Source Code Information

To see source code in annotated Source and Disassembly analyses, and source lines in the Lines analyses, you must compile the source files of interest with the -g compiler option (-g0 for C++ to enable front-end inlining) to generate debug symbol information. The format of the debug symbol information can be either DWARF2 or stabs, as specified by -xdebugformat=(dwarf|stabs) . The default debug format is dwarf.

To prepare compilation objects with debug information that allows dataspace profiles, currently only for SPARC® processors, compile by specifying -xhwcprof and any level of optimization. (Currently, this functionality is not available without optimization.) To see program data objects in Data Objects analyses, also add -g (or -g0 for C++) to obtain full symbolic information.

Executables and libraries built with DWARF format debugging symbols automatically include a copy of each constituent object file’s debugging symbols. Executables and libraries built with stabs format debugging symbols also include a copy of each constituent object file’s debugging symbols if they are linked with the -xs option, which leaves stabs symbols in the various object files as well as the executable. The inclusion of this information is particularly useful if you need to move or remove the object files. With all of the debugging symbols in the executables and libraries themselves, it is easier to move the experiment and the program-related files to a new location.