Bug 77669 - Release build debugging should be easier
Summary: Release build debugging should be easier
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: WebKit
Classification: Unclassified
Component: JavaScriptCore (show other bugs)
Version: 528+ (Nightly build)
Hardware: All All
: P2 Normal
Assignee: Nobody
URL:
Keywords: InRadar
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Blocks:
 
Reported: 2012-02-02 12:45 PST by Filip Pizlo
Modified: 2012-02-06 17:35 PST (History)
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2012-02-02 12:47 PST, Filip Pizlo 		barraclough: review+
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Description Filip Pizlo 2012-02-02 12:45:13 PST 
JavaScriptCore has loads of #ifndef NDEBUG guards for helper methods that print the internal representation (bytecode, DFG, JSValue).  While this saves some space in release binaries, it also makes it really hard to do meaningful debugging while in release mode.  Not to mention it adds more preprocessor noise.  It would be better if we just let the various debugging helpers compiled in always, so we can always call them even when in a release build.
Comment 1 Filip Pizlo 2012-02-02 12:47:54 PST 
Created attachment 125163 [details]
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No performance impact.  0.8% increase in the size of the JavaScriptCore framework.
Comment 2 Gavin Barraclough 2012-02-02 12:54:04 PST 
Comment on attachment 125163 [details]
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It would be great at some point if we can harden the code so that that debugOffset cannot be abused in a way that would introduce bugs.
Comment 3 Filip Pizlo 2012-02-02 13:50:19 PST 
Landed in http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/106590
Comment 4 Filip Pizlo 2012-02-06 17:35:29 PST 
<rdar://problem/10817157>