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5d088ba3 - [lldb] Track CFA pointer metadata in StackID (#157498)

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[lldb] Track CFA pointer metadata in StackID (#157498) [lldb] Track CFA pointer metadata in StackID In this commit: 9c8e71644227 [lldb] Make StackID call Fix{Code,Data} pointers (#152796) We made StackID keep track of the CFA without any pointer metadata in it. This is necessary when comparing two StackIDs to determine which one is "younger". However, the CFA inside StackIDs is also used in other contexts through the method StackID::GetCallFrameAddress. One notable case is DWARFExpression: the computation of `DW_OP_call_frame_address` is done using StackID. This feeds into many other places, e.g. expression evaluation may require the address of a variable that is computed from the CFA; to access the variable without faulting, we may need to preserve the pointer metadata. As such, StackID must be able to provide both versions of the CFA. In the spirit of allowing consumers of pointers to decide what to do with pointer metadata, this patch changes StackID to store both versions of the cfa pointer. Two getter methods are provided, and all call sites except DWARFExpression preserve their existing behavior (stripped pointer). Other alternatives were considered: * Just store the raw pointer. This would require changing the comparisong operator `<` to also receive a Process, as the comparison requires stripped pointers. It wasn't clear if all call-sites had a non-null process, whereas we know we have a process when creating a StackID. * Store a weak pointer to the process inside the class, and then strip metadata as needed. This would require a `weak_ptr::lock` in many operations of LLDB, and it felt wasteful. It also prevents stripping of the pointer if the process has gone away. This patch also changes RegisterContextUnwind::ReadFrameAddress, which is the method computing the CFA fed into StackID, to also preserve the signature pointers.
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