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From: Ulrich Weigand <weigand@i1.informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
To: cagney@gnu.org (Andrew Cagney)
Cc: weigand@i1.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Ulrich Weigand),
	drow@false.org (Daniel Jacobowitz),
	gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix frame ID comparison problem on s390
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2004 14:12:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200406091412.QAA01440@faui1d.informatik.uni-erlangen.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <40B24476.6070605@gnu.org> from "Andrew Cagney" at May 24, 2004 02:52:38 PM

Andrew Cagney wrote:

> Symbol table code often returns 0 to indicate a failed lookup (here a 
> search for the function containing pc).  That zero can end up in the 
> frame ID.  Look at calls to get_frame_func / frame_func_unwind (which 
> I've proposed eliminating).
> 
>  From memory architectures that do not implement dummy ID unwind also 
> end up with wild-card IDs (fortunatly the dummy-frame code works around 
> this).
> 
> Broken tramp unwinders often leave the .code address zero (see paragraph 
> #1 for why).

So, what would you recommend to solve the problem of 'wildcard zero pc'
being confused with 'NULL pointer call'?  Is my original back-end hack
OK with or, or do you have another target-independent suggestion?

Thanks,
Ulrich

-- 
  Dr. Ulrich Weigand
  weigand@informatik.uni-erlangen.de


  reply	other threads:[~2004-06-09 14:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-05-20 13:31 Ulrich Weigand
2004-05-20 14:17 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2004-05-24 13:45   ` Ulrich Weigand
2004-05-24 18:52     ` Andrew Cagney
2004-06-09 14:12       ` Ulrich Weigand [this message]
2004-06-09 14:55         ` Andrew Cagney
2004-06-16 13:48           ` Ulrich Weigand
2004-06-16 17:33             ` Andrew Cagney
2004-06-27 20:48               ` Ulrich Weigand
2004-06-27 21:48                 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2004-06-27 22:35                   ` Ulrich Weigand
2004-06-27 22:59                   ` Andreas Schwab
2004-06-27 23:11                     ` Daniel Jacobowitz

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