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Re: problem with unwind info for .init/.fini sections
- From: David Mosberger <davidm at hpl dot hp dot com>
- To: Richard Henderson <rth at redhat dot com>
- Cc: David Mosberger <davidm at hpl dot hp dot com>, binutils at sources dot redhat dot com, linux-ia64 at linuxia64 dot org
- Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 17:01:05 -0800
- Subject: Re: problem with unwind info for .init/.fini sections
- References: <200202221954.g1MJsRr7007557@napali.hpl.hp.com><20020222165808.A20491@redhat.com>
- Reply-to: davidm at hpl dot hp dot com
>>>>> On Fri, 22 Feb 2002 16:58:08 -0800, Richard Henderson <rth@redhat.com> said:
Richard> On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 11:54:27AM -0800, David Mosberger
Richard> wrote:
>> While we found the problem with ia64 linux, I suspect other
>> platforms that rely on unwind info are likely to be affected as
>> well.
Richard> This is .init -- why do you care if you can unwind through
Richard> it?
Because a debugger might need to do so. I found the problem while
trying to print a backtrace with the Ski simulator while it was
executing inside an init function.
--david