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authorMatthew Pickering <matthewtpickering@gmail.com>2020-11-18 11:36:07 +0000
committerMatthew Pickering <matthewtpickering@gmail.com>2021-03-03 19:09:34 +0000
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Add -finfo-table-map which maps info tables to source positions
This new flag embeds a lookup table from the address of an info table to information about that info table. The main interface for consulting the map is the `lookupIPE` C function > InfoProvEnt * lookupIPE(StgInfoTable *info) The `InfoProvEnt` has the following structure: > typedef struct InfoProv_{ > char * table_name; > char * closure_desc; > char * ty_desc; > char * label; > char * module; > char * srcloc; > } InfoProv; > > typedef struct InfoProvEnt_ { > StgInfoTable * info; > InfoProv prov; > struct InfoProvEnt_ *link; > } InfoProvEnt; The source positions are approximated in a similar way to the source positions for DWARF debugging information. They are only approximate but in our experience provide a good enough hint about where the problem might be. It is therefore recommended to use this flag in conjunction with `-g<n>` for more accurate locations. The lookup table is also emitted into the eventlog when it is available as it is intended to be used with the `-hi` profiling mode. Using this flag will significantly increase the size of the resulting object file but only by a factor of 2-3x in our experience.
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