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diff --git a/source/d/pahole/slack-desc b/source/d/pahole/slack-desc new file mode 100644 index 000000000..29e401bac --- /dev/null +++ b/source/d/pahole/slack-desc @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE: +# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. +# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and +# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. +# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also +# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines. + + |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------| +pahole: pahole (debugging format utilities) +pahole: +pahole: pahole shows data structure layouts encoded in debugging information +pahole: formats with DWARF, CTF, and BTF being supported. +pahole: +pahole: This is useful for, among other things: optimizing important data +pahole: structures by reducing their size, figuring out what is the field +pahole: sitting at an offset from the start of a data structure, investigating +pahole: ABI changes and more generally understanding a new codebase you have +pahole: to work with. +pahole: |