For general information on DWARF and inlining, you might look at this
design doc:

https://github.com/golang/proposal/blob/master/design/22080-dwarf-inlining.md#example

which describes the changes made to the compiler to add DWARF inlining
support. HTH.

Thanks, Than


On Sat, Feb 5, 2022 at 4:44 AM stephen.t....@gmail.com <
stephen.t.illingwo...@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> (This is possibly off-topic)
>
> I'm trying to decode the DWARF data in an ELF binary and I'm not sure how
> to handle functions.
>
> I'm using the elf/dwarf package in the Go standard library and
> successfully using it to identify compile units and source files and also
> to find line entries for an executed address.
>
> What I can't see is how to relate a dwarf.LineEntry to a function (or
> SubProgram as it is called in DWARF terminology).
>
> If the SubProgram TAG has both Low PC and High PC attributes then I can
> see how it can be done. Where it gets tricky is if a SubProgram has been
> inlined.
>
> What I don't fully understand is how InlinedSubPrograms relate to
> SubPrograms.
>
> I realise that this isn't really a Go question but I'm hoping someone has
> used the Go standard library in this way and understands how to solve this
> problem.
>
> Thanks.
>
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