https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=109161
Bug ID: 109161 Summary: Bad CTF generated for stub in function scope Product: gcc Version: 13.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: debug Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: ibhagat at gcc dot gnu.org Target Milestone: --- $ cat t.c void set_cpu_arch (void) { typedef struct arch_stack_entry { const struct arch_stack_entry *prev; } arch_stack_entry; static arch_stack_entry *arch_stack_top; } $ gcc -gctf -g3 -c t.c $ objdump --ctf=.ctf t.o will hang. The hang is because the compiler spits incorrect CTF. Byte offsets (which point to the location of the various sub-sections in the CTF section) encoded in the CTF header as seen via poke: ... cth_funcoff=0U#B, cth_objtidxoff=4U#B, cth_funcidxoff=4U#B, cth_varoff=8U#B, cth_typeoff=8U#B, cth_stroff=96U#B, ... -- The generated CTF section has one function object, and no variables as can be seen from the offsets in the header. This is OK. --There are however, generated types; Further, a subset of which are incorrect (see below). (poke) ctf_dump_all_types(ctf) Types: 1: (kind 1) integer void (size 0) (signed) 2: (kind 5) function set_cpu_arch --> ID 1: (kind 1) integer void (size 0) 3: (kind 6) struct arch_stack_entry (size 8) [0U#b] prev (ID 5) [0U#b] (ID 3) 4: (kind 12) const --> ID 3: (kind 6) struct arch_stack_entry (size 8) 5: (kind 3) pointer --> ID 4: (kind 12) const --> ID 3: (kind 6) struct arch_stack_entry (size 8) [Problem #1] A struct with two members, one of which is unnamed. The type as defined by the user has one member named prev in the struct => The generated CTF is incorrect. [Problem #2] Well, why is there any generated CTF at all ? Both the variable and the defined type are function-scope; In CTF, only top-level types, functions, variables are to be described.