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authorThan McIntosh <thanm@google.com>2021-04-29 14:52:24 -0400
committerThan McIntosh <thanm@google.com>2021-04-29 20:46:14 +0000
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cmd/compile: minor doc enhancements
Add a little more detail to the ssa README relating to GOSSAFUNC. Update the -d=ssa help section to give a little more detail on what to expect with applying the /debug=X qualifier to a phase. Change-Id: I7027735f1f2955dbb5b9be36d9a648e8dc655048 Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/315229 Trust: Than McIntosh <thanm@google.com> Run-TryBot: Than McIntosh <thanm@google.com> TryBot-Result: Go Bot <gobot@golang.org> Reviewed-by: David Chase <drchase@google.com>
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-rw-r--r--src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/README.md13
-rw-r--r--src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/compile.go5
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diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/README.md b/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/README.md
index 4483c2c85f..833bf1ddc9 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/README.md
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/README.md
@@ -184,6 +184,19 @@ compile passes, making it easy to see what each pass does to a particular
program. You can also click on values and blocks to highlight them, to help
follow the control flow and values.
+The value specified in GOSSAFUNC can also be a package-qualified function
+name, e.g.
+
+ GOSSAFUNC=blah.Foo go build
+
+This will match any function named "Foo" within a package whose final
+suffix is "blah" (e.g. something/blah.Foo, anotherthing/extra/blah.Foo).
+
+If non-HTML dumps are needed, append a "+" to the GOSSAFUNC value
+and dumps will be written to stdout:
+
+ GOSSAFUNC=Bar+ go build
+
<!---
TODO: need more ideas for this section
-->
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/compile.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/compile.go
index 8aae04f2ec..cd8eba405d 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/compile.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/compile.go
@@ -297,6 +297,11 @@ enables time reporting for all phases
-d=ssa/prove/debug=2
sets debugging level to 2 in the prove pass
+Be aware that when "/debug=X" is applied to a pass, some passes
+will emit debug output for all functions, and other passes will
+only emit debug output for functions that match the current
+GOSSAFUNC value.
+
Multiple flags can be passed at once, by separating them with
commas. For example: