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The +issue can be resolved by having the JIT writers decide on a debug info +format and also provide a reader that parses the debug info generated +by the JIT compiler. This section gives a brief overview on writing +such a parser. More specific details can be found in the source file +<samp>gdb/jit-reader.in</samp>, which is also installed as a header at +<samp><var>includedir</var>/gdb/jit-reader.h</samp> for easy inclusion. +</p> +<p>The reader is implemented as a shared object (so this functionality is +not available on platforms which don’t allow loading shared objects at +runtime). Two <small>GDB</small> commands, <code>jit-reader-load</code> and +<code>jit-reader-unload</code> are provided, to be used to load and unload +the readers from a preconfigured directory. Once loaded, the shared +object is used the parse the debug information emitted by the JIT +compiler. +</p> +<table class="menu" border="0" cellspacing="0"> +<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Using-JIT-Debug-Info-Readers.html#Using-JIT-Debug-Info-Readers" accesskey="1">Using JIT Debug Info Readers</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">How to use supplied readers correctly +</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Writing-JIT-Debug-Info-Readers.html#Writing-JIT-Debug-Info-Readers" accesskey="2">Writing JIT Debug Info Readers</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Creating a debug-info reader +</td></tr> +</table> + + + + +</body> +</html> |