feature, either build the JIT in debug mode to enable it by default or pass
-jit-emit-debug to lli.
Right now, the only debug information that this communicates to GDB is call
frame information, since it's already being generated to support exceptions in
the JIT. Eventually, when DWARF generation isn't tied so tightly to AsmPrinter,
it will be easy to push that information to GDB through this interface.
Here's a step-by-step breakdown of how the feature works:
- The JIT generates the machine code and DWARF call frame info
(.eh_frame/.debug_frame) for a function into memory.
- The JIT copies that info into an in-memory ELF file with a symbol for the
function.
- The JIT creates a code entry pointing to the ELF buffer and adds it to a
linked list hanging off of a global descriptor at a special symbol that GDB
knows about.
- The JIT calls a function marked noinline that GDB knows about and has put an
internal breakpoint in.
- GDB catches the breakpoint and reads the global descriptor to look for new
code.
- When sees there is new code, it reads the ELF from the inferior's memory and
adds it to itself as an object file.
- The JIT continues, and the next time we stop the program, we are able to
produce a proper backtrace.
Consider running the following program through the JIT:
#include <stdio.h>
void baz(short z) {
long w = z + 1;
printf("%d, %x\n", w, *((int*)NULL)); // SEGFAULT here
}
void bar(short y) {
int z = y + 1;
baz(z);
}
void foo(char x) {
short y = x + 1;
bar(y);
}
int main(int argc, char** argv) {
char x = 1;
foo(x);
}
Here is a backtrace before this patch:
Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
[Switching to Thread 0x2aaaabdfbd10 (LWP 25476)]
0x00002aaaabe7d1a8 in ?? ()
(gdb) bt
#0 0x00002aaaabe7d1a8 in ?? ()
#1 0x0000000000000003 in ?? ()
#2 0x0000000000000004 in ?? ()
#3 0x00032aaaabe7cfd0 in ?? ()
#4 0x00002aaaabe7d12c in ?? ()
#5 0x00022aaa00000003 in ?? ()
#6 0x00002aaaabe7d0aa in ?? ()
#7 0x01000002abe7cff0 in ?? ()
#8 0x00002aaaabe7d02c in ?? ()
#9 0x0100000000000001 in ?? ()
#10 0x00000000014388e0 in ?? ()
#11 0x00007fff00000001 in ?? ()
#12 0x0000000000b870a2 in llvm::JIT::runFunction (this=0x1405b70,
F=0x14024e0, ArgValues=@0x7fffffffe050)
at /home/rnk/llvm-gdb/lib/ExecutionEngine/JIT/JIT.cpp:395
#13 0x0000000000baa4c5 in llvm::ExecutionEngine::runFunctionAsMain
(this=0x1405b70, Fn=0x14024e0, argv=@0x13f06f8, envp=0x7fffffffe3b0)
at /home/rnk/llvm-gdb/lib/ExecutionEngine/ExecutionEngine.cpp:377
#14 0x00000000007ebd52 in main (argc=2, argv=0x7fffffffe398,
envp=0x7fffffffe3b0) at /home/rnk/llvm-gdb/tools/lli/lli.cpp:208
And a backtrace after this patch:
Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x00002aaaabe7d1a8 in baz ()
(gdb) bt
#0 0x00002aaaabe7d1a8 in baz ()
#1 0x00002aaaabe7d12c in bar ()
#2 0x00002aaaabe7d0aa in foo ()
#3 0x00002aaaabe7d02c in main ()
#4 0x0000000000b870a2 in llvm::JIT::runFunction (this=0x1405b70,
F=0x14024e0, ArgValues=...)
at /home/rnk/llvm-gdb/lib/ExecutionEngine/JIT/JIT.cpp:395
#5 0x0000000000baa4c5 in llvm::ExecutionEngine::runFunctionAsMain
(this=0x1405b70, Fn=0x14024e0, argv=..., envp=0x7fffffffe3c0)
at /home/rnk/llvm-gdb/lib/ExecutionEngine/ExecutionEngine.cpp:377
#6 0x00000000007ebd52 in main (argc=2, argv=0x7fffffffe3a8,
envp=0x7fffffffe3c0) at /home/rnk/llvm-gdb/tools/lli/lli.cpp:208
git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk@82418 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8
Handle large integers, x86_fp80, ConstantAggregateZero, and two more ConstantExpr:
GetElementPtr and IntToPtr
Set SHF_MERGE bit for mergeable strings
Avoid zero initialized strings to be classified as a bss symbol
Don't allow common symbols to be classified as STB_WEAK
Add a constant to be used as a global value offset in data relocations
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a dirty hack and isn't need anymore since the last x86 code emitter patch)
- Add a target-dependent modifier to addend calculation
- Use R_X86_64_32S relocation for X86::reloc_absolute_word_sext
- Use getELFSectionFlags whenever possible
- fix getTextSection to use TLOF and emit the right text section
- Handle global emission for static ctors, dtors and Type::PointerTyID
- Some minor fixes
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are referenced, ignore the relocation entry and patch the relocatable field with
the computed symbol offset directly
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Only pad when the section size > 0 and move the code that deals
with globals initializers to a place we know for sure the global
is initialized.
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Support for .text relocations, implementing TargetELFWriter overloaded methods for x86/x86_64.
Use a map to track global values to their symbol table indexes
Code cleanup and small fixes
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Emission for globals, using the correct data sections
Function alignment can be computed for each target using TargetELFWriterInfo
Some small fixes
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Due to darwin gcc bug, one version of darwin linker coalesces
static const int, which defauts PassID based pass identification.
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