hctim added inline comments.

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Comment at: llvm/test/tools/llvm-symbolizer/data-location.s:7
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+# CHECK:      x
+# CHECK-NEXT: 14572 4
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jhenderson wrote:
> hctim wrote:
> > jhenderson wrote:
> > > hctim wrote:
> > > > jhenderson wrote:
> > > > > It might be useful to add comments about what is special about each 
> > > > > of these cases (i.e. data/bss/function-static/string) or even name 
> > > > > the variables along those lines to directly imply their purpose. That 
> > > > > way, if the test is ever rewritten, it's easy to understand why each 
> > > > > example exists and what is important about it. That being said, is 
> > > > > there actually a difference between them for the testing purposes? 
> > > > > What do they actually exercise in the code changes? (I haven't looked 
> > > > > at the code changes to understand this).
> > > > Renamed them (and made the test less in need of massaging if things 
> > > > change). They're individually useful because they're different types of 
> > > > global variables, located in different places.
> > > > They're individually useful because they're different types of global 
> > > > variables, located in different places.
> > > 
> > > Right, but are they located in differenet places within the DWARF? In 
> > > other words, are any different code paths actually exercised this way?
> > > 
> > > Tangentially related: is one of the cases missing from the debug_aranges, 
> > > so that the fallback code is exercised?
> > > Right, but are they located in differenet places within the DWARF? In 
> > > other words, are any different code paths actually exercised this way?
> > 
> > No, `bss_global` and `data_global` are functionally here. The reason why I 
> > have them both here is because if you compile the source file to an object 
> > rather than a DSO, you end up with bad address lookups because bss_global 
> > and data_global are both at address 0x0 (just in different sections). I 
> > figured this would give some amount of posterity here about why it's a DSO, 
> > I know that I was pretty surprised there wasn't a great way to test it.
> > 
> > Maybe a comment is a better way to go about it. Let me know what you think.
> > 
> > > Tangentially related: is one of the cases missing from the debug_aranges, 
> > > so that the fallback code is exercised?
> > 
> > All of them are missing from the debug_aranges :)
> As things stand, if I came to this test, I'd consider dropping vataiables 
> that appear to be in the same place in the debug info, so a comment is 
> probably needed saying what coverage they provide.
Done, and also made this patch no longer depend on D123534.


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