gdb/dwarf2: fix "info locals" for clang-compiled inlined functions
authorTankut Baris Aktemur <tankut.baris.aktemur@intel.com>
Mon, 8 Feb 2021 15:48:39 +0000 (16:48 +0100)
committerTankut Baris Aktemur <tankut.baris.aktemur@intel.com>
Wed, 14 Apr 2021 16:55:36 +0000 (18:55 +0200)
commit34dc0f95968f835d4c4ac01373de63dec2902c70
tree03e69d91b460534624c2b2620387b7193e6afd61
parentb9de3b915ce27308adc7e39d11c1fb7aa1f73a54
gdb/dwarf2: fix "info locals" for clang-compiled inlined functions

GDB reports duplicate local vars with "<optimized out>" values for
inlined functions that are compiled with Clang.

Suppose we have

  __attribute__((always_inline))
  static void aFunction() {
    int a = 42;
    if(a > 2) {
      int value = a;
      value += 10; /* break here */
    }
  }

The "info locals" command at the "break here" line gives the following
output:

  ...
  Breakpoint 1, aFunction () at test.c:6
  6           value += 10; /* break here */
  (gdb) info locals
  value = 42
  a = 42
  value = <optimized out>
  (gdb)

The reason is, inlined functions that are compiled by Clang do not
contain DW_AT_abstract_origin attributes in the DW_TAG_lexical_block
entries.  See

  https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49953

E.g. the DIE of the inlined function above is

0x00000087:     DW_TAG_inlined_subroutine
                  DW_AT_abstract_origin (0x0000002a "aFunction")
                  DW_AT_low_pc  (0x00000000004004b2)
                  DW_AT_high_pc (0x00000000004004d2)
                  DW_AT_call_file       ("/tmp/test.c")
                  DW_AT_call_line       (11)
                  DW_AT_call_column     (0x03)

0x0000009b:       DW_TAG_variable
                    DW_AT_location      (DW_OP_fbreg -4)
                    DW_AT_abstract_origin       (0x00000032 "a")

0x000000a3:       DW_TAG_lexical_block
                    DW_AT_low_pc        (0x00000000004004c3)
                    DW_AT_high_pc       (0x00000000004004d2)

0x000000b0:         DW_TAG_variable
                      DW_AT_location    (DW_OP_fbreg -8)
                      DW_AT_abstract_origin     (0x0000003e "value")

This causes GDB to fail matching the concrete lexical scope with the
corresponding abstract entry.  Hence, the local vars of the abstract
function that are contained in the lexical scope are read separately
(and thus, in addition to) the local vars of the concrete scope.
Because the abstract definitions of the vars do not contain location
information, we see the extra 'value = <optimized out>' above.

This bug is highly related to PR gdb/25695, but the root cause is not
exactly the same.  In PR gdb/25695, GCC emits an extra
DW_TAG_lexical_block without an DW_AT_abstract_origin that wraps the
body of the inlined function.  That is, the trees of the abstract DIE
for the function and its concrete instance are structurally not the
same.  In the case of using Clang, the trees have the same structure.

To tackle the Clang case, when traversing the children of the concrete
instance root, keep a reference to the child of the abstract DIE that
corresponds to the concrete child, so that we can match the two DIEs
heuristically in case of missing DW_AT_abstract_origin attributes.

The updated gdb.opt/inline-locals.exp test has been checked with GCC
5-10 and Clang 5-11.

gdb/ChangeLog:
2021-04-14  Tankut Baris Aktemur  <tankut.baris.aktemur@intel.com>

* dwarf2/read.c (inherit_abstract_dies): Keep a reference to the
corresponding child of the abstract DIE when iterating the
children of the concrete DIE.

gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
2021-04-14  Tankut Baris Aktemur  <tankut.baris.aktemur@intel.com>

* gdb.opt/inline-locals.c (scoped): New function.
(main): Call 'scoped'.
* gdb.opt/inline-locals.exp: Update with "info locals" tests
for scoped variables.
* gdb.dwarf2/dw2-inline-with-lexical-scope.c: New file.
* gdb.dwarf2/dw2-inline-with-lexical-scope.exp: New file.
gdb/ChangeLog
gdb/dwarf2/read.c
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
gdb/testsuite/gdb.dwarf2/dw2-inline-with-lexical-scope.c [new file with mode: 0644]
gdb/testsuite/gdb.dwarf2/dw2-inline-with-lexical-scope.exp [new file with mode: 0644]
gdb/testsuite/gdb.opt/inline-locals.c
gdb/testsuite/gdb.opt/inline-locals.exp