https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=115272
--- Comment #4 from Tom de Vries <vries at gcc dot gnu.org> --- With this patch: ... diff --git a/gcc/dwarf2out.cc b/gcc/dwarf2out.cc index 8ec3856873e..ea3318396e0 100644 --- a/gcc/dwarf2out.cc +++ b/gcc/dwarf2out.cc @@ -13247,6 +13247,7 @@ base_type_die (tree type, bool reverse) bool fpt_used = false; struct fixed_point_type_info fpt_info; tree type_bias = NULL_TREE; + tree type_attr = NULL_TREE; /* If this is a subtype that should not be emitted as a subrange type, use the base type. See subrange_type_for_debug_p. */ @@ -13342,6 +13343,8 @@ base_type_die (tree type, bool reverse) } else encoding = DW_ATE_lo_user; + if (!dwarf_strict) + type_attr = TREE_TYPE (type); break; case BOOLEAN_TYPE: @@ -13421,6 +13424,13 @@ base_type_die (tree type, bool reverse) | dw_scalar_form_reference, NULL); + if (type_attr != NULL_TREE) + { + dw_die_ref type_attr_die + = modified_type_die (type_attr, 0, reverse, comp_unit_die ()); + add_AT_die_ref (base_type_result, DW_AT_type, type_attr_die); + } + return base_type_result; } ... on x86_64 we get: ... <1><32>: Abbrev Number: 2 (DW_TAG_base_type) <33> DW_AT_byte_size : 4 <34> DW_AT_encoding : 4 (float) <34> DW_AT_name : float <1><38>: Abbrev Number: 3 (DW_TAG_base_type) <39> DW_AT_byte_size : 8 <3a> DW_AT_encoding : 3 (complex float) <3a> DW_AT_type : <0x32> <3e> DW_AT_name : complex float <1><56>: Abbrev Number: 2 (DW_TAG_base_type) <57> DW_AT_byte_size : 8 <58> DW_AT_encoding : 4 (float) <58> DW_AT_name : double <1><5c>: Abbrev Number: 3 (DW_TAG_base_type) <5d> DW_AT_byte_size : 16 <5e> DW_AT_encoding : 3 (complex float) <5e> DW_AT_type : <0x56> <62> DW_AT_name : complex double <1><7b>: Abbrev Number: 2 (DW_TAG_base_type) <7c> DW_AT_byte_size : 16 <7d> DW_AT_encoding : 4 (float) <7d> DW_AT_name : long double <1><81>: Abbrev Number: 3 (DW_TAG_base_type) <82> DW_AT_byte_size : 32 <83> DW_AT_encoding : 3 (complex float) <83> DW_AT_type : <0x7b> <87> DW_AT_name : complex long double ...