dwarf-expert

name	dwarf-expert
description	Analyzes DWARF debug information in compiled binaries. Use when inspecting .debug_* sections, DIE trees, or DW_TAG_/DW_AT_ entries with dwarfdump/llvm-dwarfdump or readelf, verifying debug info with llvm-dwarfdump --verify, answering DWARF standard questions, or writing code that parses DWARF (libdwarf, pyelftools, gimli).
effort	medium
allowed-tools	Read Write Edit Bash Grep Glob WebSearch WebFetch

DWARF Expert

Expertise for DWARF debug info: parsing and searching it, verifying its integrity, answering questions about the standard, and writing code that consumes it. Out of scope: runtime debugging (use gdb/lldb), reverse engineering beyond the DWARF sections (use Ghidra/IDA), and compiler-specific DWARF generation bugs.

Authoritative Sources

When precision matters, look standard details up instead of answering from memory:

1. dwarfstd.org — the official specification. Web-search specific sections, e.g. "DWARF5 DW_TAG_subprogram attributes site:dwarfstd.org".
2. LLVM — llvm/lib/DebugInfo/DWARF/ is a reliable reference implementation: DWARFDie.cpp (DIE and attribute access), DWARFUnit.cpp (compilation units), DWARFDebugLine.cpp (line tables), DWARFVerifier.cpp (validation).
3. libdwarf — the reference C implementation at github.com/davea42/libdwarf-code.

Parsing and Searching with dwarfdump