the way LLDB lazily gets complete definitions for types within the debug info.
When we run across a class/struct/union definition in the DWARF, we will only
parse the full definition if we need to. This works fine for top level types
that are assigned directly to variables and arguments, but when we have a
variable with a class, lets say "A" for this example, that has a member:
"B *m_b". Initially we don't need to hunt down a definition for this class
unless we are ever asked to do something with it ("expr m_b->getDecl()" for
example). With my previous approach to lazy type completion, we would be able
to take a "A *a" and get a complete type for it, but we wouldn't be able to
then do an "a->m_b->getDecl()" unless we always expanded all types within a
class prior to handing out the type. Expanding everything is very costly and
it would be great if there were a better way.
A few months ago I worked with the llvm/clang folks to have the
ExternalASTSource class be able to complete classes if there weren't completed
yet:
class ExternalASTSource {
....
virtual void
CompleteType (clang::TagDecl *Tag);
virtual void
CompleteType (clang::ObjCInterfaceDecl *Class);
};
This was great, because we can now have the class that is producing the AST
(SymbolFileDWARF and SymbolFileDWARFDebugMap) sign up as external AST sources
and the object that creates the forward declaration types can now also
complete them anywhere within the clang type system.
This patch makes a few major changes:
- lldb_private::Module classes now own the AST context. Previously the TypeList
objects did.
- The DWARF parsers now sign up as an external AST sources so they can complete
types.
- All of the pure clang type system wrapper code we have in LLDB (ClangASTContext,
ClangASTType, and more) can now be iterating through children of any type,
and if a class/union/struct type (clang::RecordType or ObjC interface)
is found that is incomplete, we can ask the AST to get the definition.
- The SymbolFileDWARFDebugMap class now will create and use a single AST that
all child SymbolFileDWARF classes will share (much like what happens when
we have a complete linked DWARF for an executable).
We will need to modify some of the ClangUserExpression code to take more
advantage of this completion ability in the near future. Meanwhile we should
be better off now that we can be accessing any children of variables through
pointers and always be able to resolve the clang type if needed.
llvm-svn: 123613
fixed them. Added DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN to classes that should
not be bitwise copied. Added default initializers for member
variables that weren't being initialized in the ctor. Fixed a few
shadowed local variable mistakes.
llvm-svn: 118240
to be executed by the inferior. This required explicit support
from RecordingMemoryManager for finding the address range
belonging to a particular function.
Also fixed a bug in DisassemblerLLVM where the disassembler
assumed there was an AddressRange available even when it was
NULL.
llvm-svn: 109209
enabled LLVM make style building and made this compile LLDB on Mac OS X. We
can now iterate on this to make the build work on both linux and macosx.
llvm-svn: 108009
that are in the disassembly comments since most of them are in the same
module (shared library).
Fixed a crasher that could happen when disassembling special section data.
Added an address dump style that shows the symbol context without the module
(used in the disassembly code).
llvm-svn: 107366
Added the ability to read memory from the target's object files when we aren't
running, so disassembling works before you run!
Cleaned up the API to lldb_private::Target::ReadMemory().
Cleaned up the API to the Disassembler to use actual "lldb_private::Address"
objects instead of just an "addr_t". This is nice because the Address objects
when resolved carry along their section and module which can get us the
object file. This allows Target::ReadMemory to be used when we are not
running.
Added a new lldb_private::Address dump style: DumpStyleDetailedSymbolContext
This will show a full breakdown of what an address points to. To see some
sample output, execute a "image lookup --address <addr>".
Fixed SymbolContext::DumpStopContext(...) to not require a live process in
order to be able to print function and symbol offsets.
llvm-svn: 107350
type and sub-type, or an ELF e_machine value. Also added a generic CPU type
to the arch spec class so we can have a single arch definition that the LLDB
core code can use. Previously a lot of places in the code were using the
mach-o definitions from a macosx header file.
Switches over to using "llvm/Support/MachO.h" for the llvm::MachO::XXX for the
CPU types and sub types for mach-o ArchSpecs. Added "llvm/Support/ELF.h" so
we can use the "llvm::ELF::XXX" defines for the ELF ArchSpecs.
Got rid of all CPU_TYPE_ and CPU_SUBTYPE_ defines that were previously being
used in LLDB.
llvm-svn: 105806
Greg Clayton