llvm dev - Jan 2019 - Print void* pointer using !DI* information in human readable format

Hi,

Given that the !DI* metadata is available in .ll file, I am wondering
if there is a way to case any void* pointer appropriately according to
the debug information and print the data pointed by the void* pointer
in a human-readable format in C.

I think that lldb should have some facility to do this.

But I am wondering what is the best way to do it in C. Does anybody
know? Is there a library to facilitate this? Thanks.

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Regards,
Peng

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> 
> Hi,
> 
> Given that the !DI* metadata is available in .ll file, I am wondering
> if there is a way to case any void* pointer appropriately according to
> the debug information and print the data pointed by the void* pointer
> in a human-readable format in C.
> 
> I think that lldb should have some facility to do this.
You should be able to cast the void* pointer to another pointer type
and then dereference it. I personally am not familiar with lldb syntax
but in gdb it would be something like "p *(other*)pointer"
> But I am wondering what is the best way to do it in C. Does anybody
> know? Is there a library to facilitate this? Thanks.
Assuming you are writing a debugger or other tool to examine the state
of a running program, LLVM's DebugInfo library might be helpful.
--paulr

> 
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> Regards,
> Peng
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