Re: RFC: %ebp-based backtrace patch

Frank Ch. Eigler
2009-07-07T13:19:44Z

Hi -

On Tue, Jul 07, 2009 at 02:15:19PM +0200, Michael Matz wrote:
> [...]
> > Could gdb partially disassemble such functions to check
> > whether %ebp is likely being used as this heuristic expects?
>
> Nope. We don't know the function borders. [...]

I'm feeling dense, so can you explain why? We have at least a
PC value, which one could map in the symbol table, no?

- FChE