@@ -58,6 +58,80 @@ the other streams, will change if the value is something other than ``VC70``.
5858 `UuidCreate <https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa379205(v=vs.85).aspx >`__,
5959 although LLVM cannot rely on that, as it must work on non-Windows platforms.
6060
61+ .. _pdb_named_stream_map :
62+
63+ Named Stream Map
64+ ================
65+
66+ Following the header is a serialized hash table whose key type is a string, and
67+ whose value type is an integer. The existence of a mapping ``X -> Y `` means
68+ that the stream with the name ``X `` has stream index ``Y `` in the underlying MSF
69+ file. Note that not all streams are named (for example, the
70+ :doc: `TPI Stream <TpiStream >` has a fixed index and as such there is no need to
71+ look up its index by name). In practice, there are usually only a small number
72+ of named streams and these are enumerated in the table of streams in :doc: `index `.
73+ A corollary of this is if a stream does have a name (and as such is in the named
74+ stream map) then consulting the Named Stream Map is likely to be the only way to
75+ discover the stream's MSF stream index. Several important streams (such as the
76+ global string table, which is called ``/names ``) can only be located this way, and
77+ so it is important to both produce and consume this correctly as tools will not
78+ function correctly without it.
79+
80+ .. important ::
81+ Some streams are located by fixed indices (e.g TPI Stream has index 2), but
82+ other streams are located by fixed names (e.g. the string table is called
83+ ``/names ``) and can only be located by consulting the Named Stream Map.
84+
85+ The on-disk layout of the Named Stream Map consists of 2 components. The first is
86+ a buffer of string data prefixed by a 32-bit length. The second is a serialized
87+ hash table whose key and value types are both ``uint32_t ``. The key is the offset
88+ of a null-terminated string in the string data buffer specifying the name of the
89+ stream, and the value is the MSF stream index of the stream with said name.
90+ Note that although the key is an integer, the hash function used to find the right
91+ bucket hashes the string at the corresponding offset in the string data buffer.
92+
93+ The on-disk layout of the serialized hash table is described at :doc: `HashTable `.
94+
95+ Note that the entire Named Stream Map is not length-prefixed, so the only way to
96+ get to the data following it is to de-serialize it in its entirety.
97+
98+
99+ .. _pdb_stream_features :
100+
101+ PDB Feature Codes
102+ =================
103+ Following the Named Stream Map, and consuming all remaining bytes of the PDB
104+ Stream is a list of values from the following enumeration:
105+
106+ .. code-block :: c++
107+
108+ enum class PdbRaw_FeatureSig : uint32_t {
109+ VC110 = 20091201,
110+ VC140 = 20140508,
111+ NoTypeMerge = 0x4D544F4E,
112+ MinimalDebugInfo = 0x494E494D,
113+ };
114+
115+ The meaning of these values is summarized by the following table:
116+
117+ +------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
118+ | Flag | Meaning |
119+ +==================+=================================================+
120+ | VC110 | - No other features flags are present |
121+ | | - PDB contains an :doc: `IPI Stream <TpiStream >` |
122+ +------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
123+ | VC140 | - Other feature flags may be present |
124+ | | - PDB contains an :doc: `IPI Stream <TpiStream >` |
125+ +------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
126+ | NoTypeMerge | - Presumably duplicate types can appear in the |
127+ | | TPI Stream, although it's unclear why this |
128+ | | might happen. |
129+ +------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
130+ | MinimalDebugInfo | - Program was linked with /DEBUG:FASTLINK |
131+ | | - There is no TPI / IPI stream, all type info |
132+ | | is contained in the original object files. |
133+ +------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
134+
61135Matching a PDB to its executable
62136================================
63137The linker is responsible for writing both the PDB and the final executable, and
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