarg{chap:DWTAGhiuser}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_hi\-\_user}.}
31 range between \textit{prefix}\_lo\_user and \textit{prefix}\_hi\_user inclusive,
32 are reserved for vendor specific extensions. Vendors may
33 use values in this range without conflicting with current or
34 future system\dash defined values. All other values are reserved
35 for use by the system.
37 \textit{There may also be codes for vendor specific extensions
38 between the number of standard line number opcodes and
39 the first special line number opcode. However, since the
40 number of standard opcodes varies with the DWARF version,
41 the range for extensions is also version dependent. Thus,
42 \livetarg{chap:DWLNSlouser}{DW\-\_LNS\-\_lo\-\_user} and
43 \livetarg{chap:DWLNShiuser}{DW\-\_LNS\-\_hi\-\_user} symbols are not defined.
46 Vendor defined tags, attributes, base type encodings, location
47 atoms, language names, line number actions, calling conventions
48 and call frame instructions, conventionally use the form
49 \text{prefix\_vendor\_id\_name}, where
50 \textit{vendor\_id}\addtoindexx{vendor id} is some identifying
51 character sequence chosen so as to avoid conflicts with
54 To ensure that extensions added by one vendor may be safely
55 ignored by consumers that do not understand those extensions,
56 the following rules should be followed:
59 \item New attributes should be added in such a way that a
60 debugger may recognize the format of a new attribute value
61 without knowing the content of that attribute value.
63 \item The semantics of any new attributes should not alter
64 the semantics of previously existing attributes.
66 \item The semantics of any new tags should not conflict with
67 the semantics of previously existing tags.
69 \item Do not add any new forms of attribute value.
74 \section{Reserved Values}
75 \label{datarep:reservedvalues}
76 \subsection{Error Values}
77 \label{datarep:errorvalues}
78 \addtoindexx{reserved values!error}
81 \addtoindexx{error value}
82 a convenience for consumers of DWARF information, the value
83 0 is reserved in the encodings for attribute names, attribute
84 forms, base type encodings, location operations, languages,
85 line number program opcodes, macro information entries and tag
86 names to represent an error condition or unknown value. DWARF
87 does not specify names for these reserved values, since they
88 do not represent valid encodings for the given type and should
89 not appear in DWARF debugging information.
92 \subsection{Initial Length Values}
93 \label{datarep:initiallengthvalues}
94 \addtoindexx{reserved values!initial length}
96 An \addtoindex{initial length field} is one of the length fields that occur
97 at the beginning of those DWARF sections that have a header
98 (\addtoindex{.debug\_aranges},
99 \addtoindex{.debug\_info},
100 \addtoindex{.debug\_types},
101 \addtoindex{.debug\_line},
102 \addtoindex{.debug\_pubnames}, and
103 \addtoindex{.debug\_pubtypes}) or the length field
104 that occurs at the beginning of the CIE and FDE structures
105 in the \addtoindex{.debug\_frame} section.
107 In an \addtoindex{initial length field}, the values 0xfffffff0 through
108 0xffffffff are reserved by DWARF to indicate some form of
109 extension relative to \addtoindex{DWARF Version 2}; such values must not
110 be interpreted as a length field. The use of one such value,
111 0xffffffff, is defined below
112 (see Section \refersec{datarep:32bitand64bitdwarfformats});
114 the other values is reserved for possible future extensions.
118 \section{Executable Objects and Shared Objects}
119 \label{datarep:executableobjectsandsharedobjects}
121 The relocated addresses in the debugging information for an
122 executable object are virtual addresses and the relocated
123 addresses in the debugging information for a shared object
124 are offsets relative to the start of the lowest region of
125 memory loaded from that shared object.
127 \textit{This requirement makes the debugging information for
128 shared objects position independent. Virtual addresses in a
129 shared object may be calculated by adding the offset to the
130 base address at which the object was attached. This offset
131 is available in the run\dash time linker’s data structures.}
135 \section{32-Bit and 64-Bit DWARF Formats}
136 \label{datarep:32bitand64bitdwarfformats}
138 \addtoindexx{32-bit DWARF format}
139 \addtoindexx{64-bit DWARF format}
140 There are two closely related file formats. In the 32\dash bit DWARF
141 format, all values that represent lengths of DWARF sections
142 and offsets relative to the beginning of DWARF sections are
143 represented using 32\dash bits. In the 64\dash bit DWARF format, all
144 values that represent lengths of DWARF sections and offsets
145 relative to the beginning of DWARF sections are represented
146 using 64\dash bits. A special convention applies to the initial
147 length field of certain DWARF sections, as well as the CIE and
148 FDE structures, so that the 32\dash bit and 64\dash bit DWARF formats
149 can coexist and be distinguished within a single linked object.
151 The differences between the 32\dash\ and 64\dash bit
153 detailed in the following:
156 \begin{enumerate}[1.]
158 \item In the 32\dash bit DWARF format, an
159 \addtoindex{initial length field}
161 \addtoindex{initial length field!encoding}
162 Section \refersec{datarep:initiallengthvalues})
163 is an unsigned 32\dash bit integer (which
164 must be less than 0xfffffff0); in the 64\dash bit DWARF format,
165 an \addtoindex{initial length field} is 96 bits in size,
168 \item The first 32\dash bits have the value 0xffffffff.
170 \item The following 64\dash bits contain the actual length
171 represented as an unsigned 64\dash bit integer.
174 \textit{This representation allows a DWARF consumer to dynamically
175 detect that a DWARF section contribution is using the 64\dash bit
176 format and to adapt its processing accordingly.}
178 \item Section offset and section length fields that occur
179 in the headers of DWARF sections (other
180 \addtoindex{initial length field}
182 \addtoindex{initial length}
183 fields) are listed following. In the 32\dash bit DWARF format these
184 are 32\dash bit unsigned integer values; in the 64\dash bit DWARF format,
185 they are 64\dash bit unsigned integer values.
189 Section &Name & Role \\ \hline
190 \addtoindex{.debug\_ranges} & \addtoindex{debug\_info\_offset} & offset in \addtoindex{.debug\_info} \\
191 \addtoindex{.debug\_frame}/CIE & \addtoindex{CIE\_id} & CIE distinguished value \\
192 \addtoindex{.debug\_frame}/FDE & \addtoindex{CIE\_pointer} & offset in \addtoindex{.debug\_frame} \\
193 \addtoindex{.debug\_info} & \addtoindex{debug\_abbrev\_offset} & offset in \addtoindex{.debug\_abbrev} \\
194 \addtoindex{.debug\_line} & \addtoindex{header\_length} & length of header itself \\
195 \addtoindex{.debug\_pubnames} & \addtoindex{debug\_info\_offset} & offset in \addtoindex{.debug\_info} \\
196 & \addtoindex{debug\_info\_length} & length of \addtoindex{.debug\_info} \\
198 \addtoindex{.debug\_pubtypes} & \addtoindex{debug\_info\_offset} & offset in \addtoindex{.debug\_info} \\
199 & \addtoindex{debug\_info\_length} & length of \addtoindex{.debug\_info} \\
201 \addtoindex{.debug\_types} & \addtoindex{debug\_abbrev\_offset} & offset in \addtoindex{.debug\_info} \\
202 & \addtoindex{type\_offset} & offset in of \addtoindex{.debug\_types} \\
207 \textit{The CIE\_id field in a CIE structure must be 64 bits because
208 it overlays the CIE\_pointer in a FDE structure; this implicit
209 union must be accessed to distinguish whether a CIE or FDE is
210 present, consequently, these two fields must exactly overlay
211 each other (both offset and size).}
213 \item Within the body of the \addtoindex{.debug\_info} or \addtoindex{.debug\_types}
214 section, certain forms of attribute value depend on the choice
215 of DWARF format as follows. For the 32\dash bit DWARF format,
216 the value is a 32\dash bit unsigned integer; for the 64\dash bit DWARF
217 format, the value is a 64\dash bit unsigned integer.
220 Form & Role \\ \hline
221 \livelink{chap:DWFORMrefaddr}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_ref\-\_addr}& offset in \addtoindex{.debug\_info} \\
222 \livetarg{chap:DWFORMsecoffset}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_sec\-\_offset}& offset in a section other than \addtoindex{.debug\_info} or \addtoindex{.debug\_str} \\
223 \livelink{chap:DWFORMstrp}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_strp}&offset in \addtoindex{.debug\_str} \\
224 \livelink{chap:DWOPcallref}{DW\-\_OP\-\_call\-\_ref}&offset in \addtoindex{.debug\_info} \\
228 \item Within the body of the \addtoindex{.debug\_pubnames} and
229 \addtoindex{.debug\_pubtypes}
230 sections, the representation of the first field
231 of each tuple (which represents an offset in the
232 \addtoindex{.debug\_info}
233 section) depends on the DWARF format as follows: in the
234 32\dash bit DWARF format, this field is a 32\dash bit unsigned integer;
235 in the 64\dash bit DWARF format, it is a 64\dash bit unsigned integer.
240 The 32\dash bit and 64\dash bit DWARF format conventions must not be
241 intermixed within a single compilation unit.
243 \textit{Attribute values and section header fields that represent
244 addresses in the target program are not affected by these
247 A DWARF consumer that supports the 64\dash bit DWARF format must
248 support executables in which some compilation units use the
249 32\dash bit format and others use the 64\dash bit format provided that
250 the combination links correctly (that is, provided that there
251 are no link\dash time errors due to truncation or overflow). (An
252 implementation is not required to guarantee detection and
253 reporting of all such errors.)
255 \textit{It is expected that DWARF producing compilers will not use
256 the 64\dash bit format by default. In most cases, the division of
257 even very large applications into a number of executable and
258 shared objects will suffice to assure that the DWARF sections
259 within each individual linked object are less than 4 GBytes
260 in size. However, for those cases where needed, the 64\dash bit
261 format allows the unusual case to be handled as well. Even
262 in this case, it is expected that only application supplied
263 objects will need to be compiled using the 64\dash bit format;
264 separate 32\dash bit format versions of system supplied shared
265 executable libraries can still be used.}
269 \section{Format of Debugging Information}
270 \label{datarep:formatofdebugginginformation}
272 For each compilation unit compiled with a DWARF producer,
273 a contribution is made to the \addtoindex{.debug\_info} section of
274 the object file. Each such contribution consists of a
275 compilation unit header
276 (see Section \refersec{datarep:compilationunitheader})
278 single \livelink{chap:DWTAGcompileunit}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_compile\-\_unit} or \livelink{chap:DWTAGpartialunit}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_partial\-\_unit} debugging
279 information entry, together with its children.
281 For each type defined in a compilation unit, a contribution may
282 be made to the \addtoindex{.debug\_types}
283 section of the object file. Each
284 such contribution consists of a type unit header
285 (see Section \refersec{datarep:typeunitheader})
286 followed by a \livelink{chap:DWTAGtypeunit}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_type\-\_unit} entry, together with
289 Each debugging information entry begins with a code that
290 represents an entry in a separate
291 \addtoindex{abbreviations table}. This
292 code is followed directly by a series of attribute values.
294 The appropriate entry in the
295 \addtoindex{abbreviations table} guides the
296 interpretation of the information contained directly in the
297 \addtoindex{.debug\_info} or
298 \addtoindex{.debug\_types} section.
300 Multiple debugging information entries may share the same
301 abbreviation table entry. Each compilation unit is associated
302 with a particular abbreviation table, but multiple compilation
303 units may share the same table.
304 \subsection{Unit Headers}
305 \label{datarep:unitheaders}
307 \subsubsection{Compilation Unit Header}
308 \label{datarep:compilationunitheader}
310 \begin{enumerate}[1.]
312 \item unit\_length (initial length) \\
313 A 4\dash byte or 12\dash byte
314 \addtoindexx{initial length}
315 unsigned integer representing the length
316 of the \addtoindex{.debug\_info}
317 contribution for that compilation unit,
318 not including the length field itself. In the 32\dash bit DWARF
319 format, this is a 4\dash byte unsigned integer (which must be less
320 than 0xfffffff0); in the 64\dash bit DWARF format, this consists
321 of the 4\dash byte value 0xffffffff followed by an 8\dash byte unsigned
322 integer that gives the actual length
323 (see Section \refersec{datarep:32bitand64bitdwarfformats}).
325 \item version (uhalf)
326 A 2\dash byte unsigned integer representing the version of the
327 DWARF information for the compilation unit\addtoindexx{version number!compilation unit}
328 (see Appendix \refersec{app:dwarfsectionversionnumbersinformative}).
329 The value in this field is 4.
331 \item \addtoindex{debug\_abbrev\_offset} (section offset) \\
332 A 4\dash byte or 8\dash byte unsigned offset into the
333 \addtoindex{.debug\_abbrev}
334 section. This offset associates the compilation unit with a
335 particular set of debugging information entry abbreviations. In
336 the 32\dash bit DWARF format, this is a 4\dash byte unsigned length;
337 in the 64\dash bit DWARF format, this is an 8\dash byte unsigned length
338 (see Section \refersec{datarep:32bitand64bitdwarfformats}).
340 \item address\_size (ubyte) \\
341 A 1\dash byte unsigned integer representing the size in bytes of
342 \addtoindexx{address\_size}
343 an address on the target architecture. If the system uses
344 \addtoindexx{address space!segmented}
345 segmented addressing, this value represents the size of the
346 offset portion of an address.
353 \subsubsection{Type Unit Header}
354 \label{datarep:typeunitheader}
356 The header for the series of debugging information entries
357 contributing to the description of a type that has been
358 placed in its own type unit, within the
359 \addtoindex{.debug\_types} section,
360 consists of the following information:
362 \begin{enumerate}[1.]
364 \item unit\_length (initial length) \\
365 A 4\dash byte or 12\dash byte unsigned integer
366 \addtoindexx{initial length}
367 representing the length
368 of the \addtoindex{.debug\_types} contribution for that compilation unit,
369 not including the length field itself. In the 32\dash bit DWARF
370 format, this is a 4\dash byte unsigned integer (which must be
371 less than 0xfffffff0); in the 64\dash bit DWARF format, this
372 consists of the 4\dash byte value 0xffffffff followed by an
373 8\dash byte unsigned integer that gives the actual length
374 (see Section \refersec{datarep:32bitand64bitdwarfformats}).
376 \item version (uhalf)
377 A 2\dash byte unsigned integer representing the version of the
378 DWARF information for the compilation unit\addtoindexx{version number!type unit}
379 (see Appendix \refersec{app:dwarfsectionversionnumbersinformative}).
380 The value in this field is 4.
382 \item \addtoindex{debug\_abbrev\_offset} (section offset) \\
383 A 4\dash byte or 8\dash byte unsigned offset into the
384 \addtoindex{.debug\_abbrev}
385 section. This offset associates the compilation unit with a
386 particular set of debugging information entry abbreviations. In
387 the 32\dash bit DWARF format, this is a 4\dash byte unsigned length;
388 in the 64\dash bit DWARF format, this is an 8\dash byte unsigned length
389 (see Section \refersec{datarep:32bitand64bitdwarfformats}).
391 \item address\_size (ubyte) \\
392 A 1\dash byte unsigned integer representing the size in bytes of
393 \addtoindexx{address\_size}
394 an address on the target architecture. If the system uses
395 \addtoindexx{address space!segmented}
396 segmented addressing, this value represents the size of the
397 offset portion of an address.
400 \item type\_signature (8\dash byte unsigned integer) \\
401 A 64\dash bit unique signature of the type described in this type
404 \textit{An attribute that refers(using \livelink{chap:DWFORMrefsig8}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_ref\-\_sig8}) to
405 the primary type contained in this type unit uses this value.}
408 \item type\_offset (section offset) \\
409 A 4\dash byte or 8\dash byte unsigned offset relative to the beginning
410 of the type unit header. This offset refers to the debugging
411 information entry that describes the type. Because the type
412 may be nested inside a namespace or other structures, and may
413 contain references to other types that have not been placed in
414 separate type units, it is not necessarily either the first or
415 the only entry in the type unit. In the 32\dash bit DWARF format,
416 this is a 4\dash byte unsigned length; in the 64\dash bit DWARF format,
417 this is an 8\dash byte unsigned length
418 (see Section \refersec{datarep:32bitand64bitdwarfformats}).
422 \subsection{Debugging Information Entry}
423 \label{datarep:debugginginformationentry}
425 Each debugging information entry begins with an unsigned LEB128
426 number containing the abbreviation code for the entry. This
427 code represents an entry within the abbreviations table
428 associated with the compilation unit containing this entry. The
429 abbreviation code is followed by a series of attribute values.
431 On some architectures, there are alignment constraints on
432 section boundaries. To make it easier to pad debugging
433 information sections to satisfy such constraints, the
434 abbreviation code 0 is reserved. Debugging information entries
435 consisting of only the abbreviation code 0 are considered
438 \subsection{Abbreviations Tables}
439 \label{datarep:abbreviationstables}
441 The abbreviations tables for all compilation units
442 are contained in a separate object file section called
443 \addtoindex{.debug\_abbrev}.
444 As mentioned before, multiple compilation
445 units may share the same abbreviations table.
447 The abbreviations table for a single compilation unit consists
448 of a series of abbreviation declarations. Each declaration
449 specifies the tag and attributes for a particular form of
450 debugging information entry. Each declaration begins with
451 an unsigned LEB128 number representing the abbreviation
452 code itself. It is this code that appears at the beginning
453 of a debugging information entry in the
454 \addtoindex{.debug\_info} or
455 \addtoindex{.debug\_types}
456 section. As described above, the abbreviation
457 code 0 is reserved for null debugging information entries. The
458 abbreviation code is followed by another unsigned LEB128
459 number that encodes the entry’s tag. The encodings for the
460 tag names are given in
461 Table \refersec{tab:tagencodings}.
463 Following the tag encoding is a 1\dash byte value that determines
464 whether a debugging information entry using this abbreviation
465 has child entries or not. If the value is
466 \livetarg{chap:DWCHILDRENyes}{DW\-\_CHILDREN\-\_yes},
467 the next physically succeeding entry of any debugging
468 information entry using this abbreviation is the first
469 child of that entry. If the 1\dash byte value following the
470 abbreviation’s tag encoding is
471 \livetarg{chap:DWCHILDRENno}{DW\-\_CHILDREN\-\_no}, the next
472 physically succeeding entry of any debugging information entry
473 using this abbreviation is a sibling of that entry. (Either
474 the first child or sibling entries may be null entries). The
475 encodings for the child determination byte are given in
476 Table \refersec{tab:childdeterminationencodings}
478 Section \refersec{chap:relationshipofdebugginginformationentries},
480 sibling entries is terminated by a null entry.)
482 Finally, the child encoding is followed by a series of
483 attribute specifications. Each attribute specification
484 consists of two parts. The first part is an unsigned LEB128
485 number representing the attribute’s name. The second part
486 is an unsigned LEB128 number representing the attribute’s
487 form. The series of attribute specifications ends with an
488 entry containing 0 for the name and 0 for the form.
491 \livetarg{chap:DWFORMindirect}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_indirect} is a special case. For
492 attributes with this form, the attribute value itself in the
493 \addtoindex{.debug\_info} or
494 \addtoindex{.debug\_types}
495 section begins with an unsigned
496 LEB128 number that represents its form. This allows producers
497 to choose forms for particular attributes
498 \addtoindexx{abbreviations table!dynamic forms in}
500 without having to add a new entry to the abbreviations table.
502 The abbreviations for a given compilation unit end with an
503 entry consisting of a 0 byte for the abbreviation code.
506 Appendix \refersec{app:compilationunitsandabbreviationstableexample}
507 for a depiction of the organization of the
508 debugging information.
510 \subsection{Attribute Encodings}
511 \label{datarep:attributeencodings}
513 The encodings for the attribute names are given in
514 Table \refersec{tab:attributeencodings}.
516 The attribute form governs how the value of the attribute is
517 encoded. There are nine classes of form, listed below. Each
518 class is a set of forms which have related representations
519 and which are given a common interpretation according to the
520 attribute in which the form is used.
522 Form \livelink{chap:DWFORMsecoffset}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_sec\-\_offset}
524 \addtoindexx{rangelistptr class}
526 \addtoindexx{macptr class}
528 \addtoindexx{loclistptr class}
530 \addtoindexx{lineptr class}
531 namely \livelink{chap:lineptr}{lineptr},
532 \livelink{chap:loclistptr}{loclistptr},
533 \livelink{chap:macptr}{macptr} or
534 \livelink{chap:rangelistptr}{rangelistptr}; the list
535 of classes allowed by the applicable attribute in
536 Table \refersec{tab:attributeencodings}
537 determines the class of the form.
539 \textit{In DWARF V3 the forms \livelink{chap:DWFORMdata4}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_data4} and \livelink{chap:DWFORMdata8}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_data8} were
540 \addtoindexx{lineptr class}
542 \addtoindexx{rangelistptr class}
544 \addtoindexx{macptr class}
546 \addtoindexx{loclistptr class}
547 class constant \addtoindexx{constant class}
548 or one of the classes
549 \livelink{chap:lineptr}{lineptr},
550 \livelink{chap:loclistptr}{loclistptr},
551 \livelink{chap:macptr}{macptr} or
552 \livelink{chap:rangelistptr}{rangelistptr}, depending on context. In
554 \livelink{chap:DWFORMdata4}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_data4} and
555 \livelink{chap:DWFORMdata8}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_data8} are members of class
556 constant in all cases.
558 \livelink{chap:DWFORMsecoffset}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_sec\-\_offset} replaces
559 their usage for the other classes.}
561 Each possible form belongs to one or more of the following classes:
564 \item \livelinki{chap:DWATaddressclass}{address}{address class} \\
565 Represented as an object of appropriate size to hold an
566 address on the target machine
567 (\livetarg{chap:DWFORMaddr}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_addr}).
569 encoded in the compilation unit header
570 (see Section \refersec{datarep:compilationunitheader}).
571 This address is relocatable in a relocatable object file and
572 is relocated in an executable file or shared object.
574 \item \livelink{chap:block}{block} \\
575 Blocks come in four forms:
577 \begin{myindentpara}{1cm}
578 A 1\dash byte length followed by 0 to 255 contiguous information
579 bytes (\livetarg{chap:DWFORMblock1}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_block1}).
582 \begin{myindentpara}{1cm}
583 A 2\dash byte length followed by 0 to 65,535 contiguous information
584 bytes (\livetarg{chap:DWFORMblock2}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_block2}).
588 \begin{myindentpara}{1cm}
589 A 4\dash byte length followed by 0 to 4,294,967,295 contiguous
590 information bytes (\livetarg{chap:DWFORMblock4}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_block4}).
594 \begin{myindentpara}{1cm}
595 An unsigned LEB128 length followed by the number of bytes
596 specified by the length (\livetarg{chap:DWFORMblock}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_block}).
599 In all forms, the length is the number of information bytes
600 that follow. The information bytes may contain any mixture
601 of relocated (or relocatable) addresses, references to other
602 debugging information entries or data bytes.
605 There are six forms of constants. There are fixed length
606 constant data forms for one, two, four and eight byte values
608 \livetarg{chap:DWFORMdata1}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_data1},
609 \livetarg{chap:DWFORMdata2}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_data2},
610 \livetarg{chap:DWFORMdata4}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_data4},
611 and \livetarg{chap:DWFORMdata8}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_data8}).
612 There are also variable length constant
613 data forms encoded using LEB128 numbers (see below). Both
614 signed (\livetarg{chap:DWFORMsdata}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_sdata}) and unsigned
615 (\livetarg{chap:DWFORMudata}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_udata}) variable
616 length constants are available
618 The data in \livelink{chap:DWFORMdata1}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_data1},
619 \livelink{chap:DWFORMdata2}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_data2},
620 \livelink{chap:DWFORMdata4}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_data4} and
621 \livelink{chap:DWFORMdata8}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_data8}
622 can be anything. Depending on context, it may
623 be a signed integer, an unsigned integer, a floating\dash point
624 constant, or anything else. A consumer must use context to
625 know how to interpret the bits, which if they are target
626 machine data (such as an integer or floating point constant)
627 will be in target machine byte\dash order.
629 \textit{If one of the \livetarg{chap:DWFORMdata}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_data}<n> forms is used to represent a
630 signed or unsigned integer, it can be hard for a consumer
631 to discover the context necessary to determine which
632 interpretation is intended. Producers are therefore strongly
633 encouraged to use \livelink{chap:DWFORMsdata}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_sdata} or
634 \livelink{chap:DWFORMudata}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_udata} for signed and
635 unsigned integers respectively, rather than
636 \livelink{chap:DWFORMdata}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_data} \textless n \textgreater.}
639 \item \livelink{chap:exprloc}{exprloc} \\
640 This is an unsigned LEB128 length followed by the
641 number of information bytes specified by the length
642 (\livetarg{chap:DWFORMexprloc}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_exprloc}).
643 The information bytes contain a DWARF
645 (see Section \refersec{chap:dwarfexpressions})
646 or location description
647 (see Section \refersec{chap:locationdescriptions}).
649 \item \livelink{chap:flag}{flag} \\
650 A flag \addtoindexx{flag class}
651 is represented explicitly as a single byte of data
652 (\livetarg{chap:DWFORMflag}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_flag}) or
653 implicitly (\livetarg{chap:DWFORMflagpresent}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_flag\-\_present}).
655 first case, if the \nolink{flag} has value zero, it indicates the
656 absence of the attribute; if the \nolink{flag} has a non\dash zero value,
657 it indicates the presence of the attribute. In the second
658 case, the attribute is implicitly indicated as present, and
659 no value is encoded in the debugging information entry itself.
661 \item \livelink{chap:lineptr}{lineptr} \\
662 This is an offset into the
663 \addtoindex{.debug\_line} section
664 (\livelink{chap:DWFORMsecoffset}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_sec\-\_offset}). It consists of an offset from the
666 \addtoindex{.debug\_line}
667 section to the first byte of
668 the data making up the line number list for the compilation
670 It is relocatable in a relocatable object file, and
671 relocated in an executable or shared object. In the 32\dash bit
672 DWARF format, this offset is a 4\dash byte unsigned value;
673 in the 64\dash bit DWARF format, it is an 8\dash byte unsigned value
674 (see Section \refersec{datarep:32bitand64bitdwarfformats}).
677 \item \livelink{chap:loclistptr}{loclistptr} \\
678 This is an offset into the
679 \addtoindex{.debug\_loc}
681 (\livelink{chap:DWFORMsecoffset}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_sec\-\_offset}). It consists of an offset from the
683 \addtoindex{.debug\_loc}
684 section to the first byte of
685 the data making up the
686 \addtoindex{location list} for the compilation
688 It is relocatable in a relocatable object file, and
689 relocated in an executable or shared object. In the 32\dash bit
690 DWARF format, this offset is a 4\dash byte unsigned value;
691 in the 64\dash bit DWARF format, it is an 8\dash byte unsigned value
692 (see Section \refersec{datarep:32bitand64bitdwarfformats}).
695 \item \livelink{chap:macptr}{macptr} \\
696 This is an offset into the
697 \addtoindex{.debug\_macinfo} section
698 (\livelink{chap:DWFORMsecoffset}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_sec\-\_offset}). It consists of an offset from the
699 beginning of the \addtoindex{.debug\_macinfo}
700 section to the first byte of
701 the data making up the macro information list for the compilation
703 It is relocatable in a relocatable object file, and
704 relocated in an executable or shared object. In the 32\dash bit
705 DWARF format, this offset is a 4\dash byte unsigned value;
706 in the 64\dash bit DWARF format, it is an 8\dash byte unsigned value
707 (see Section \refersec{datarep:32bitand64bitdwarfformats}).
709 \item \livelink{chap:rangelistptr}{rangelistptr} \\
710 This is an offset into the \addtoindex{.debug\_ranges} section
711 (\livelink{chap:DWFORMsecoffset}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_sec\-\_offset}).
713 offset from the beginning of the
714 \addtoindex{.debug\_ranges} section
715 to the beginning of the non\dash contiguous address ranges
716 information for the referencing entity.
718 a relocatable object file, and relocated in an executable or
719 shared object. In the 32\dash bit DWARF format, this offset
720 is a 4\dash byte unsigned value; in the 64\dash bit DWARF
721 format, it is an 8\dash byte unsigned value (see Section
722 \refersec{datarep:32bitand64bitdwarfformats}).
725 \textit{Because classes \livelink{chap:lineptr}{lineptr}, \livelink{chap:loclistptr}{loclistptr}, \livelink{chap:macptr}{macptr} and \livelink{chap:rangelistptr}{rangelistptr}
726 share a common representation, it is not possible for an
727 attribute to allow more than one of these classes}
732 There are three types of reference.
734 The first type of reference can identify any debugging
735 information entry within the containing unit. This type of
736 reference is an offset from the first byte of the compilation
737 header for the compilation unit containing the reference. There
738 are five forms for this type of reference. There are fixed
739 length forms for one, two, four and eight byte offsets
740 (respectively, \livetarg{chap:DWFORMref1}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_ref1},
741 \livetarg{chap:DWFORMref2}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_ref2},
742 \livetarg{chap:DWFORMref4}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_ref4},
743 and \livetarg{chap:DWFORMref8}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_ref8}).
744 There is also an unsigned variable
745 length offset encoded form that uses unsigned LEB128 numbers
746 (\livetarg{chap:DWFORMrefudata}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_ref\-\_udata}).
747 Because this type of reference is within
748 the containing compilation unit no relocation of the value
751 The second type of reference can identify any debugging
752 information entry within a
753 \addtoindex{.debug\_info} section; in particular,
754 it may refer to an entry in a different compilation unit
755 from the unit containing the reference, and may refer to an
756 entry in a different shared object. This type of reference
757 (\livetarg{chap:DWFORMrefaddr}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_ref\-\_addr}) is an offset from the beginning of the
758 \addtoindex{.debug\_info}
759 section of the target executable or shared object;
760 it is relocatable in a relocatable object file and frequently
761 relocated in an executable file or shared object. For
762 references from one shared object or static executable file
763 to another, the relocation and identification of the target
764 object must be performed by the consumer. In the 32\dash bit DWARF
765 format, this offset is a 4\dash byte unsigned value;
766 in the 64\dash bit DWARF format, it is an 8\dash byte
768 (see Section \refersec{datarep:32bitand64bitdwarfformats}).
770 A debugging information entry that may be referenced by
771 another compilation unit using \livelink{chap:DWFORMrefaddr}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_ref\-\_addr} must have a
772 global symbolic name.
774 For a reference from one executable or shared object to
775 another, the reference is resolved by the debugger to identify
776 the shared object or executable and the offset into that
777 object’s \addtoindex{.debug\_info}
778 section in the same fashion as the run
779 time loader, either when the debug information is first read,
780 or when the reference is used.
782 The third type of reference can identify any debugging
783 information type entry that has been placed in its own
784 type unit. This type of
785 reference (\livetarg{chap:DWFORMrefsig8}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_ref\-\_sig8}) is the
786 64\dash bit type signature
787 (see Section \refersec{datarep:typesignaturecomputation})
791 The use of compilation unit relative references will reduce the
792 number of link\dash time relocations and so speed up linking. The
793 use of the second and third type of reference allows for the
794 sharing of information, such as types, across compilation
797 A reference to any kind of compilation unit identifies the
798 debugging information entry for that unit, not the preceding
802 A string is a sequence of contiguous non\dash null bytes followed by
803 one null byte. A string may be represented immediately in the
804 debugging information entry itself
805 (\livetarg{chap:DWFORMstring}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_string}), or may
806 be represented as an offset into a string table contained in
807 the \addtoindex{.debug\_str} section of the object file
808 (\livetarg{chap:DWFORMstrp}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_strp}). In
809 the 32\dash bit DWARF format, the representation of a
810 \livelink{chap:DWFORMstrp}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_strp}
811 value is a 4\dash byte unsigned offset; in the 64\dash bit DWARF format,
812 it is an 8\dash byte unsigned offset
813 (see Section \refersec{datarep:32bitand64bitdwarfformats}).
815 If the \livelink{chap:DWATuseUTF8}{DW\-\_AT\-\_use\-\_UTF8} attribute is specified for the
816 compilation unit entry, string values are encoded using the
817 UTF\dash 8 (Unicode Transformation Format\dash 8) from the Universal
818 Character Set standard (ISO/IEC 10646\dash 1:1993). Otherwise,
819 the string representation is unspecified.
821 The Unicode Standard Version 3 is fully compatible with
822 ISO/IEC 10646\dash 1:1993. It contains all the same characters
823 and encoding points as ISO/IEC 10646, as well as additional
824 information about the characters and their use.
826 Earlier versions of DWARF did not specify the representation
827 of strings; for compatibility, this version also does
828 not. However, the UTF\dash 8 representation is strongly recommended.
832 In no case does an attribute use
833 \addtoindexx{rangelistptr class}
835 \addtoindexx{loclistptr class}
837 \addtoindexx{lineptr class}
839 \addtoindexx{macptr class}
840 classes \livelink{chap:lineptr}{lineptr},
841 \livelink{chap:loclistptr}{loclistptr}, \livelink{chap:macptr}{macptr} or \livelink{chap:rangelistptr}{rangelistptr} to point into either the
842 \addtoindex{.debug\_info} or \addtoindex{.debug\_str} section.
844 The form encodings are listed in
845 Table \refersec{tab:attributeformencodings}.
848 \setlength{\extrarowheight}{0.1cm}
849 \begin{longtable}{l|l}
850 \caption{Tag encodings} \label{tab:tagencodings} \\
851 \hline \\ \bfseries Tag name&\bfseries Value\\ \hline
853 \bfseries Tag name&\bfseries Value \\ \hline
855 \hline \emph{Continued on next page}
859 \livelink{chap:DWTAGarraytype}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_array\-\_type} &0x01 \\
860 \livelink{chap:DWTAGclasstype}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_class\-\_type}&0x02 \\
861 \livelink{chap:DWTAGentrypoint}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_entry\-\_point}&0x03 \\
862 \livelink{chap:DWTAGenumerationtype}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_enumeration\-\_type}&0x04 \\
863 \livelink{chap:DWTAGformalparameter}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_formal\-\_parameter}&0x05 \\
864 \livelink{chap:DWTAGimporteddeclaration}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_imported\-\_declaration}&0x08 \\
865 \livelink{chap:DWTAGlabel}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_label}&0x0a \\
866 \livelink{chap:DWTAGlexicalblock}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_lexical\-\_block}&0x0b \\
867 \livelink{chap:DWTAGmember}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_member}&0x0d \\
868 \livelink{chap:DWTAGpointertype}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_pointer\-\_type}&0x0f \\
869 \livelink{chap:DWTAGreferencetype}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_reference\-\_type}&0x10 \\
870 \livelink{chap:DWTAGcompileunit}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_compile\-\_unit}&0x11 \\
871 \livelink{chap:DWTAGstringtype}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_string\-\_type}&0x12 \\
872 \livelink{chap:DWTAGstructuretype}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_structure\-\_type}&0x13 \\
873 \livelink{chap:DWTAGsubroutinetype}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_subroutine\-\_type}&0x15 \\
874 \livelink{chap:DWTAGtypedef}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_typedef}&0x16 \\
875 \livelink{chap:DWTAGuniontype}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_union\-\_type}&0x17 \\
876 \livelink{chap:DWTAGunspecifiedparameters}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_unspecified\-\_parameters}&0x18 \\
877 \livelink{chap:DWTAGvariant}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_variant}&0x19 \\
878 \livelink{chap:DWTAGcommonblock}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_common\-\_block}&0x1a \\
879 \livelink{chap:DWTAGcommoninclusion}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_common\-\_inclusion}&0x1b \\
880 \livelink{chap:DWTAGinheritance}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_inheritance}&0x1c \\
881 \livelink{chap:DWTAGinlinedsubroutine}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_inlined\-\_subroutine}&0x1d \\
882 \livelink{chap:DWTAGmodule}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_module}&0x1e \\
883 \livelink{chap:DWTAGptrtomembertype}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_ptr\-\_to\-\_member\-\_type}&0x1f \\
884 \livelink{chap:DWTAGsettype}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_set\-\_type}&0x20 \\
885 \livelink{chap:DWTAGsubrangetype}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_subrange\-\_type}&0x21 \\
886 \livelink{chap:DWTAGwithstmt}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_with\-\_stmt}&0x22 \\
887 \livelink{chap:DWTAGaccessdeclaration}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_access\-\_declaration}&0x23 \\
888 \livelink{chap:DWTAGbasetype}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_base\-\_type}&0x24 \\
889 \livelink{chap:DWTAGcatchblock}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_catch\-\_block}&0x25 \\
890 \livelink{chap:DWTAGconsttype}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_const\-\_type}&0x26 \\
891 \livelink{chap:DWTAGconstant}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_constant}&0x27 \\
892 \livelink{chap:DWTAGenumerator}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_enumerator}&0x28 \\
893 \livelink{chap:DWTAGfiletype}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_file\-\_type}&0x29 \\
894 \livelink{chap:DWTAGfriend}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_friend}&0x2a \\
895 \livelink{chap:DWTAGnamelist}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_namelist}&0x2b \\
896 \livelink{chap:DWTAGnamelistitem}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_namelist\-\_item}&0x2c \\
897 \livelink{chap:DWTAGpackedtype}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_packed\-\_type}&0x2d \\
898 \livelink{chap:DWTAGsubprogram}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_subprogram}&0x2e \\
899 \livelink{chap:DWTAGtemplatetypeparameter}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_template\-\_type\-\_parameter}&0x2f \\
900 \livelink{chap:DWTAGtemplatevalueparameter}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_template\-\_value\-\_parameter}&0x30 \\
901 \livelink{chap:DWTAGthrowntype}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_thrown\-\_type}&0x31 \\
902 \livelink{chap:DWTAGtryblock}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_try\-\_block}&0x32 \\
903 \livelink{chap:DWTAGvariantpart}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_variant\-\_part}&0x33 \\
904 \livelink{chap:DWTAGvariable}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_variable}&0x34 \\
905 \livelink{chap:DWTAGvolatiletype}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_volatile\-\_type}&0x35 \\
906 \livelink{chap:DWTAGdwarfprocedure}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_dwarf\-\_procedure}&0x36 \\
907 \livelink{chap:DWTAGrestricttype}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_restrict\-\_type}&0x37 \\
908 \livelink{chap:DWTAGinterfacetype}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_interface\-\_type}&0x38 \\
909 \livelink{chap:DWTAGnamespace}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_namespace}&0x39 \\
910 \livelink{chap:DWTAGimportedmodule}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_imported\-\_module}&0x3a \\
911 \livelink{chap:DWTAGunspecifiedtype}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_unspecified\-\_type}&0x3b \\
912 \livelink{chap:DWTAGpartialunit}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_partial\-\_unit}&0x3c \\
913 \livelink{chap:DWTAGimportedunit}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_imported\-\_unit}&0x3d \\
914 \livelink{chap:DWTAGcondition}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_condition}&0x3f \\
915 \livelink{chap:DWTAGsharedtype}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_shared\-\_type}&0x40 \\
916 \livelink{chap:DWTAGtypeunit}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_type\-\_unit} \ddag &0x41 \\
917 \livelink{chap:DWTAGrvaluereferencetype}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_rvalue\-\_reference\-\_type} \ddag &0x42 \\
918 \livelink{chap:DWTAGtemplatealias}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_template\-\_alias} \ddag &0x43 \\
919 \livelink{chap:DWTAGlouser}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_lo\-\_user}&0x4080 \\
920 \livelink{chap:DWTAGhiuser}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_hi\-\_user}&0xffff \\
922 \ddag TAG new in \addtoindex{DWARF Version 4}
928 \setlength{\extrarowheight}{0.1cm}
929 \caption{Child determination encodings}
930 \label{tab:childdeterminationencodings}
931 \begin{tabular}{l|l} \hline
932 Child determination name& Value\\ \hline
933 \livelink{chap:DWCHILDRENno}{DW\-\_CHILDREN\-\_no}&0x00 \\
934 \livelink{chap:DWCHILDRENyes}{DW\-\_CHILDREN\-\_yes}&0x01 \\ \hline
940 \setlength{\extrarowheight}{0.1cm}
941 \begin{longtable}{l|l|l}
942 \caption{Attribute encodings} \label{tab:attributeencodings} \addtoindexx{attribute encodings} \\
943 \hline \\ \bfseries Attribute name&\bfseries Value &\bfseries Classes \\ \hline
945 \bfseries Attribute name&\bfseries Value &\bfseries Classes\\ \hline
947 \hline \emph{Continued on next page}
951 \livelink{chap:DWATsibling}{DW\-\_AT\-\_sibling}&0x01&reference
952 \addtoindexx{sibling attribute!encoding} \\
953 \livelink{chap:DWATlocation}{DW\-\_AT\-\_location}&0x02&\livelink{chap:exprloc}{exprloc},
954 \livelink{chap:loclistptr}{loclistptr}\addtoindex{location attribute!encoding} \\
955 \livelink{chap:DWATname}{DW\-\_AT\-\_name}&0x03&string
956 \addtoindexx{name attribute!encoding} \\
957 \livelink{chap:DWATordering}{DW\-\_AT\-\_ordering}&0x09&constant
958 \addtoindexx{ordering attribute!encoding} \\
959 \livelink{chap:DWATbytesize}{DW\-\_AT\-\_byte\-\_size}&0x0b&constant, \livelink{chap:exprloc}{exprloc},
960 reference \addtoindexx{byte size attribute!encoding} \\
961 \livelink{chap:DWATbitoffset}{DW\-\_AT\-\_bit\-\_offset}&0x0c&constant,
962 \livelink{chap:exprloc}{exprloc}, reference \addtoindexx{bit offset attribute!encoding} \\
963 \livelink{chap:DWATbitsize}{DW\-\_AT\-\_bit\-\_size}&0x0d&constant,
964 \livelink{chap:exprloc}{exprloc}, reference \addtoindexx{bit size attribute!encoding} \\
965 \livelink{chap:DWATstmtlist}{DW\-\_AT\-\_stmt\-\_list}&0x10&\livelink{chap:lineptr}{lineptr}
966 \addtoindex{statement list attribute!encoding} \\
967 \livelink{chap:DWATlowpc}{DW\-\_AT\-\_low\-\_pc}&0x11&address
968 \addtoindexx{low PC attribute!encoding} \\
969 \livelink{chap:DWAThighpc}{DW\-\_AT\-\_high\-\_pc}&0x12&address, constant
970 \addtoindexx{high PC attribute!encoding} \\
971 \livelink{chap:DWATlanguage}{DW\-\_AT\-\_language}&0x13&constant
972 \addtoindexx{language attribute!encoding} \\
973 \livelink{chap:DWATdiscr}{DW\-\_AT\-\_discr}&0x15&reference
974 \addtoindexx{discriminant attribute!encoding} \\
975 \livelink{chap:DWATdiscrvalue}{DW\-\_AT\-\_discr\-\_value}&0x16&constant
976 \addtoindexx{discriminant value attribute!encoding} \\
977 \livelink{chap:DWATvisibility}{DW\-\_AT\-\_visibility}&0x17&constant
978 \addtoindexx{visibility attribute!encoding} \\
979 \livelink{chap:DWATimport}{DW\-\_AT\-\_import}&0x18&reference
980 \addtoindexx{import attribute!encoding} \\
981 \livelink{chap:DWATstringlength}{DW\-\_AT\-\_string\-\_length}&0x19&\livelink{chap:exprloc}{exprloc},
982 \livelink{chap:loclistptr}{loclistptr} \addtoindexx{string length attribute!encoding} \\
983 \livelink{chap:DWATcommonreference}{DW\-\_AT\-\_common\-\_reference}&0x1a&reference
984 \addtoindexx{common reference attribute!encoding} \\
985 \livelink{chap:DWATcompdir}{DW\-\_AT\-\_comp\-\_dir}&0x1b&string
986 \addtoindexx{compilation directory attribute!encoding} \\
987 \livelink{chap:DWATconstvalue}{DW\-\_AT\-\_const\-\_value}&0x1c&\livelink{chap:block}{block}, constant, string
988 \addtoindexx{constant value attribute!encoding} \\
989 \livelink{chap:DWATcontainingtype}{DW\-\_AT\-\_containing\-\_type}&0x1d&reference
990 \addtoindexx{containing type attribute!encoding} \\
991 \livelink{chap:DWATdefaultvalue}{DW\-\_AT\-\_default\-\_value}&0x1e&reference
992 \addtoindexx{default value attribute!encoding} \\
993 \livelink{chap:DWATinline}{DW\-\_AT\-\_inline}&0x20&constant
994 \addtoindexx{inline attribute!encoding} \\
995 \livelink{chap:DWATisoptional}{DW\-\_AT\-\_is\-\_optional}&0x21&\livelink{chap:flag}{flag}
996 \addtoindexx{is optional attribute!encoding} \\
997 \livelink{chap:DWATlowerbound}{DW\-\_AT\-\_lower\-\_bound}&0x22&constant,
998 \livelink{chap:exprloc}{exprloc}, reference \addtoindexx{lower bound attribute!encoding} \\
999 \livelink{chap:DWATproducer}{DW\-\_AT\-\_producer}&0x25&string \addtoindexx{producer attribute!encoding} \\
1000 \livelink{chap:DWATprototyped}{DW\-\_AT\-\_prototyped}&0x27&\livelink{chap:flag}{flag}
1001 \addtoindexx{prototyped attribute!encoding} \\
1002 \livelink{chap:DWATreturnaddr}{DW\-\_AT\-\_return\-\_addr}&0x2a&\livelink{chap:exprloc}{exprloc},
1003 \livelink{chap:loclistptr}{loclistptr} \addtoindexx{return address attribute!encoding} \\
1004 % FIXME: lower case , not Constant
1005 \livelink{chap:DWATstartscope}{DW\-\_AT\-\_start\-\_scope}&0x2c&Constant,
1006 \livelink{chap:rangelistptr}{rangelistptr} \addtoindexx{start scope attribute!encoding} \\
1007 \livelink{chap:DWATbitstride}{DW\-\_AT\-\_bit\-\_stride}&0x2e&constant,
1008 \livelink{chap:exprloc}{exprloc}, reference \addtoindexx{bit stride attribute!encoding} \\
1009 \livelink{chap:DWATupperbound}{DW\-\_AT\-\_upper\-\_bound}&0x2f&constant,
1010 \livelink{chap:exprloc}{exprloc}, reference \addtoindexx{upper bound attribute!encoding} \\
1011 \livelink{chap:DWATabstractorigin}{DW\-\_AT\-\_abstract\-\_origin}&0x31&reference
1012 \addtoindexx{abstract origin attribute!encoding} \\
1013 \livelink{chap:DWATaccessibility}{DW\-\_AT\-\_accessibility}&0x32&constant
1014 \addtoindexx{accessibility attribute!encoding} \\
1015 \livelink{chap:DWATaddressclass}{DW\-\_AT\-\_address\-\_class}&0x33&constant
1016 \addtoindexx{address class atribute!encoding} \\
1017 \livelink{chap:DWATartificial}{DW\-\_AT\-\_artificial}&0x34&\livelink{chap:flag}{flag}
1018 \addtoindexx{artificial attribute!encoding} \\
1019 \livelink{chap:DWATbasetypes}{DW\-\_AT\-\_base\-\_types}&0x35&reference
1020 \addtoindexx{base types attribute!encoding} \\
1021 \livelink{chap:DWATcallingconvention}{DW\-\_AT\-\_calling\-\_convention}&0x36&constant
1022 \addtoindexx{calling convention attribute!encoding} \\
1023 \livelink{chap:DWATcount}{DW\-\_AT\-\_count}&0x37&constant, \livelink{chap:exprloc}{exprloc}, reference
1024 \addtoindexx{count attribute!encoding} \\
1025 \livelink{chap:DWATdatamemberlocation}{DW\-\_AT\-\_data\-\_member\-\_location}&0x38&constant,
1026 \livelink{chap:exprloc}{exprloc}, \livelink{chap:loclistptr}{loclistptr}
1027 \addtoindexx{data member attribute!encoding} \\
1028 \livelink{chap:DWATdeclcolumn}{DW\-\_AT\-\_decl\-\_column}&0x39&constant
1029 \addtoindexx{declaration column attribute!encoding} \\
1030 \livelink{chap:DWATdeclfile}{DW\-\_AT\-\_decl\-\_file}&0x3a&constant
1031 \addtoindexx{declaration file attribute!encoding} \\
1032 \livelink{chap:DWATdeclline}{DW\-\_AT\-\_decl\-\_line}&0x3b&constant
1033 \addtoindexx{declaration line attribute!encoding} \\
1034 \livelink{chap:DWATdeclaration}{DW\-\_AT\-\_declaration}&0x3c&\livelink{chap:flag}{flag}
1035 \addtoindexx{declaration attribute!encoding} \\
1036 \livelink{chap:DWATdiscrlist}{DW\-\_AT\-\_discr\-\_list}&0x3d&\livelink{chap:block}{block}
1037 \addtoindexx{discriminant list attribute!encoding} \\
1038 \livelink{chap:DWATencoding}{DW\-\_AT\-\_encoding}&0x3e&constant
1039 \addtoindexx{encoding attribute!encoding} \\
1040 \livelink{chap:DWATexternal}{DW\-\_AT\-\_external}&0x3f&\livelink{chap:flag}{flag}
1041 \addtoindexx{external attribute!encoding} \\
1042 \livelink{chap:DWATframebase}{DW\-\_AT\-\_frame\-\_base}&0x40&\livelink{chap:exprloc}{exprloc},
1043 \livelink{chap:loclistptr}{loclistptr} \addtoindexx{frame base attribute!encoding} \\
1044 \livelink{chap:DWATfriend}{DW\-\_AT\-\_friend}&0x41&reference
1045 \addtoindexx{friend attribute!encoding} \\
1046 \livelink{chap:DWATidentifiercase}{DW\-\_AT\-\_identifier\-\_case}&0x42&constant
1047 \addtoindexx{identifier case attribute!encoding} \\
1048 \livelink{chap:DWATmacroinfo}{DW\-\_AT\-\_macro\-\_info}&0x43&\livelink{chap:macptr}{macptr}
1049 \addtoindexx{macro information attribute!encoding} \\
1050 \livelink{chap:DWATnamelistitem}{DW\-\_AT\-\_namelist\-\_item}&0x44&reference
1051 \addtoindexx{name list item attribute!encoding} \\
1052 \livelink{chap:DWATpriority}{DW\-\_AT\-\_priority}&0x45&reference
1053 \addtoindexx{priority attribute!encoding} \\
1054 \livelink{chap:DWATsegment}{DW\-\_AT\-\_segment}&0x46&\livelink{chap:exprloc}{exprloc},
1055 \livelink{chap:loclistptr}{loclistptr} \addtoindexx{segment attribute!encoding} \\
1056 \livelink{chap:DWATspecification}{DW\-\_AT\-\_specification}&0x47&reference
1057 \addtoindexx{specification attribute!encoding} \\
1058 \livelink{chap:DWATstaticlink}{DW\-\_AT\-\_static\-\_link}&0x48&\livelink{chap:exprloc}{exprloc},
1059 \livelink{chap:loclistptr}{loclistptr} \addtoindexx{static link attribute!encoding} \\
1060 \livelink{chap:DWATtype}{DW\-\_AT\-\_type}&0x49&reference
1061 \addtoindexx{type attribute!encoding} \\
1062 \livelink{chap:DWATuselocation}{DW\-\_AT\-\_use\-\_location}&0x4a&\livelink{chap:exprloc}{exprloc},
1063 \livelink{chap:loclistptr}{loclistptr} \addtoindexx{location list attribute!encoding} \\
1064 \livelink{chap:DWATvariableparameter}{DW\-\_AT\-\_variable\-\_parameter}&0x4b&\livelink{chap:flag}{flag}
1065 \addtoindexx{variable parameter attribute!encoding} \\
1066 \livelink{chap:DWATvirtuality}{DW\-\_AT\-\_virtuality}&0x4c&constant
1067 \addtoindexx{virtuality attribute!encoding} \\
1068 \livelink{chap:DWATvtableelemlocation}{DW\-\_AT\-\_vtable\-\_elem\-\_location}&0x4d&\livelink{chap:exprloc}{exprloc},
1069 \livelink{chap:loclistptr}{loclistptr} \addtoindexx{vtable element location attribute!encoding} \\
1071 \livelink{chap:DWATallocated}{DW\-\_AT\-\_allocated}&0x4e&constant, \livelink{chap:exprloc}{exprloc},
1072 reference \addtoindexx{allocated attribute!encoding} \\
1073 \livelink{chap:DWATassociated}{DW\-\_AT\-\_associated}&0x4f&constant, \livelink{chap:exprloc}{exprloc},
1074 reference \addtoindexx{associated attribute!encoding} \\
1075 \livelink{chap:DWATdatalocation}{DW\-\_AT\-\_data\-\_location}&0x50&\livelink{chap:exprloc}{exprloc}
1076 \addtoindexx{data location attribute!encoding} \\
1077 \livelink{chap:DWATbytestride}{DW\-\_AT\-\_byte\-\_stride}&0x51&constant, \livelink{chap:exprloc}{exprloc},
1078 reference \addtoindexx{byte stride attribute!encoding} \\
1079 \livelink{chap:DWATentrypc}{DW\-\_AT\-\_entry\-\_pc}&0x52&address
1080 \addtoindexx{entry pc attribute!encoding} \\
1081 \livelink{chap:DWATuseUTF8}{DW\-\_AT\-\_use\-\_UTF8}&0x53&\livelink{chap:flag}{flag}
1082 \addtoindexx{use UTF8 attribute!encoding} \\
1083 \livelink{chap:DWATextension}{DW\-\_AT\-\_extension}&0x54&reference
1084 \addtoindexx{extension attribute!encoding} \\
1085 \livelink{chap:DWATranges}{DW\-\_AT\-\_ranges}&0x55&\livelink{chap:rangelistptr}{rangelistptr}
1086 \addtoindexx{ranges attribute!encoding} \\
1087 \livelink{chap:DWATtrampoline}{DW\-\_AT\-\_trampoline}&0x56&address, \livelink{chap:flag}{flag},
1088 reference, string \addtoindexx{trampoline attribute!encoding} \\
1089 \livelink{chap:DWATcallcolumn}{DW\-\_AT\-\_call\-\_column}&0x57&constant
1090 \addtoindexx{call column attribute!encoding} \\
1091 \livelink{chap:DWATcallfile}{DW\-\_AT\-\_call\-\_file}&0x58&constant
1092 \addtoindexx{call file attribute!encoding} \\
1093 \livelink{chap:DWATcallline}{DW\-\_AT\-\_call\-\_line}&0x59&constant
1094 \addtoindexx{call line attribute!encoding} \\
1095 \livelink{chap:DWATdescription}{DW\-\_AT\-\_description}&0x5a&string
1096 \addtoindexx{description attribute!encoding} \\
1097 \livelink{chap:DWATbinaryscale}{DW\-\_AT\-\_binary\-\_scale}&0x5b&constant
1098 \addtoindexx{binary scale attribute!encoding} \\
1099 \livelink{chap:DWATdecimalscale}{DW\-\_AT\-\_decimal\-\_scale}&0x5c&constant
1100 \addtoindexx{decimal scale attribute!encoding} \\
1101 \livelink{chap:DWATsmall}{DW\-\_AT\-\_small} &0x5d&reference
1102 \addtoindexx{small attribute!encoding} \\
1103 \livelink{chap:DWATdecimalsign}{DW\-\_AT\-\_decimal\-\_sign}&0x5e&constant
1104 \addtoindexx{decimal scale attribute!encoding} \\
1105 \livelink{chap:DWATdigitcount}{DW\-\_AT\-\_digit\-\_count}&0x5f&constant
1106 \addtoindexx{digit count attribute!encoding} \\
1107 \livelink{chap:DWATpicturestring}{DW\-\_AT\-\_picture\-\_string}&0x60&string
1108 \addtoindexx{picture string attribute!encoding} \\
1109 \livelink{chap:DWATmutable}{DW\-\_AT\-\_mutable}&0x61&\livelink{chap:flag}{flag}
1110 \addtoindexx{mutable attribute!encoding} \\
1112 \livelink{chap:DWATthreadsscaled}{DW\-\_AT\-\_threads\-\_scaled}&0x62&\livelink{chap:flag}{flag}
1113 \addtoindexx{thread scaled attribute!encoding} \\
1114 \livelink{chap:DWATexplicit}{DW\-\_AT\-\_explicit}&0x63&\livelink{chap:flag}{flag}
1115 \addtoindexx{explicit attribute!encoding} \\
1116 \livelink{chap:DWATobjectpointer}{DW\-\_AT\-\_object\-\_pointer}&0x64&reference
1117 \addtoindexx{object pointer attribute!encoding} \\
1118 \livelink{chap:DWATendianity}{DW\-\_AT\-\_endianity}&0x65&constant
1119 \addtoindexx{endianity attribute!encoding} \\
1120 \livelink{chap:DWATelemental}{DW\-\_AT\-\_elemental}&0x66&\livelink{chap:flag}{flag}
1121 \addtoindexx{elemental attribute!encoding} \\
1122 \livelink{chap:DWATpure}{DW\-\_AT\-\_pure}&0x67&\livelink{chap:flag}{flag}
1123 \addtoindexx{pure attribute!encoding} \\
1124 \livelink{chap:DWATrecursive}{DW\-\_AT\-\_recursive}&0x68&\livelink{chap:flag}{flag}
1125 \addtoindexx{recursive attribute!encoding} \\
1126 \livelink{chap:DWATsignature}{DW\-\_AT\-\_signature} \ddag &0x69&reference
1127 \addtoindexx{signature attribute!encoding} \\
1128 \livelink{chap:DWATmainsubprogram}{DW\-\_AT\-\_main\-\_subprogram} \ddag &0x6a&\livelink{chap:flag}{flag}
1129 \addtoindexx{main subprogram attribute!encoding} \\
1130 \livelink{chap:DWATdatabitoffset}{DW\-\_AT\-\_data\-\_bit\-\_offset} \ddag &0x6b&constant
1131 \addtoindexx{data bit offset attribute!encoding} \\
1132 \livelink{chap:DWATconstexpr}{DW\-\_AT\-\_const\-\_expr} \ddag &0x6c&\livelink{chap:flag}{flag}
1133 \addtoindexx{constant expression attribute!encoding} \\
1134 \livelink{chap:DWATenumclass}{DW\-\_AT\-\_enum\-\_class} \ddag &0x6d&\livelink{chap:flag}{flag}
1135 \addtoindexx{enumeration class attribute!encoding} \\
1136 \livelink{chap:DWATlinkagename}{DW\-\_AT\-\_linkage\-\_name} \ddag &0x6e&string
1137 \addtoindexx{linkage name attribute!encoding} \\
1138 \livetarg{chap:DWATlouser}{DW\-\_AT\-\_lo\-\_user}&0x2000 & --- \addtoindexx{low user attribute encoding} \\
1139 \livetarg{chap:DWAThiuser}{DW\-\_AT\-\_hi\-\_user}&0x3fff& --- \addtoindexx{high user attribute encoding} \\
1142 \ddag Attribute new in \addtoindex{DWARF Version 4}
1146 \setlength{\extrarowheight}{0.1cm}
1147 \begin{longtable}{l|l|l}
1148 \caption{Attribute form encodings} \label{tab:attributeformencodings} \\
1149 \hline \\ \bfseries Form name&\bfseries Value &\bfseries Classes \\ \hline
1151 \bfseries Form name&\bfseries Value &\bfseries Classes\\ \hline
1153 \hline \emph{Continued on next page}
1157 \livelink{chap:DWFORMaddr}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_addr}&0x01&address \\
1158 \livelink{chap:DWFORMblock2}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_block2}&0x03&\livelink{chap:block}{block} \\
1159 \livelink{chap:DWFORMblock4}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_block4}&0x04&\livelink{chap:block}{block} \\
1160 \livelink{chap:DWFORMdata2}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_data2}&0x05&constant \\
1161 \livelink{chap:DWFORMdata4}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_data4}&0x06&constant \\
1162 \livelink{chap:DWFORMdata8}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_data8}&0x07&constant \\
1163 \livelink{chap:DWFORMstring}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_string}&0x08&string \\
1164 \livelink{chap:DWFORMblock}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_block}&0x09&\livelink{chap:block}{block} \\
1165 \livelink{chap:DWFORMblock1}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_block1}&0x0a&\livelink{chap:block}{block} \\
1166 \livelink{chap:DWFORMdata1}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_data1}&0x0b&constant \\
1167 \livelink{chap:DWFORMflag}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_flag}&0x0c&\livelink{chap:flag}{flag} \\
1168 \livelink{chap:DWFORMsdata}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_sdata}&0x0d&constant \\
1169 \livelink{chap:DWFORMstrp}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_strp}&0x0e&string \\
1170 \livelink{chap:DWFORMudata}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_udata}&0x0f&constant \\
1171 \livelink{chap:DWFORMrefaddr}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_ref\-\_addr}&0x10&reference \\
1172 \livelink{chap:DWFORMref1}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_ref1}&0x11&reference \\
1173 \livelink{chap:DWFORMref2}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_ref2}&0x12&reference \\
1174 \livelink{chap:DWFORMref4}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_ref4}&0x13&reference \\
1175 \livelink{chap:DWFORMref8}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_ref8}&0x14&reference \\
1176 \livelink{chap:DWFORMrefudata}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_ref\-\_udata}&0x15&reference \\
1177 \livelink{chap:DWFORMindirect}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_indirect}&0x16&(see Section \refersec{datarep:abbreviationstables}) \\
1178 \livelink{chap:DWFORMsecoffset}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_sec\-\_offset} \ddag &0x17&\livelink{chap:lineptr}{lineptr}, \livelink{chap:loclistptr}{loclistptr}, \livelink{chap:macptr}{macptr}, \livelink{chap:rangelistptr}{rangelistptr} \\
1179 \livelink{chap:DWFORMexprloc}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_exprloc} \ddag &0x18&\livelink{chap:exprloc}{exprloc} \\
1180 \livelink{chap:DWFORMflagpresent}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_flag\-\_present} \ddag &0x19&\livelink{chap:flag}{flag} \\
1181 \livelink{chap:DWFORMrefsig8}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_ref\-\_sig8} \ddag &0x20&reference \\
1184 \ddag FORM new in \addtoindex{DWARF Version 4}
1187 \section{Variable Length Data}
1188 \label{datarep:variablelengthdata}
1189 \addtoindexx{variable length data|see {LEB128}}
1191 \addtoindexx{Little Endian Base 128|see{LEB128}}
1192 encoded using ``Little Endian Base 128''
1193 \addtoindexx{little-endian encoding|see{endian attribute}}
1195 \addtoindexx{LEB128}
1196 LEB128 is a scheme for encoding integers
1197 densely that exploits the assumption that most integers are
1200 This encoding is equally suitable whether the target machine
1201 architecture represents data in big\dash\ endian or little\dash endian
1202 order. It is ``little\dash endian'' only in the sense that it
1203 avoids using space to represent the ``big'' end of an
1204 unsigned integer, when the big end is all zeroes or sign
1207 Unsigned LEB128 (ULEB128) numbers are encoded as follows:
1208 \addtoindexx{LEB128!unsigned, encoding as}
1209 start at the low order end of an unsigned integer and chop
1210 it into 7\dash bit chunks. Place each chunk into the low order 7
1211 bits of a byte. Typically, several of the high order bytes
1212 will be zero; discard them. Emit the remaining bytes in a
1213 stream, starting with the low order byte; set the high order
1214 bit on each byte except the last emitted byte. The high bit
1215 of zero on the last byte indicates to the decoder that it
1216 has encountered the last byte.
1218 The integer zero is a special case, consisting of a single
1221 Table \refersec{tab:examplesofunsignedleb128encodings}
1222 gives some examples of unsigned LEB128 numbers. The
1223 0x80 in each case is the high order bit of the byte, indicating
1224 that an additional byte follows.
1227 The encoding for signed, two’s complement LEB128 (SLEB128)
1228 \addtoindexx{LEB128!signed, encoding as}
1229 numbers is similar, except that the criterion for discarding
1230 high order bytes is not whether they are zero, but whether
1231 they consist entirely of sign extension bits. Consider the
1232 32\dash bit integer -2. The three high level bytes of the number
1233 are sign extension, thus LEB128 would represent it as a single
1234 byte containing the low order 7 bits, with the high order
1235 bit cleared to indicate the end of the byte stream. Note
1236 that there is nothing within the LEB128 representation that
1237 indicates whether an encoded number is signed or unsigned. The
1238 decoder must know what type of number to expect.
1239 Table \refersec{tab:examplesofunsignedleb128encodings}
1240 gives some examples of unsigned LEB128 numbers and
1241 Table \refersec{tab:examplesofsignedleb128encodings}
1242 gives some examples of signed LEB128
1245 Appendix \refersec{app:variablelengthdataencodingdecodinginformative}
1246 \addtoindexx{LEB128!examples}
1247 gives algorithms for encoding and decoding these forms.
1251 \setlength{\extrarowheight}{0.1cm}
1252 \begin{longtable}{l|l|l}
1253 \caption{Examples of unsigned LEB128 encodings} \label{tab:examplesofunsignedleb128encodings} \\
1254 \hline \\ \bfseries Number&\bfseries First byte &\bfseries Second byte \\ \hline
1256 \bfseries Number&\bfseries First Byte &\bfseries Second byte\\ \hline
1258 \hline \emph{Continued on next page}
1264 128& 0 + 0x80 & 1 \\
1265 129& 1 + 0x80 & 1 \\
1266 130& 2 + 0x80 & 1 \\
1267 12857& 57 + 0x80 & 100 \\
1268 \addtoindex{LEB128 encoding!examples}
1275 \setlength{\extrarowheight}{0.1cm}
1276 \begin{longtable}{l|l|l}
1277 \caption{Examples of signed LEB128 encodings} \label{tab:examplesofsignedleb128encodings} \\
1278 \hline \\ \bfseries Number&\bfseries First byte &\bfseries Second byte \\ \hline
1280 \bfseries Number&\bfseries First Byte &\bfseries Second byte\\ \hline
1282 \hline \emph{Continued on next page}
1288 127& 127 + 0x80 & 0 \\
1289 -127& 1 + 0x80 & 0x7f \\
1290 128& 0 + 0x80 & 1 \\
1291 -128& 0 + 0x80 & 0x7f \\
1292 129& 1 + 0x80 & 1 \\
1293 -129& -x7f + 0x80 & 0xtc \\
1300 \section{DWARF Expressions and Location Descriptions}
1301 \label{datarep:dwarfexpressionsandlocationdescriptions}
1302 \subsection{DWARF Expressions}
1303 \label{datarep:dwarfexpressions}
1306 \addtoindexx{DWARF Expression!operator encoding}
1307 DWARF expression is stored in a \nolink{block} of contiguous
1308 bytes. The bytes form a sequence of operations. Each operation
1309 is a 1\dash byte code that identifies that operation, followed by
1310 zero or more bytes of additional data. The encodings for the
1311 operations are described in
1312 Table \refersec{tab:dwarfoperationencodings}.
1315 \setlength{\extrarowheight}{0.1cm}
1316 \begin{longtable}{l|l|l|l}
1317 \caption{DWARF operation encodings} \label{tab:dwarfoperationencodings} \\
1318 \hline \\ & &\bfseries No. of &\\
1319 \bfseries Operation&\bfseries Code &\bfseries Operands &\bfseries Notes\\ \hline
1321 & &\bfseries No. of &\\
1322 \bfseries Operation&\bfseries Code &\bfseries Operands &\bfseries Notes\\ \hline
1324 \hline \emph{Continued on next page}
1329 \livelink{chap:DWOPaddr}{DW\-\_OP\-\_addr}&0x03&1 & constant address \\
1330 & & &(size target specific) \\
1332 \livelink{chap:DWOPderef}{DW\-\_OP\-\_deref}&0x06&0 & \\
1335 \livelink{chap:DWOPconst1u}{DW\-\_OP\-\_const1u}&0x08&1&1\dash byte constant \\
1336 \livelink{chap:DWOPconst1s}{DW\-\_OP\-\_const1s}&0x09&1&1\dash byte constant \\
1337 \livelink{chap:DWOPconst2u}{DW\-\_OP\-\_const2u}&0x0a&1&2\dash byte constant \\
1338 \livelink{chap:DWOPconst2s}{DW\-\_OP\-\_const2s}&0x0b&1&2\dash byte constant \\
1339 \livelink{chap:DWOPconst4u}{DW\-\_OP\-\_const4u}&0x0c&1&4\dash byte constant \\
1340 \livelink{chap:DWOPconst4s}{DW\-\_OP\-\_const4s}&0x0d&1&4\dash byte constant \\
1341 \livelink{chap:DWOPconst8u}{DW\-\_OP\-\_const8u}&0x0e&1&8\dash byte constant \\
1342 \livelink{chap:DWOPconst8s}{DW\-\_OP\-\_const8s}&0x0f&1&8\dash byte constant \\
1343 \livelink{chap:DWOPconstu}{DW\-\_OP\-\_constu}&0x10&1&ULEB128 constant \\
1344 \livelink{chap:DWOPconsts}{DW\-\_OP\-\_consts}&0x11&1&SLEB128 constant \\
1345 \livelink{chap:DWOPdup}{DW\-\_OP\-\_dup}&0x12&0 & \\
1346 \livelink{chap:DWOPdrop}{DW\-\_OP\-\_drop}&0x13&0 & \\
1347 \livelink{chap:DWOPover}{DW\-\_OP\-\_over}&0x14&0 & \\
1348 \livelink{chap:DWOPpick}{DW\-\_OP\-\_pick}&0x15&1&1\dash byte stack index \\
1349 \livelink{chap:DWOPswap}{DW\-\_OP\-\_swap}&0x16&0 & \\
1350 \livelink{chap:DWOProt}{DW\-\_OP\-\_rot}&0x17&0 & \\
1351 \livelink{chap:DWOPxderef}{DW\-\_OP\-\_xderef}&0x18&0 & \\
1352 \livelink{chap:DWOPabs}{DW\-\_OP\-\_abs}&0x19&0 & \\
1353 \livelink{chap:DWOPand}{DW\-\_OP\-\_and}&0x1a&0 & \\
1354 \livelink{chap:DWOPdiv}{DW\-\_OP\-\_div}&0x1b&0 & \\
1358 \livelink{chap:DWOPminus}{DW\-\_OP\-\_minus}&0x1c&0 & \\
1359 \livelink{chap:DWOPmod}{DW\-\_OP\-\_mod}&0x1d&0 & \\
1360 \livelink{chap:DWOPmul}{DW\-\_OP\-\_mul}&0x1e&0 & \\
1361 \livelink{chap:DWOPneg}{DW\-\_OP\-\_neg}&0x1f&0 & \\
1362 \livelink{chap:DWOPnot}{DW\-\_OP\-\_not}&0x20&0 & \\
1363 \livelink{chap:DWOPor}{DW\-\_OP\-\_or}&0x21&0 & \\
1364 \livelink{chap:DWOPplus}{DW\-\_OP\-\_plus}&0x22&0 & \\
1365 \livelink{chap:DWOPplusuconst}{DW\-\_OP\-\_plus\-\_uconst}&0x23&1&ULEB128 addend \\
1366 \livelink{chap:DWOPshl}{DW\-\_OP\-\_shl}&0x24&0 & \\
1367 \livelink{chap:DWOPshr}{DW\-\_OP\-\_shr}&0x25&0 & \\
1368 \livelink{chap:DWOPshra}{DW\-\_OP\-\_shra}&0x26&0 & \\
1369 \livelink{chap:DWOPxor}{DW\-\_OP\-\_xor}&0x27&0 & \\
1370 \livelink{chap:DWOPskip}{DW\-\_OP\-\_skip}&0x2f&1&signed 2\dash byte constant \\
1371 \livelink{chap:DWOPbra}{DW\-\_OP\-\_bra}&0x28&1 & signed 2\dash byte constant \\
1372 \livelink{chap:DWOPeq}{DW\-\_OP\-\_eq}&0x29&0 & \\
1373 \livelink{chap:DWOPge}{DW\-\_OP\-\_ge}&0x2a&0 & \\
1374 \livelink{chap:DWOPgt}{DW\-\_OP\-\_gt}&0x2b&0 & \\
1375 \livelink{chap:DWOPle}{DW\-\_OP\-\_le}&0x2c&0 & \\
1376 \livelink{chap:DWOPlt}{DW\-\_OP\-\_lt}&0x2d&0 & \\
1377 \livelink{chap:DWOPne}{DW\-\_OP\-\_ne}&0x2e&0 & \\ \hline
1381 \livelink{chap:DWOPlit0}{DW\-\_OP\-\_lit0}&0x30 & 0 & \\
1383 \livelink{chap:DWOPlit1}{DW\-\_OP\-\_lit1}&0x31 & 0& literals 0 .. 31 = \\
1384 \ldots & & & (\livelink{chap:DWOPlit0}{DW\-\_OP\-\_lit0} + literal) \\
1385 \livelink{chap:DWOPlit31}{DW\-\_OP\-\_lit31}&0x4f & 0 & \\ \hline
1387 \livelink{chap:DWOPreg0}{DW\-\_OP\-\_reg0} & 0x50 & 0 & \\
1388 \livelink{chap:DWOPreg1}{DW\-\_OP\-\_reg1} & 0x51 & 0® 0 .. 31 = \\
1389 \ldots & & & (\livelink{chap:DWOPreg0}{DW\-\_OP\-\_reg0} + regnum) \\
1390 \livelink{chap:DWOPreg31}{DW\-\_OP\-\_reg31} & 0x6f & 0 & \\ \hline
1392 \livelink{chap:DWOPbreg0}{DW\-\_OP\-\_breg0} & 0x70 &1 & SLEB128 offset \\
1393 \livelink{chap:DWOPbreg1}{DW\-\_OP\-\_breg1} & 0x71 & 1 &base register 0 .. 31 = \\
1394 ... & & &(\livelink{chap:DWOPbreg0}{DW\-\_OP\-\_breg0} + regnum) \\
1395 \livelink{chap:DWOPbreg31}{DW\-\_OP\-\_breg31} & 0x8f & 1 & \\ \hline
1397 \livelink{chap:DWOPregx}{DW\-\_OP\-\_regx} & 0x90 &1&ULEB128 register \\
1398 \livelink{chap:DWOPfbreg}{DW\-\_OP\-\_fbreg} & 0x91&1&SLEB128 offset \\
1399 \livelink{chap:DWOPbregx}{DW\-\_OP\-\_bregx} & 0x92&2 &ULEB128 register followed \\
1400 & & & by SLEB128 offset \\
1401 \livelink{chap:DWOPpiece}{DW\-\_OP\-\_piece} & 0x93 &1& ULEB128 size of piece addressed \\
1402 \livelink{chap:DWOPderefsize}{DW\-\_OP\-\_deref\-\_size} & 0x94 &1& 1-byte size of data retrieved \\
1403 \livelink{chap:DWOPxderefsize}{DW\-\_OP\-\_xderef\-\_size} & 0x95&1&1-byte size of data retrieved \\
1404 \livelink{chap:DWOPnop}{DW\-\_OP\-\_nop} & 0x96 &0& \\
1407 \livelink{chap:DWOPpushobjectaddress}{DW\-\_OP\-\_push\-\_object\-\_address}&0x97&0 & \\
1408 \livelink{chap:DWOPcall2}{DW\-\_OP\-\_call2}&0x98&1& 2\dash byte offset of DIE \\
1409 \livelink{chap:DWOPcall4}{DW\-\_OP\-\_call4}&0x99&1& 4\dash byte offset of DIE \\
1410 \livelink{chap:DWOPcallref}{DW\-\_OP\-\_call\-\_ref}&0x9a&1& 4\dash\ or 8\dash byte\\
1411 &&& offset of DIE \\
1412 \livelink{chap:DWOPformtlsaddress}{DW\-\_OP\-\_form\-\_tls\-\_address}&0x9b &0& \\
1413 \livelink{chap:DWOPcallframecfa}{DW\-\_OP\-\_call\-\_frame\-\_cfa} &0x9c &0& \\
1414 \livelink{chap:DWOPbitpiece}{DW\-\_OP\-\_bit\-\_piece}&0x9d &2&ULEB128 size followed by \\
1416 \livelink{chap:DWOPimplicitvalue}{DW\-\_OP\-\_implicit\-\_value}&0x9e &2&ULEB128 size followed by \\
1417 &&&\nolink{block} of that size\\
1418 \livelink{chap:DWOPstackvalue}{DW\-\_OP\-\_stack\-\_value} &0x9f &0& \\
1419 \livetarg{chap:DWOPlouser}{DW\-\_OP\-\_lo\-\_user} &0xe0 && \\
1420 \livetarg{chap:DWOPhiuser}{DW\-\_OP\-\_hi\-\_user} &0xff && \\
1426 \subsection{Location Descriptions}
1427 \label{datarep:locationdescriptions}
1429 A location description is used to compute the
1430 location of a variable or other entity.
1432 \subsection{Location Lists}
1433 \label{datarep:locationlists}
1435 Each entry in a \addtoindex{location list} is either a location list entry,
1436 a base address selection entry, or an
1437 \addtoindex{end of list entry!in location list}
1440 A \addtoindex{location list} entry consists of two address offsets followed
1441 by a 2\dash byte length, followed by a block of contiguous bytes
1442 that contains a DWARF location description. The length
1443 specifies the number of bytes in that block. The two offsets
1444 are the same size as an address on the target machine.
1446 A base address selection entry and an
1447 \addtoindex{end of list entry!in location list}
1448 end of list entry each
1449 consist of two (constant or relocated) address offsets. The two
1450 offsets are the same size as an address on the target machine.
1452 For a \addtoindex{location list} to be specified, the base address of
1453 \addtoindexx{base address selection entry!in location list}
1454 the corresponding compilation unit must be defined
1455 (see Section \refersec{chap:normalandpartialcompilationunitentries}).
1457 \section{Base Type Attribute Encodings}
1458 \label{datarep:basetypeattributeencodings}
1460 The encodings of the
1461 \hypertarget{chap:DWATencodingencodingofbasetype}
1463 \addtoindexx{encoding attribute!encoding}
1465 \livelink{chap:DWATencoding}{DW\-\_AT\-\_encoding}
1466 attribute are given in
1467 Table \refersec{tab:basetypeencodingvalues}
1470 \setlength{\extrarowheight}{0.1cm}
1471 \begin{longtable}{l|c}
1472 \caption{Base type encoding values} \label{tab:basetypeencodingvalues} \\
1473 \hline \\ \bfseries Base type encoding code name&\bfseries Value \\ \hline
1475 \bfseries Base type encoding code name&\bfseries Value\\ \hline
1477 \hline \emph{Continued on next page}
1482 \livelink{chap:DWATEaddress}{DW\-\_ATE\-\_address}&0x01 \\
1483 \livelink{chap:DWATEboolean}{DW\-\_ATE\-\_boolean}&0x02 \\
1484 \livelink{chap:DWATEcomplexfloat}{DW\-\_ATE\-\_complex\-\_float}&0x03 \\
1485 \livelink{chap:DWATEfloat}{DW\-\_ATE\-\_float}&0x04 \\
1486 \livelink{chap:DWATEsigned}{DW\-\_ATE\-\_signed}&0x05 \\
1487 \livelink{chap:DWATEsignedchar}{DW\-\_ATE\-\_signed\-\_char}&0x06 \\
1488 \livelink{chap:DWATEunsigned}{DW\-\_ATE\-\_unsigned}&0x07 \\
1489 \livelink{chap:DWATEunsignedchar}{DW\-\_ATE\-\_unsigned\-\_char}&0x08 \\
1490 \livelink{chap:DWATEimaginaryfloat}{DW\-\_ATE\-\_imaginary\-\_float}&0x09 \\
1491 \livelink{chap:DWATEpackeddecimal}{DW\-\_ATE\-\_packed\-\_decimal}&0x0a \\
1492 \livelink{chap:DWATEnumericstring}{DW\-\_ATE\-\_numeric\-\_string}&0x0b \\
1493 \livelink{chap:DWATEedited}{DW\-\_ATE\-\_edited}&0x0c \\
1494 \livelink{chap:DWATEsignedfixed}{DW\-\_ATE\-\_signed\-\_fixed}&0x0d \\
1495 \livelink{chap:DWATEunsignedfixed}{DW\-\_ATE\-\_unsigned\-\_fixed}&0x0e \\
1496 \livelink{chap:DWATEdecimalfloat}{DW\-\_ATE\-\_decimal\-\_float} & 0x0f \\
1497 \livelink{chap:DWATEUTF}{DW\-\_ATE\-\_UTF} \ddag & 0x10 \\
1498 \livetarg{chap:DWATElouser}{DW\-\_ATE\-\_lo\-\_user} & 0x80 \\
1499 \livetarg{chap:DWATEhiuser}{DW\-\_ATE\-\_hi\-\_user} & 0xff \\
1502 \ddag Base type encoding new in \addtoindex{DWARF Version 4}
1506 The encodings of the constants used in the
1507 \livelink{chap:DWATdecimalsign}{DW\-\_AT\-\_decimal\-\_sign} attribute
1509 Table \refersec{tab:decimalsignencodings}.
1513 \setlength{\extrarowheight}{0.1cm}
1514 \begin{longtable}{l|c}
1515 \caption{Decimal sign encodings} \label{tab:decimalsignencodings} \\
1516 \hline \\ \bfseries Decimal sign code name&\bfseries Value \\ \hline
1518 \bfseries Decimal sign code name&\bfseries Value\\ \hline
1520 \hline \emph{Continued on next page}
1525 \livelink{chap:DWDSunsigned}{DW\-\_DS\-\_unsigned} & 0x01 \\
1526 \livelink{chap:DWDSleadingoverpunch}{DW\-\_DS\-\_leading\-\_overpunch} & 0x02 \\
1527 \livelink{chap:DWDStrailingoverpunch}{DW\-\_DS\-\_trailing\-\_overpunch} & 0x03 \\
1528 \livelink{chap:DWDSleadingseparate}{DW\-\_DS\-\_leading\-\_separate} & 0x04 \\
1529 \livelink{chap:DWDStrailingseparate}{DW\-\_DS\-\_trailing\-\_separate} & 0x05 \\
1534 The encodings of the constants used in the
1535 \livelink{chap:DWATendianity}{DW\-\_AT\-\_endianity} attribute are given in
1536 Table \refersec{tab:endianityencodings}.
1539 \setlength{\extrarowheight}{0.1cm}
1540 \begin{longtable}{l|c}
1541 \caption{Endianity encodings} \label{tab:endianityencodings}\\
1542 \hline \\ \bfseries Endian code name&\bfseries Value \\ \hline
1544 \bfseries Endian code name&\bfseries Value\\ \hline
1546 \hline \emph{Continued on next page}
1551 \livelink{chap:DWENDdefault}{DW\-\_END\-\_default} & 0x00 \\
1552 \livelink{chap:DWENDbig}{DW\-\_END\-\_big} & 0x01 \\
1553 \livelink{chap:DWENDlittle}{DW\-\_END\-\_little} & 0x02 \\
1554 \livetarg{chap:DWENDlouser}{DW\-\_END\-\_lo\-\_user} & 0x40 \\
1555 \livetarg{chap:DWENDhiuser}{DW\-\_END\-\_hi\-\_user} & 0xff \\
1560 \section{Accessibility Codes}
1561 \label{datarep:accessibilitycodes}
1562 The encodings of the constants used in the
1563 \livelink{chap:DWATaccessibility}{DW\-\_AT\-\_accessibility}
1565 \addtoindexx{accessibility attribute!encoding}
1567 Table \refersec{tab:accessibilityencodings}.
1570 \setlength{\extrarowheight}{0.1cm}
1571 \begin{longtable}{l|c}
1572 \caption{Accessibility encodings} \label{tab:accessibilityencodings}\\
1573 \hline \\ \bfseries Accessibility code name&\bfseries Value \\ \hline
1575 \bfseries Accessibility code name&\bfseries Value\\ \hline
1577 \hline \emph{Continued on next page}
1582 \livelink{chap:DWACCESSpublic}{DW\-\_ACCESS\-\_public}&0x01 \\
1583 \livelink{chap:DWACCESSprotected}{DW\-\_ACCESS\-\_protected}&0x02 \\
1584 \livelink{chap:DWACCESSprivate}{DW\-\_ACCESS\-\_private}&0x03 \\
1590 \section{Visibility Codes}
1591 \label{datarep:visibilitycodes}
1592 The encodings of the constants used in the
1593 \livelink{chap:DWATvisibility}{DW\-\_AT\-\_visibility} attribute are given in
1594 Table \refersec{tab:visibilityencodings}.
1597 \setlength{\extrarowheight}{0.1cm}
1598 \begin{longtable}{l|c}
1599 \caption{Visibility encodings} \label{tab:visibilityencodings}\\
1600 \hline \\ \bfseries Visiibility code name&\bfseries Value \\ \hline
1602 \bfseries Visibility code name&\bfseries Value\\ \hline
1604 \hline \emph{Continued on next page}
1609 \livelink{chap:DWVISlocal}{DW\-\_VIS\-\_local}&0x01 \\
1610 \livelink{chap:DWVISexported}{DW\-\_VIS\-\_exported}&0x02 \\
1611 \livelink{chap:DWVISqualified}{DW\-\_VIS\-\_qualified}&0x03 \\
1616 \section{Virtuality Codes}
1617 \label{datarep:vitualitycodes}
1619 The encodings of the constants used in the
1620 \livelink{chap:DWATvirtuality}{DW\-\_AT\-\_virtuality} attribute are given in
1621 Table \refersec{tab:virtualityencodings}.
1624 \setlength{\extrarowheight}{0.1cm}
1625 \begin{longtable}{l|c}
1626 \caption{Virtuality encodings} \label{tab:virtualityencodings}\\
1627 \hline \\ \bfseries Virtuality code name&\bfseries Value \\ \hline
1629 \bfseries Virtuality code name&\bfseries Value\\ \hline
1631 \hline \emph{Continued on next page}
1636 \livelink{chap:DWVIRTUALITYnone}{DW\-\_VIRTUALITY\-\_none}&0x00 \\
1637 \livelink{chap:DWVIRTUALITYvirtual}{DW\-\_VIRTUALITY\-\_virtual}&0x01 \\
1638 \livelink{chap:DWVIRTUALITYpurevirtual}{DW\-\_VIRTUALITY\-\_pure\-\_virtual}&0x02 \\
1646 \livelink{chap:DWVIRTUALITYnone}{DW\-\_VIRTUALITY\-\_none} is equivalent to the absence of the
1647 \livelink{chap:DWATvirtuality}{DW\-\_AT\-\_virtuality}
1650 \section{Source Languages}
1651 \label{datarep:sourcelanguages}
1653 The encodings of the constants used
1654 \addtoindexx{language attribute, encoding}
1656 \addtoindexx{language name encoding}
1658 \livelink{chap:DWATlanguage}{DW\-\_AT\-\_language}
1659 attribute are given in
1660 Table \refersec{tab:languageencodings}.
1662 % If we don't force a following space it looks odd
1664 and their associated values are reserved, but the
1665 languages they represent are not well supported.
1666 Table \refersec{tab:languageencodings}
1668 \addtoindexx{lower bound attribute!default}
1669 default lower bound, if any, assumed for
1670 an omitted \livelink{chap:DWATlowerbound}{DW\-\_AT\-\_lower\-\_bound} attribute in the context of a
1671 \livelink{chap:DWTAGsubrangetype}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_subrange\-\_type} debugging information entry for each
1675 \setlength{\extrarowheight}{0.1cm}
1676 \begin{longtable}{l|c|c}
1677 \caption{Language encodings} \label{tab:languageencodings}\\
1678 \hline \\ \bfseries Language name&\bfseries Value &\bfseries Default Lower Bound \\ \hline
1680 \bfseries Language name&\bfseries Value &\bfseries Default Lower Bound\\ \hline
1682 \hline \emph{Continued on next page}
1687 \livelink{chap:DWLANGC89}{DW\-\_LANG\-\_C89}&0x0001&0 \\
1688 \livelink{chap:DWLANGC}{DW\-\_LANG\-\_C}&0x0002&0 \\
1689 \livelink{chap:DWLANGAda83}{DW\-\_LANG\-\_Ada83} \dag &0x0003&1 \addtoindexx{Ada} \\
1690 \livelink{chap:DWLANGCplusplus}{DW\-\_LANG\-\_C\-\_plus\-\_plus} &0x0004&0 \\
1691 \livelink{chap:DWLANGCobol74}{DW\-\_LANG\-\_Cobol74} \dag &0x0005&1 \\
1692 \livelink{chap:DWLANGCobol85}{DW\-\_LANG\-\_Cobol85} \dag &0x0006&1 \\
1693 \livelink{chap:DWLANGFortran77}{DW\-\_LANG\-\_Fortran77}&0x0007&1 \\
1694 \livelink{chap:DWLANGFortran90}{DW\-\_LANG\-\_Fortran90}&0x0008&1 \\
1695 \livelink{chap:DWLANGPascal83}{DW\-\_LANG\-\_Pascal83}&0x0009&1 \\
1696 \livelink{chap:DWLANGModula2}{DW\-\_LANG\-\_Modula2}&0x000a&1 \\
1697 \livelink{chap:DWLANGJava}{DW\-\_LANG\-\_Java}&0x000b&0 \\
1698 \livelink{chap:DWLANGC99}{DW\-\_LANG\-\_C99}&0x000c&0 \\
1699 \livelink{chap:DWLANGAda95}{DW\-\_LANG\-\_Ada95} \dag &0x000d&1 \addtoindexx{Ada} \\
1700 \livelink{chap:DWLANGFortran95}{DW\-\_LANG\-\_Fortran95} &0x000e&1 \\
1701 \livelink{chap:DWLANGPLI}{DW\-\_LANG\-\_PLI} \dag &0x000f&1 \\
1702 \livelink{chap:DWLANGObjC}{DW\-\_LANG\-\_ObjC}&0x0010&0 \\
1703 \livelink{chap:DWLANGObjCplusplus}{DW\-\_LANG\-\_ObjC\-\_plus\-\_plus}&0x0011&0 \\
1704 \livelink{chap:DWLANGUPC}{DW\-\_LANG\-\_UPC}&0x0012&0 \\
1705 \livelink{chap:DWLANGD}{DW\-\_LANG\-\_D}&0x0013&0 \\
1706 \livelink{chap:DWLANGPython}{DW\-\_LANG\-\_Python} \dag &0x0014&0 \\
1707 \livetarg{chap:DWLANGlouser}{DW\-\_LANG\-\_lo\-\_user}&0x8000 & \\
1708 \livetarg{chap:DWLANGhiuser}{DW\-\_LANG\-\_hi\-\_user}&0xffff & \\
1714 \section{Address Class Encodings}
1715 \label{datarep:addressclassencodings}
1717 The value of the common
1718 \addtoindexi{address}{address class!attribute encoding}
1720 \livelink{chap:DWADDRnone}{DW\-\_ADDR\-\_none} is 0.
1723 \section{Identifier Case}
1724 \label{datarep:identifiercase}
1726 The encodings of the constants used in the
1727 \livelink{chap:DWATidentifiercase}{DW\-\_AT\-\_identifier\-\_case} attribute are given in
1728 Table \refersec{tab:identifiercaseencodings}.
1731 \setlength{\extrarowheight}{0.1cm}
1732 \begin{longtable}{l|c}
1733 \caption{Identifier case encodings} \label{tab:identifiercaseencodings}\\
1734 \hline \\ \bfseries Identifier case name&\bfseries Value \\ \hline
1736 \bfseries Identifier case name&\bfseries Value\\ \hline
1738 \hline \emph{Continued on next page}
1742 \livelink{chap:DWIDcasesensitive}{DW\-\_ID\-\_case\-\_sensitive}&0x00 \\
1743 \livelink{chap:DWIDupcase}{DW\-\_ID\-\_up\-\_case}&0x01 \\
1744 \livelink{chap:DWIDdowncase}{DW\-\_ID\-\_down\-\_case}&0x02 \\
1745 \livelink{chap:DWIDcaseinsensitive}{DW\-\_ID\-\_case\-\_insensitive}&0x03 \\
1749 \section{Calling Convention Encodings}
1750 \label{datarep:callingconventionencodings}
1751 The encodings of the constants used in the
1752 \livelink{chap:DWATcallingconvention}{DW\-\_AT\-\_calling\-\_convention} attribute are given in
1753 Table \refersec{tab:callingconventionencodings}.
1756 \setlength{\extrarowheight}{0.1cm}
1757 \begin{longtable}{l|c}
1758 \caption{Calling convention encodings} \label{tab:callingconventionencodings}\\
1759 \hline \\ \bfseries Calling Convention name&\bfseries Value \\ \hline
1761 \bfseries Calling Convention name&\bfseries Value\\ \hline
1763 \hline \emph{Continued on next page}
1768 \livelink{chap:DWCCnormal}{DW\-\_CC\-\_normal}&0x01 \\
1769 \livelink{chap:DWCCprogram}{DW\-\_CC\-\_program}&0x02 \\
1770 \livelink{chap:DWCCnocall}{DW\-\_CC\-\_nocall}&0x03 \\
1771 \livetarg{chap:DWCClouser}{DW\-\_CC\-\_lo\-\_user}&0x40 \\
1772 \livetarg{chap:DWCChiuser}{DW\-\_CC\-\_hi\-\_user}&0xff \\
1777 \section{Inline Codes}
1778 \label{datarep:inlinecodes}
1780 The encodings of the constants used in
1781 \addtoindexx{inline attribute!encoding}
1783 \livelink{chap:DWATinline}{DW\-\_AT\-\_inline} attribute are given in
1784 Table \refersec{tab:inlineencodings}.
1787 \setlength{\extrarowheight}{0.1cm}
1788 \begin{longtable}{l|c}
1789 \caption{Inline encodings} \label{tab:inlineencodings}\\
1790 \hline \\ \bfseries Iline Code name&\bfseries Value \\ \hline
1792 \bfseries Iline Code name&\bfseries Value\\ \hline
1794 \hline \emph{Continued on next page}
1799 \livelink{chap:DWINLnotinlined}{DW\-\_INL\-\_not\-\_inlined}&0x00 \\
1800 \livelink{chap:DWINLinlined}{DW\-\_INL\-\_inlined}&0x01 \\
1801 \livelink{chap:DWINLdeclarednotinlined}{DW\-\_INL\-\_declared\-\_not\-\_inlined}&0x02 \\
1802 \livelink{chap:DWINLdeclaredinlined}{DW\-\_INL\-\_declared\-\_inlined}&0x03 \\
1807 % this clearpage is ugly, but the following table came
1808 % out oddly without it.
1810 \section{Array Ordering}
1811 \label{datarep:arrayordering}
1813 The encodings of the constants used in the
1814 \livelink{chap:DWATordering}{DW\-\_AT\-\_ordering} attribute are given in
1815 Table \refersec{tab:orderingencodings}.
1818 \setlength{\extrarowheight}{0.1cm}
1819 \begin{longtable}{l|c}
1820 \caption{Ordering encodings} \label{tab:orderingencodings}\\
1821 \hline \\ \bfseries Ordering name&\bfseries Value \\ \hline
1823 \bfseries Ordering name&\bfseries Value\\ \hline
1825 \hline \emph{Continued on next page}
1830 \livelink{chap:DWORDrowmajor}{DW\-\_ORD\-\_row\-\_major}&0x00 \\
1831 \livelink{chap:DWORDcolmajor}{DW\-\_ORD\-\_col\-\_major}&0x01 \\
1837 \section{Discriminant Lists}
1838 \label{datarep:discriminantlists}
1840 The descriptors used in
1841 \addtoindexx{discriminant list attribute!encoding}
1843 \livelink{chap:DWATdiscrlist}{DW\-\_AT\-\_discr\-\_list} attribute are
1844 encoded as 1\dash byte constants. The
1845 defined values are given in
1846 Table \refersec{tab:discriminantdescriptorencodings}.
1848 % Odd that the 'Name' field captalized here, it is not caps elsewhere.
1850 \setlength{\extrarowheight}{0.1cm}
1851 \begin{longtable}{l|c}
1852 \caption{Discriminant descriptor encodings} \label{tab:discriminantdescriptorencodings}\\
1853 \hline \\ \bfseries Descriptor Name&\bfseries Value \\ \hline
1855 \bfseries Descriptor Name&\bfseries Value\\ \hline
1857 \hline \emph{Continued on next page}
1862 \livetarg{chap:DWDSClabel}{DW\-\_DSC\-\_label}&0x00 \\
1863 \livetarg{chap:DWDSCrange}{DW\-\_DSC\-\_range}&0x01 \\
1868 \section{Name Lookup Tables}
1869 \label{datarep:namelookuptables}
1871 Each set of entries in the table of global names contained
1872 in the \addtoindex{.debug\_pubnames} and
1873 \addtoindex{.debug\_pubtypes} sections begins
1874 with a header consisting of:
1877 \begin{enumerate}[1.]
1878 \item unit\_length (initial length) \\
1879 A 4\dash byte or 12\dash byte unsigned integer
1880 \addtoindexx{initial length}
1881 representing the length
1882 of the \addtoindex{.debug\_info}
1883 contribution for that compilation unit,
1884 not including the length field itself. In the 32\dash bit DWARF
1885 format, this is a 4\dash byte unsigned integer (which must be less
1886 than 0xfffffff0); in the 64\dash bit DWARF format, this consists
1887 of the 4\dash byte value 0xffffffff followed by an 8\dash byte unsigned
1888 integer that gives the actual length
1889 (see Section \refersec{datarep:32bitand64bitdwarfformats}).
1891 \item version (uhalf)
1892 A 2\dash byte unsigned integer representing the version of the
1893 DWARF information\addtoindexx{version number!compilation unit} for the compilation unit
1894 \addtoindexx{version number!name lookup table}
1895 (see Appendix \refersec{app:dwarfsectionversionnumbersinformative}).
1896 The value in this field is 4.
1898 % Some say unsigned offset this just says offset: FIXME
1899 \item debug\_info\_offset (section offset) \\
1900 A 4\dash byte or 8\dash byte offset into the
1901 \addtoindex{.debug\_info}
1902 section of the compilation unit header.
1904 the 32\dash bit DWARF format, this is a 4\dash byte unsigned offset;
1905 in the 64\dash bit DWARF format, this is an 8\dash byte unsigned offsets
1906 (see Section \refersec{datarep:32bitand64bitdwarfformats}).
1908 \item debug\_info\_length (section length) \\
1909 A 4\dash byte or 8\dash byte length containing the size in bytes of the
1910 contents of the \addtoindex{.debug\_info}
1911 section generated to represent
1912 this compilation unit. In the 32\dash bit DWARF format, this is
1913 a 4\dash byte unsigned length; in the 64\dash bit DWARF format, this
1914 is an 8-byte unsigned length
1915 (see Section \refersec{datarep:32bitand64bitdwarfformats}).
1920 This header is followed by a series of tuples. Each tuple
1921 consists of a 4\dash byte or 8\dash byte offset followed by a string
1922 of non\dash null bytes terminated by one null byte.
1924 DWARF format, this is a 4\dash byte offset; in the 64\dash bit DWARF
1925 format, it is an 8\dash byte offset.
1926 Each set is terminated by an
1927 offset containing the value 0.
1930 \section{Address Range Table}
1931 \label{datarep:addrssrangetable}
1933 Each set of entries in the table of address ranges contained
1934 in the \addtoindex{.debug\_aranges}
1935 section begins with a header containing:
1937 \begin{enumerate}[1.]
1938 % FIXME The unit length text is not fully consistent across
1941 \item unit\_length (initial length) \\
1942 A 4-byte or 12-byte length containing the length of the
1943 \addtoindexx{initial length}
1944 set of entries for this compilation unit, not including the
1945 length field itself. In the 32-bit DWARF format, this is a
1946 4-byte unsigned integer (which must be less than 0xfffffff0);
1947 in the 64-bit DWARF format, this consists of the 4-byte value
1948 0xffffffff followed by an 8-byte unsigned integer that gives
1950 (see Section \refersec{datarep:32bitand64bitdwarfformats}).
1952 \item version (uhalf) \\
1953 A 2\dash byte version identifier
1954 \addtoindexx{version number!address range table} containing the value 2
1955 (see Appendix \refersec{app:dwarfsectionversionnumbersinformative}).
1957 \item debug\_info\_offset (section offset) \\
1958 A 4\dash byte or 8\dash byte offset into the
1959 \addtoindex{.debug\_info} section of
1960 the compilation unit header. In the 32\dash bit DWARF format,
1961 this is a 4\dash byte unsigned offset; in the 64\dash bit DWARF format,
1962 this is an 8\dash byte unsigned offset
1963 (see Section \refersec{datarep:32bitand64bitdwarfformats}).
1965 \item address\_size (ubyte) \\
1966 A 1\dash byte unsigned integer containing the size in bytes of an
1967 \addtoindexx{address\_size}
1968 address (or the offset portion of an address for segmented
1969 \addtoindexx{address space!segmented}
1970 addressing) on the target system.
1972 \item segment\_size (ubyte) \\
1973 A 1\dash byte unsigned integer containing the size in bytes of a
1974 segment selector on the target system.
1978 This header is followed by a series of tuples. Each tuple
1979 consists of a segment, an address and a length.
1981 size is given by the segment\_size field of the header; the
1982 address and length size are each given by the address\_size
1983 field of the header.
1984 The first tuple following the header in
1985 each set begins at an offset that is a multiple of the size
1986 of a single tuple (that is, the size of a segment selector
1987 plus twice the size of an address).
1988 The header is padded, if
1989 necessary, to that boundary. Each set of tuples is terminated
1990 by a 0 for the segment, a 0 for the address and 0 for the
1991 length. If the segment\_size field in the header is zero,
1992 the segment selectors are omitted from all tuples, including
1993 the terminating tuple.
1996 \section{Line Number Information}
1997 \label{datarep:linenumberinformation}
1999 The \addtoindexi{version number}{version number!line number information}
2000 in the line number program header is 4
2001 (see Appendix \refersec{app:dwarfsectionversionnumbersinformative}).
2003 The boolean values ``true'' and ``false''
2004 used by the line number information program are encoded
2005 as a single byte containing the value 0
2006 for ``false,'' and a non-zero value for ``true.''
2008 The encodings for the standard opcodes are given in
2009 \addtoindexx{line number opcodes!standard opcode encoding}
2010 Table \refersec{tab:linenumberstandardopcodeencodings}.
2012 % Odd that the 'Name' field captalized here, it is not caps elsewhere.
2014 \setlength{\extrarowheight}{0.1cm}
2015 \begin{longtable}{l|c}
2016 \caption{Line Number Standard Opcode encodings} \label{tab:linenumberstandardopcodeencodings}\\
2017 \hline \\ \bfseries Opcode Name&\bfseries Value \\ \hline
2019 \bfseries Opcode Name&\bfseries Value\\ \hline
2021 \hline \emph{Continued on next page}
2026 \livelink{chap:DWLNScopy}{DW\-\_LNS\-\_copy}&0x01 \\
2027 \livelink{chap:DWLNSadvancepc}{DW\-\_LNS\-\_advance\-\_pc}&0x02 \\
2028 \livelink{chap:DWLNSadvanceline}{DW\-\_LNS\-\_advance\-\_line}&0x03 \\
2029 \livelink{chap:DWLNSsetfile}{DW\-\_LNS\-\_set\-\_file}&0x04 \\
2030 \livelink{chap:DWLNSsetcolumn}{DW\-\_LNS\-\_set\-\_column}&0x05 \\
2031 \livelink{chap:DWLNSnegatestmt}{DW\-\_LNS\-\_negate\-\_stmt}&0x06 \\
2032 \livelink{chap:DWLNSsetbasicblock}{DW\-\_LNS\-\_set\-\_basic\-\_block}&0x07 \\
2033 \livelink{chap:DWLNSconstaddpc}{DW\-\_LNS\-\_const\-\_add\-\_pc}*0x08 \\
2034 \livelink{chap:DWLNSfixedadvancepc}{DW\-\_LNS\-\_fixed\-\_advance\-\_pc}&0x09 \\
2035 \livelink{chap:DWLNSsetprologueend}{DW\-\_LNS\-\_set\-\_prologue\-\_end}&0x0a \\
2036 \livelink{chap:DWLNSsetepiloguebegin}{DW\-\_LNS\-\_set\-\_epilogue\-\_begin}&0x0b \\
2037 \livelink{chap:DWLNSsetisa}{DW\-\_LNS\-\_set\-\_isa}&0x0c \\
2043 The encodings for the extended opcodes are given in
2044 \addtoindexx{line number opcodes!extended opcode encoding}
2045 Table \refersec{tab:linenumberextendedopcodeencodings}.
2048 \setlength{\extrarowheight}{0.1cm}
2049 \begin{longtable}{l|c}
2050 \caption{Line Number Extended Opcode encodings} \label{tab:linenumberextendedopcodeencodings}\\
2051 \hline \\ \bfseries Opcode Name&\bfseries Value \\ \hline
2053 \bfseries Opcode Name&\bfseries Value\\ \hline
2055 \hline \emph{Continued on next page}
2060 \livelink{chap:DWLNEendsequence}{DW\-\_LNE\-\_end\-\_sequence}&0x01 \\
2061 \livelink{chap:DWLNEsetaddress}{DW\-\_LNE\-\_set\-\_address}&0x02\\
2062 \livelink{chap:DWLNEdefinefile}{DW\-\_LNE\-\_define\-\_file}&0x03\\
2063 \livelink{chap:DWLNEsetdiscriminator}{DW\-\_LNE\-\_set\-\_discriminator} \ddag &0x04 \\
2064 \livetarg{chap:DWLNElouser}{DW\-\_LNE\-\_lo\-\_user}&0x80 \\
2065 \livetarg{chap:DWLNEhiuser}{DW\-\_LNE\-\_hi\-\_user}&0xff \\
2068 \ddag Extended opcode new in \addtoindex{DWARF Version 4}.
2071 \section{Macro Information}
2072 \label{datarep:macroinformation}
2074 The source line numbers and source file indices encoded in the
2075 macro information section are represented as unsigned LEB128
2076 numbers as are the constants in a
2077 \livelink{chap:DWMACINFOvendorext}{DW\-\_MACINFO\-\_vendor\-\_ext} entry.
2079 The macinfo type is encoded as a single byte.
2081 \addtoindexx{macinfo types!encoding}
2083 Table \refersec{tab:macinfotypeencodings}.
2087 \setlength{\extrarowheight}{0.1cm}
2088 \begin{longtable}{l|c}
2089 \caption{Macinfo Type Encodings} \label{tab:macinfotypeencodings}\\
2090 \hline \\ \bfseries Macinfo Type Name&\bfseries Value \\ \hline
2092 \bfseries Macinfo Type Name&\bfseries Value\\ \hline
2094 \hline \emph{Continued on next page}
2099 \livelink{chap:DWMACINFOdefine}{DW\-\_MACINFO\-\_define}&0x01 \\
2100 \livelink{chap:DWMACINFOundef}{DW\-\_MACINFO\-\_undef}&0x02 \\
2101 \livelink{chap:DWMACINFOstartfile}{DW\-\_MACINFO\-\_start\-\_file}&0x03 \\
2102 \livelink{chap:DWMACINFOendfile}{DW\-\_MACINFO\-\_end\-\_file}&0x04 \\
2103 \livelink{chap:DWMACINFOvendorext}{DW\-\_MACINFO\-\_vendor\-\_ext}&0xff \\
2108 \section{Call Frame Information}
2109 \label{datarep:callframeinformation}
2111 In the 32\dash bit DWARF format, the value of the CIE id in the
2112 CIE header is 0xffffffff; in the 64\dash bit DWARF format, the
2113 value is 0xffffffffffffffff.
2115 The value of the CIE \addtoindexi{version number}{version number!call frame information}
2116 is 4 (see Appendix \refersec{app:dwarfsectionversionnumbersinformative}).
2118 Call frame instructions are encoded in one or more bytes. The
2119 primary opcode is encoded in the high order two bits of
2120 the first byte (that is, opcode = byte >> 6). An operand
2121 or extended opcode may be encoded in the low order 6
2122 bits. Additional operands are encoded in subsequent bytes.
2123 The instructions and their encodings are presented in
2124 Table \refersec{tab:callframeinstructionencodings}.
2127 \setlength{\extrarowheight}{0.1cm}
2128 \begin{longtable}{l|c|c|l|l}
2129 \caption{Call frame instruction encodings} \label{tab:callframeinstructionencodings} \\
2130 \hline \\ &\bfseries High 2 &\bfseries Low 6 & & \\
2131 \bfseries Instruction&\bfseries Bits &\bfseries Bits &\bfseries Operand 1 &\bfseries Operand 2\\ \hline
2133 & \bfseries High 2 &\bfseries Low 6 & &\\
2134 \bfseries Instruction&\bfseries Bits &\bfseries Bits &\bfseries Operand 1 &\bfseries Operand 2\\ \hline
2136 \hline \emph{Continued on next page}
2141 \livelink{chap:DWCFAadvanceloc}{DW\-\_CFA\-\_advance\-\_loc}&0x1&delta & \\
2142 \livelink{chap:DWCFAoffset}{DW\-\_CFA\-\_offset}&0x2®ister&ULEB128 offset \\
2143 \livelink{chap:DWCFArestore}{DW\-\_CFA\-\_restore}&0x3®ister & & \\
2144 \livelink{chap:DWCFAnop}{DW\-\_CFA\-\_nop}&0&0 & & \\
2145 \livelink{chap:DWCFAsetloc}{DW\-\_CFA\-\_set\-\_loc}&0&0x01&address & \\
2146 \livelink{chap:DWCFAadvanceloc1}{DW\-\_CFA\-\_advance\-\_loc1}&0&0x02&1\dash byte delta & \\
2147 \livelink{chap:DWCFAadvanceloc2}{DW\-\_CFA\-\_advance\-\_loc2}&0&0x03&2\dash byte delta & \\
2148 \livelink{chap:DWCFAadvanceloc4}{DW\-\_CFA\-\_advance\-\_loc4}&0&0x04&4\dash byte delta & \\
2149 \livelink{chap:DWCFAoffsetextended}{DW\-\_CFA\-\_offset\-\_extended}&0&0x05&ULEB128 register&ULEB128 offset \\
2150 \livelink{chap:DWCFArestoreextended}{DW\-\_CFA\-\_restore\-\_extended}&0&0x06&ULEB128 register & \\
2151 \livelink{chap:DWCFAundefined}{DW\-\_CFA\-\_undefined}&0&0x07&ULEB128 register & \\
2152 \livelink{chap:DWCFAsamevalue}{DW\-\_CFA\-\_same\-\_value}&0&0x08 &ULEB128 register & \\
2153 \livelink{chap:DWCFAregister}{DW\-\_CFA\-\_register}&0&0x09&ULEB128 register &ULEB128 offset \\
2154 \livelink{chap:DWCFArememberstate}{DW\-\_CFA\-\_remember\-\_state}&0&0x0a & & \\
2155 \livelink{chap:DWCFArestorestate}{DW\-\_CFA\-\_restore\-\_state}&0&0x0b & & \\
2156 \livelink{chap:DWCFAdefcfa}{DW\-\_CFA\-\_def\-\_cfa}&0&0x0c &ULEB128 register&ULEB128 offset \\
2157 \livelink{chap:DWCFAdefcfaregister}{DW\-\_CFA\-\_def\-\_cfa\-\_register}&0&0x0d&ULEB128 register & \\
2158 \livelink{chap:DWCFAdefcfaoffset}{DW\-\_CFA\-\_def\-\_cfa\-\_offset}&0&0x0e &ULEB128 offset & \\
2159 \livelink{chap:DWCFAdefcfaexpression}{DW\-\_CFA\-\_def\-\_cfa\-\_expression}&0&0x0f &BLOCK \\
2160 \livelink{chap:DWCFAexpression}{DW\-\_CFA\-\_expression}&0&0x10&ULEB128 register & BLOCK \\
2162 \livelink{chap:DWCFAoffsetextendedsf}{DW\-\_CFA\-\_offset\-\_extended\-\_sf}&0&0x11&ULEB128 register&SLEB128 offset \\
2163 \livelink{chap:DWCFAdefcfasf}{DW\-\_CFA\-\_def\-\_cfa\-\_sf}&0&0x12&ULEB128 register&SLEB128 offset \\
2164 \livelink{chap:DWCFAdefcfaoffsetsf}{DW\-\_CFA\-\_def\-\_cfa\-\_offset\-\_sf}&0&0x13&SLEB128 offset & \\
2165 \livelink{chap:DWCFAvaloffset}{DW\-\_CFA\-\_val\-\_offset}&0&0x14&ULEB128&ULEB128 \\
2166 \livelink{chap:DWCFAvaloffsetsf}{DW\-\_CFA\-\_val\-\_offset\-\_sf}&0&0x15&ULEB128&SLEB128 \\
2167 \livelink{chap:DWCFAvalexpression}{DW\-\_CFA\-\_val\-\_expression}&0&0x16&ULEB128&BLOCK \\
2168 \livetarg{chap:DWCFAlouser}{DW\-\_CFA\-\_lo\-\_user}&0&0x1c & & \\
2169 \livetarg{chap:DWCFAhiuser}{DW\-\_CFA\-\_hi\-\_user}&0&0x3f & & \\
2173 \section{Non-continguous Address Ranges}
2174 \label{datarep:noncontiguousaddressranges}
2176 Each entry in a range list
2177 (see Section \refersec{chap:noncontiguousaddressranges})
2179 \addtoindexx{base address selection entry!in range list}
2180 range list entry, a base address selection entry, or an end
2183 A range list entry consists of two relative addresses. The
2184 addresses are the same size as addresses on the target machine.
2186 A base address selection entry and an
2187 \addtoindex{end of list entry!in range list}
2188 end of list entry each
2189 \addtoindexx{base address selection entry!in range list}
2190 consist of two (constant or relocated) addresses. The two
2191 addresses are the same size as addresses on the target machine.
2193 For a range list to be specified, the base address of the
2194 \addtoindexx{base address selection entry!in range list}
2195 corresponding compilation unit must be defined
2196 (see Section \refersec{chap:normalandpartialcompilationunitentries}).
2199 \section{Dependencies and Constraints}
2200 \label{datarep:dependenciesandconstraints}
2202 The debugging information in this format is intended to
2204 \addtoindexx{DWARF section names!list of}
2206 the \addtoindex{.debug\_abbrev},
2207 \addtoindex{.debug\_aranges},
2208 \addtoindex{.debug\_frame},
2209 \addtoindex{.debug\_info},
2210 \addtoindex{.debug\_line},
2211 \addtoindex{.debug\_loc},
2212 \addtoindex{.debug\_macinfo},
2213 \addtoindex{.debug\_pubnames},
2214 \addtoindex{.debug\_pubtypes},
2215 \addtoindex{.debug\_ranges},
2216 \addtoindex{.debug\_str}
2218 \addtoindex{.debug\_types}
2219 sections of an object file, or equivalent
2220 separate file or database. The information is not
2221 word\dash aligned. Consequently: •
2224 \item For the 32\dash bit DWARF format and a target architecture with
2225 32\dash bit addresses, an assembler or compiler must provide a way
2226 to produce 2\dash byte and 4\dash byte quantities without alignment
2227 restrictions, and the linker must be able to relocate a
2228 4\dash byte address or section offset that occurs at an arbitrary
2231 \item For the 32\dash bit DWARF format and a target architecture with
2232 64\dash bit addresses, an assembler or compiler must provide a
2233 way to produce 2\dash byte, 4\dash byte and 8\dash byte quantities without
2234 alignment restrictions, and the linker must be able to relocate
2235 an 8\dash byte address or 4\dash byte section offset that occurs at an
2236 arbitrary alignment.
2238 \item For the 64\dash bit DWARF format and a target architecture with
2239 32\dash bit addresses, an assembler or compiler must provide a
2240 way to produce 2\dash byte, 4\dash byte and 8\dash byte quantities without
2241 alignment restrictions, and the linker must be able to relocate
2242 a 4\dash byte address or 8\dash byte section offset that occurs at an
2243 arbitrary alignment.
2245 \textit{It is expected that this will be required only for very large
2246 32\dash bit programs or by those architectures which support
2247 a mix of 32\dash bit and 64\dash bit code and data within the same
2250 \item For the 64\dash bit DWARF format and a target architecture with
2251 64\dash bit addresses, an assembler or compiler must provide a
2252 way to produce 2\dash byte, 4\dash byte and 8\dash byte quantities without
2253 alignment restrictions, and the linker must be able to
2254 relocate an 8\dash byte address or section offset that occurs at
2255 an arbitrary alignment.
2258 \section{Integer Representation Names}
2259 \label{datarep:integerrepresentationnames}
2261 The sizes of the integers used in the lookup by name, lookup
2262 by address, line number and call frame information sections
2264 Table 41 \refersec{tab:integerrepresentationnames}.
2267 \setlength{\extrarowheight}{0.1cm}
2268 \begin{longtable}{c|l}
2269 \caption{Integer Representation Names} \label{tab:integerrepresentationnames}\\
2270 \hline \\ \bfseries Representation Name&\bfseries Representation \\ \hline
2272 \bfseries Representation Name&\bfseries Representation\\ \hline
2274 \hline \emph{Continued on next page}
2279 sbyte& signed, 1\dash byte integer \\
2280 ubyte&unsigned, 1\dash byte integer \\
2281 uhalf&unsigned, 2\dash byte integer \\
2282 uword&unsigned, 4\dash byte integer \\
2287 \section{Type Signature Computation}
2288 \label{datarep:typesignaturecomputation}
2290 A type signature is computed only by the DWARF producer;
2291 it is used by a DWARF consumer to resolve type references to
2292 the type definitions that are contained in type units.
2294 The type signature for a type T0 is formed from the
2295 \addtoindex{MD5 hash}
2296 of a flattened description of the type. The flattened
2297 description of the type is a byte sequence derived from the
2298 DWARF encoding of the type as follows:
2300 \begin{enumerate}[1.]
2302 \item Start with an empty sequence S and a list V of visited
2303 types, where V is initialized to a list containing the type
2304 T0 as its single element. Elements in V are indexed from 1,
2307 \item If the debugging information entry represents a type that
2308 is nested inside another type or a namespace, append to S
2309 the type’s context as follows: For each surrounding type
2310 or namespace, beginning with the outermost such construct,
2311 append the letter 'C', the DWARF tag of the construct, and
2312 the name (taken from
2313 \addtoindexx{name attribute}
2314 the \livelink{chap:DWATname}{DW\-\_AT\-\_name} attribute) of the type
2315 \addtoindexx{name attribute}
2316 or namespace (including its trailing null byte).
2318 \item Append to S the letter 'D', followed by the DWARF tag of
2319 the debugging information entry.
2321 \item For each of the following attributes that are present in
2322 the debugging information entry, in the order listed below,
2323 append to S a marker letter (see below), the DWARF attribute
2324 code, and the attribute value.
2327 \item \livelink{chap:DWATname}{DW\-\_AT\-\_name}
2328 \item \livelink{chap:DWATaccessibility}{DW\-\_AT\-\_accessibility}
2329 \item \livelink{chap:DWATaddressclass}{DW\-\_AT\-\_address\-\_class}
2330 \item \livelink{chap:DWATallocated}{DW\-\_AT\-\_allocated}
2331 \item \livelink{chap:DWATartificial}{DW\-\_AT\-\_artificial}
2332 \item \livelink{chap:DWATassociated}{DW\-\_AT\-\_associated}
2333 \item \livelink{chap:DWATbinaryscale}{DW\-\_AT\-\_binary\-\_scale}
2334 \item \livelink{chap:DWATbitoffset}{DW\-\_AT\-\_bit\-\_offset}
2335 \item \livelink{chap:DWATbitsize}{DW\-\_AT\-\_bit\-\_size}
2336 \item \livelink{chap:DWATbitstride}{DW\-\_AT\-\_bit\-\_stride}
2337 \item \livelink{chap:DWATbytesize}{DW\-\_AT\-\_byte\-\_size}
2338 \item \livelink{chap:DWATbytestride}{DW\-\_AT\-\_byte\-\_stride}
2339 \item \livelink{chap:DWATconstexpr}{DW\-\_AT\-\_const\-\_expr}
2340 \item \livelink{chap:DWATconstvalue}{DW\-\_AT\-\_const\-\_value}
2341 \item \livelink{chap:DWATcontainingtype}{DW\-\_AT\-\_containing\-\_type}
2342 \item \livelink{chap:DWATcount}{DW\-\_AT\-\_count}
2343 \item \livelink{chap:DWATdatabitoffset}{DW\-\_AT\-\_data\-\_bit\-\_offset}
2344 \item \livelink{chap:DWATdatalocation}{DW\-\_AT\-\_data\-\_location}
2345 \item \livelink{chap:DWATdatamemberlocation}{DW\-\_AT\-\_data\-\_member\-\_location}
2346 \item \livelink{chap:DWATdecimalscale}{DW\-\_AT\-\_decimal\-\_scale}
2347 \item \livelink{chap:DWATdecimalsign}{DW\-\_AT\-\_decimal\-\_sign}
2348 \item \livelink{chap:DWATdefaultvalue}{DW\-\_AT\-\_default\-\_value}
2349 \item \livelink{chap:DWATdigitcount}{DW\-\_AT\-\_digit\-\_count}
2350 \item \livelink{chap:DWATdiscr}{DW\-\_AT\-\_discr}
2351 \item \livelink{chap:DWATdiscrlist}{DW\-\_AT\-\_discr\-\_list}
2352 \item \livelink{chap:DWATdiscrvalue}{DW\-\_AT\-\_discr\-\_value}
2353 \item \livelink{chap:DWATencoding}{DW\-\_AT\-\_encoding}
2354 \item \livelink{chap:DWATenumclass}{DW\-\_AT\-\_enum\-\_class}
2355 \item \livelink{chap:DWATendianity}{DW\-\_AT\-\_endianity}
2356 \item \livelink{chap:DWATexplicit}{DW\-\_AT\-\_explicit}
2357 \item \livelink{chap:DWATisoptional}{DW\-\_AT\-\_is\-\_optional}
2358 \item \livelink{chap:DWATlocation}{DW\-\_AT\-\_location}
2359 \item \livelink{chap:DWATlowerbound}{DW\-\_AT\-\_lower\-\_bound}
2360 \item \livelink{chap:DWATmutable}{DW\-\_AT\-\_mutable}
2361 \item \livelink{chap:DWATordering}{DW\-\_AT\-\_ordering}
2362 \item \livelink{chap:DWATpicturestring}{DW\-\_AT\-\_picture\-\_string}
2363 \item \livelink{chap:DWATprototyped}{DW\-\_AT\-\_prototyped}
2364 \item \livelink{chap:DWATsmall}{DW\-\_AT\-\_small}
2365 \item \livelink{chap:DWATsegment}{DW\-\_AT\-\_segment}
2366 \item \livelink{chap:DWATstringlength}{DW\-\_AT\-\_string\-\_length}
2367 \item \livelink{chap:DWATthreadsscaled}{DW\-\_AT\-\_threads\-\_scaled}
2368 \item \livelink{chap:DWATupperbound}{DW\-\_AT\-\_upper\-\_bound}
2369 \item \livelink{chap:DWATuselocation}{DW\-\_AT\-\_use\-\_location}
2370 \item \livelink{chap:DWATuseUTF8}{DW\-\_AT\-\_use\-\_UTF8}
2371 \item \livelink{chap:DWATvariableparameter}{DW\-\_AT\-\_variable\-\_parameter}
2372 \item \livelink{chap:DWATvirtuality}{DW\-\_AT\-\_virtuality}
2373 \item \livelink{chap:DWATvisibility}{DW\-\_AT\-\_visibility}
2374 \item \livelink{chap:DWATvtableelemlocation}{DW\-\_AT\-\_vtable\-\_elem\-\_location}
2377 Note that except for the initial
2378 \livelink{chap:DWATname}{DW\-\_AT\-\_name} attribute,
2379 \addtoindexx{name attribute}
2380 attributes are appended in order according to the alphabetical
2381 spelling of their identifier.
2383 If an implementation defines any vendor-specific attributes,
2384 any such attributes that are essential to the definition of
2385 the type should also be included at the end of the above list,
2386 in their own alphabetical suborder.
2388 An attribute that refers to another type entry T is processed
2389 as follows: (a) If T is in the list V at some V[x], use the
2390 letter 'R' as the marker and use the unsigned LEB128 encoding
2391 of x as the attribute value; otherwise, (b) use the letter 'T'
2392 as the marker, process the type T recursively by performing
2393 Steps 2 through 7, and use the result as the attribute value.
2395 Other attribute values use the letter 'A' as the marker, and
2396 the value consists of the form code (encoded as an unsigned
2397 LEB128 value) followed by the encoding of the value according
2398 to the form code. To ensure reproducibility of the signature,
2399 the set of forms used in the signature computation is limited
2400 to the following: \livelink{chap:DWFORMsdata}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_sdata},
2401 \livelink{chap:DWFORMflag}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_flag},
2402 \livelink{chap:DWFORMstring}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_string},
2403 and \livelink{chap:DWFORMblock}{DW\-\_FORM\-\_block}.
2405 \item If the tag in Step 3 is one of \livelink{chap:DWTAGpointertype}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_pointer\-\_type},
2406 \livelink{chap:DWTAGreferencetype}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_reference\-\_type},
2407 \livelink{chap:DWTAGrvaluereferencetype}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_rvalue\-\_reference\-\_type},
2408 \livelink{chap:DWTAGptrtomembertype}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_ptr\-\_to\-\_member\-\_type},
2409 or \livelink{chap:DWTAGfriend}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_friend}, and the referenced
2410 type (via the \livelink{chap:DWATtype}{DW\-\_AT\-\_type} or
2411 \livelink{chap:DWATfriend}{DW\-\_AT\-\_friend} attribute) has a
2412 \livelink{chap:DWATname}{DW\-\_AT\-\_name} attribute, append to S the letter 'N', the DWARF
2413 attribute code (\livelink{chap:DWATtype}{DW\-\_AT\-\_type} or
2414 \livelink{chap:DWATfriend}{DW\-\_AT\-\_friend}), the context of
2415 the type (according to the method in Step 2), the letter 'E',
2416 and the name of the type. For \livelink{chap:DWTAGfriend}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_friend}, if the referenced
2417 entry is a \livelink{chap:DWTAGsubprogram}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_subprogram}, the context is omitted and the
2418 name to be used is the ABI-specific name of the subprogram
2419 (e.g., the mangled linker name).
2422 \item 6.If the tag in Step 3 is not one of \livelink{chap:DWTAGpointertype}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_pointer\-\_type},
2423 \livelink{chap:DWTAGreferencetype}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_reference\-\_type},
2424 \livelink{chap:DWTAGrvaluereferencetype}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_rvalue\-\_reference\-\_type},
2425 \livelink{chap:DWTAGptrtomembertype}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_ptr\-\_to\-\_member\-\_type}, or
2426 \livelink{chap:DWTAGfriend}{DW\-\_TAG\-\_friend}, but has
2427 a \livelink{chap:DWATtype}{DW\-\_AT\-\_type} attribute, or if the referenced type (via
2428 the \livelink{chap:DWATtype}{DW\-\_AT\-\_type} or
2429 \livelink{chap:DWATfriend}{DW\-\_AT\-\_friend} attribute) does not have a
2430 \livelink{chap:DWATname}{DW\-\_AT\-\_name} attribute, the attribute is processed according to
2431 the method in Step 4 for an attribute that refers to another
2435 \item Visit each child C of the debugging information
2436 entry as follows: If C is a nested type entry or a member
2437 function entry, and has
2438 a \livelink{chap:DWATname}{DW\-\_AT\-\_name} attribute, append to
2439 \addtoindexx{name attribute}
2440 S the letter 'S', the tag of C, and its name; otherwise,
2441 process C recursively by performing Steps 3 through 7,
2442 appending the result to S. Following the last child (or if
2443 there are no children), append a zero byte.
2448 For the purposes of this algorithm, if a debugging information
2450 \livelink{chap:DWATspecification}{DW\-\_AT\-\_specification}
2451 attribute that refers to
2452 another entry D (which has a
2453 \livelink{chap:DWATdeclaration}{DW\-\_AT\-\_declaration}
2455 then S inherits the attributes and children of D, and S is
2456 processed as if those attributes and children were present in
2457 the entry S. Exception: if a particular attribute is found in
2458 both S and D, the attribute in S is used and the corresponding
2459 one in D is ignored.
2461 DWARF tag and attribute codes are appended to the sequence
2462 as unsigned LEB128 values, using the values defined earlier
2465 \textit{A grammar describing this computation may be found in
2466 Appendix \refersec{app:typesignaturecomputationgrammar}.
2469 \textit{An attribute that refers to another type entry should
2470 be recursively processed or replaced with the name of the
2471 referent (in Step 4, 5 or 6). If neither treatment applies to
2472 an attribute that references another type entry, the entry
2473 that contains that attribute should not be considered for a
2474 separate type unit.}
2476 \textit{If a debugging information entry contains an attribute from
2477 the list above that would require an unsupported form, that
2478 entry should not be considered for a separate type unit.}
2480 \textit{A type should be considered for a separate type unit only
2481 if all of the type entries that it contains or refers to in
2482 Steps 6 and 7 can themselves each be considered for a separate
2485 Where the DWARF producer may reasonably choose two or more
2486 different forms for a given attribute, it should choose
2487 the simplest possible form in computing the signature. (For
2488 example, a constant value should be preferred to a location
2489 expression when possible.)
2491 Once the string S has been formed from the DWARF encoding,
2492 an \addtoindex{MD5 hash} is computed for the string and the lower 64 bits
2493 are taken as the type signature.
2495 \textit{The string S is intended to be a flattened representation of
2496 the type that uniquely identifies that type (i.e., a different
2497 type is highly unlikely to produce the same string).}
2499 \textit{A debugging information entry should not be placed in a
2500 separate type unit if any of the following apply:}
2504 \item \textit{The entry has an attribute whose value is a location
2505 expression, and the location expression contains a reference to
2506 another debugging information entry (e.g., a \livelink{chap:DWOPcallref}{DW\-\_OP\-\_call\-\_ref}
2507 operator), as it is unlikely that the entry will remain
2508 identical across compilation units.}
2510 \item \textit{The entry has an attribute whose value refers
2511 to a code location or a \addtoindex{location list}.}
2513 \item \textit{The entry has an attribute whose value refers
2514 to another debugging information entry that does not represent
2519 \textit{Certain attributes are not included in the type signature:}
2522 \item \textit{The \livelink{chap:DWATdeclaration}{DW\-\_AT\-\_declaration} attribute is not included because it
2523 indicates that the debugging information entry represents an
2524 incomplete declaration, and incomplete declarations should
2525 not be placed in separate type units.}
2527 \item \textit{The \livelink{chap:DWATdescription}{DW\-\_AT\-\_description} attribute is not included because
2528 it does not provide any information unique to the defining
2529 declaration of the type.}
2531 \item \textit{The \livelink{chap:DWATdeclfile}{DW\-\_AT\-\_decl\-\_file}, \livelink{chap:DWATdeclline}{DW\-\_AT\-\_decl\-\_line}, and
2532 \livelink{chap:DWATdeclcolumn}{DW\-\_AT\-\_decl\-\_column} attributes are not included because they
2533 may vary from one source file to the next, and would prevent
2534 two otherwise identical type declarations from producing the
2535 \addtoindexx{MD5 hash}