Draging the attached back into the thread :-)

> So something like:
> 
>     if (have symbol)
>       {
>         return (symbol matches __sigtramp.*);
>       }
>     else
>       {
>         return (mem[pc] == magic && mem[pc+1] == magic && ...);
>       }

Making it:

	if (have symbol)
		-- new code
		return symbol matches __sigtramp.*
	else if (!find_pc_section)
		-- old code, sigtramps do not exist in a section
		return (mem[pc] == magic && mem[pc+1] == magic && ...)

yes, that's much better.

> Is it possible to add an extra guard to the else clause so that memory is only examined when there's a reasonable likelyhood of it being a sigtramp?

Andrew