Linux Application Development

Michael K. Johnson Erik W. Troan

The "stabs" debug format

• Overview of Stabs
  • Overview of Debugging Information Flow
  • Overview of Stab Format
  • The String Field
  • A Simple Example in C Source
  • The Simple Example at the Assembly Level
• Encoding the Structure of the Program
  • Main Program
  • Paths and Names of the Source Files
  • Names of Include Files
  • Line Numbers
  • Procedures
  • Nested Procedures
  • Block Structure
  • Alternate Entry Points
• Constants
• Variables
  • Automatic Variables Allocated on the Stack
  • Global Variables
  • Register Variables
  • Common Blocks
  • Static Variables
  • Fortran Based Variables
  • Parameters
    • Passing Parameters in Registers
    • Storing Parameters as Local Variables
    • Passing Parameters by Reference
    • Passing Conformant Array Parameters
• Defining Types
  • Builtin Types
    • Traditional Builtin Types
      • Traditional Integer Types
      • Traditional Other Types
    • Defining Builtin Types Using Builtin Type Descriptors
    • Negative Type Numbers
  • Miscellaneous Types
  • Cross-References to Other Types
  • Subrange Types
  • Array Types
  • Strings
  • Enumerations
  • Structures
  • Giving a Type a Name
  • Unions
  • Function Types
• Symbol Information in Symbol Tables
  • Symbol Table Format
  • Transformations on Symbol Tables
    • Transformations on Static Variables
    • Transformations on Global Variables
    • Transformations of Stabs in separate sections
• GNU C++ Stabs
  • C++ Class Names
  • Defining a Symbol Within Another Type
  • Basic Types For C++
  • Simple Class Definition
  • Class Instance
  • Method Definition
  • The `#' Type Descriptor
  • The `@' Type Descriptor
  • Protections
  • Method Modifiers (const, volatile, const volatile)
  • Virtual Methods
  • Inheritence
  • Virtual Base Classes
  • Static Members
• Table of Stab Types
  • Non-Stab Symbol Types
  • Stab Symbol Types
• Table of Symbol Descriptors
• Table of Type Descriptors
• Expanded Reference by Stab Type
  • N_PC
  • N_NSYMS
  • N_NOMAP
  • N_M2C
  • N_BROWS
  • N_DEFD
  • N_EHDECL
  • N_MOD2
  • N_CATCH
  • N_SSYM
  • N_SCOPE
  • Non-base registers on Gould systems
  • N_LENG
• Questions and Anomalies
• Differences Between GNU Stabs and Sun Native Stabs
• Using Stabs in Their Own Sections
  • How to Embed Stabs in Sections
  • Having the Linker Relocate Stabs in ELF
• Symbol Types Index

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