14.2-RELEASE addr2line failures (Invalid argument [dwarf_tag(242)]) vs. gdb/lldb success: are some tools out of date relative to dwarf or such?
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Date: Sat, 31 May 2025 03:58:00 UTC
Note the example is from a 14.2-RELEASE context.
# addr2line -f -e /usr/local/sbin/pkg-static 0x464c84
addr2line: dwarf_tag failed: Invalid argument [dwarf_tag(242)]
??
??:0
vs.:
# gdb /usr/local/sbin/pkg-static
GNU gdb (GDB) 15.1 [GDB v15.1 for FreeBSD]
. . .
Reading symbols from /usr/local/sbin/pkg-static...
(gdb) info line *0x464c84
No line number information available for address 0x464c84 <exec_key+600>
(gdb) info symbol 0x464c84
exec_key + 600 in section .text
and:
# lldb /usr/local/sbin/pkg-static
(lldb) target create "/usr/local/sbin/pkg-static"
Current executable set to '/usr/local/sbin/pkg-static' (aarch64).
(lldb) target modules lookup -a 0x464c84
Address: pkg-static[0x0000000000464c84] (pkg-static.PT_LOAD[1]..text + 35972)
Summary: pkg-static`exec_key + 600
An example of where addr2line does work:
# addr2line -f -e /usr/local/sbin/pkg-static 0x70c28c
enc_uint64
/usr/src/contrib/libarchive/libarchive/archive_write_set_format_7zip.c:891
vs.
# gdb /usr/local/sbin/pkg-static
GNU gdb (GDB) 15.1 [GDB v15.1 for FreeBSD]
. . .
Reading symbols from /usr/local/sbin/pkg-static...
. . .
(gdb) info line *0x70c28c
Line 891 of "/usr/src/contrib/libarchive/libarchive/archive_write_set_format_7zip.c" starts at address 0x70c28c <make_streamsInfo+1088> and ends at 0x70c290 <make_streamsInfo+1092>.
(gdb) info symbol 0x70c28c
make_streamsInfo + 1088 in section .text
and:
# lldb /usr/local/sbin/pkg-static
(lldb) target create "/usr/local/sbin/pkg-static"
Current executable set to '/usr/local/sbin/pkg-static' (aarch64).
(lldb) target modules lookup -a 0x70c28c
Address: pkg-static[0x000000000070c28c] (pkg-static.PT_LOAD[1]..text + 2818700)
Summary: pkg-static`make_streamsInfo + 1088 [inlined] enc_uint64 + 68 at archive_write_set_format_7zip.c:891:14
pkg-static`make_streamsInfo + 1020 at archive_write_set_format_7zip.c:1022:7
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Mark Millard
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