The "stabs" debug format

This document describes the stabs debugging format.

• 1 Overview of Stabs
  • 1.1 Overview of Debugging Information Flow
  • 1.2 Overview of Stab Format
  • 1.3 The String Field
  • 1.4 A Simple Example in C Source
  • 1.5 The Simple Example at the Assembly Level
• 2 Encoding the Structure of the Program
  • 2.1 Main Program
  • 2.2 Paths and Names of the Source Files
  • 2.3 Names of Include Files
  • 2.4 Line Numbers
  • 2.5 Procedures
  • 2.6 Nested Procedures
  • 2.7 Block Structure
  • 2.8 Alternate Entry Points
• 3 Constants
• 4 Variables
  • 4.1 Automatic Variables Allocated on the Stack
  • 4.2 Global Variables
  • 4.3 Register Variables
  • 4.4 Common Blocks
  • 4.5 Static Variables
  • 4.6 Fortran Based Variables
  • 4.7 Parameters
    • 4.7.1 Passing Parameters in Registers
    • 4.7.2 Storing Parameters as Local Variables
    • 4.7.3 Passing Parameters by Reference
    • 4.7.4 Passing Conformant Array Parameters
• 5 Defining Types
  • 5.1 Builtin Types
    • 5.1.1 Traditional Builtin Types
      • 5.1.1.1 Traditional Integer Types
      • 5.1.1.2 Traditional Other Types
    • 5.1.2 Defining Builtin Types Using Builtin Type Descriptors
    • 5.1.3 Negative Type Numbers
  • 5.2 Miscellaneous Types
  • 5.3 Cross-References to Other Types
  • 5.4 Subrange Types
  • 5.5 Array Types
  • 5.6 Strings
  • 5.7 Enumerations
  • 5.8 Structures
  • 5.9 Giving a Type a Name
  • 5.10 Unions
  • 5.11 Function Types
• 6 Symbol Information in Symbol Tables
  • 6.1 Symbol Table Format
  • 6.2 Transformations on Symbol Tables
    • 6.2.1 Transformations on Static Variables
    • 6.2.2 Transformations on Global Variables
    • 6.2.3 Transformations of Stabs in separate sections
• 7 GNU C++ Stabs
  • 7.1 C++ Class Names
  • 7.2 Defining a Symbol Within Another Type
  • 7.3 Basic Types For C++
  • 7.4 Simple Class Definition
  • 7.5 Class Instance
  • 7.6 Method Definition
  • 7.7 The `#' Type Descriptor
  • 7.8 The `@' Type Descriptor
  • 7.9 Protections
  • 7.10 Method Modifiers (const, volatile, const volatile)
  • 7.11 Virtual Methods
  • 7.12 Inheritence
  • 7.13 Virtual Base Classes
  • 7.14 Static Members
• A Table of Stab Types
  • A.1 Non-Stab Symbol Types
  • A.2 Stab Symbol Types
• B Table of Symbol Descriptors
• C Table of Type Descriptors
• D Expanded Reference by Stab Type
  • 7.15 N_PC
  • 7.16 N_NSYMS
  • 7.17 N_NOMAP
  • 7.18 N_M2C
  • 7.19 N_BROWS
  • 7.20 N_DEFD
  • 7.21 N_EHDECL
  • 7.22 N_MOD2
  • 7.23 N_CATCH
  • 7.24 N_SSYM
  • 7.25 N_SCOPE
  • 7.26 Non-base registers on Gould systems
  • 7.27 N_LENG
• E Questions and Anomalies
• F Using Stabs in Their Own Sections
  • F.1 How to Embed Stabs in Sections
  • F.2 Having the Linker Relocate Stabs in ELF
• Symbol Types Index

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