dwarflint: Add a description of locstats

diff --git a/dwarflint/check_nodebug.cc b/dwarflint/check_nodebug.cc
index fe9fbb0e38094b36c577db837cda98ed993488f5..56b0ca805ca781785c6d8ed6ae2e2f418a9048d7 100644 (file)
--- a/dwarflint/check_nodebug.cc
+++ b/dwarflint/check_nodebug.cc
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public:
        .groups ("@low")
        .description (
 "Checks that there are at least essential debuginfo sections present\n"
-"in the ELF file."));
+"in the ELF file.\n"));
     return &cd;
   }
 

diff --git a/dwarflint/locstats.cc b/dwarflint/locstats.cc
index e338fd42811736ef80c5d27225ed4b21b4031fb8..2b9739300fddd6d72133c6387b6be7d666b362fe 100644 (file)
--- a/dwarflint/locstats.cc
+++ b/dwarflint/locstats.cc
@@ -43,7 +43,15 @@ namespace
     static checkdescriptor const *descriptor () {
       static checkdescriptor cd
        (checkdescriptor::create ("locstats")
-        .groups ("@nodefault"));
+        .groups ("@nodefault")
+        .description (
+"Computes a location info coverage statistics.  Goes through the whole\n"
+"DIE graph, looking at each variable and formal parameter, and\n"
+"determining scope coverage of its location information.  In other\n"
+"words for how big a part of scope we know, where the variable\n"
+"\"lives\".\n"
+" https://fedorahosted.org/pipermail/elfutils-devel/2010-July/001498.html\n"
+" https://fedorahosted.org/pipermail/elfutils-devel/2010-September/001602.html\n"));
       return &cd;
     }