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Re: [RFA] Support for multiple calling conventions, patch 1/3: Add calling convention to struct type
On Apr 17 12:21, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 01:51:38PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> > The result looks like this:
> >
> > ftype->calling_convention == 0
> >
> > if no debug information is available for the function or if the
> > debug information is not given as dwarf2.
> >
> > ftype->calling_convention == DW_CC_normal
> >
> > if dwarf2 debug information is available for the function but no
> > DW_AT_calling_convention attribute has been given for the function.
> >
> > ftype->calling_convention == DW_UNSND(DW_AT_calling_convention)
> >
> > if dwarf2 debug information is available for the function and the
> > DW_AT_calling_convention attribute has been specified.
>
> This part looks generally fine. My only complaint is the size
> and placement of the new field. struct type is a hefty portion
> of GDB's memory usage.
>
> For a first optimization, it can go in main_type instead. Then
> there won't be an extra copy for every const or volatile type
> variant. For a second optimization, it's only for TYPE_CODE_FUNC - so
> I think it will fit in union type_specific.
>
> Assuming that's right, changed version is OK.
Thanks, my tests show that this works fine. When the documentation
and NEWS patches are approved, I'll check everything in.
Corinna
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Corinna Vinschen
Cygwin Project Co-Leader
Red Hat