From: Andrew Cagney <cagney@gnu.org>
To: Kevin Buettner <kevinb@redhat.com>
Cc: gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] frv-tdep.c: Stop backtraces in entry func, not entry file
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 23:57:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3F947650.8090601@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1031016033144.ZM24591@localhost.localdomain>
>> I'd like to avoid re-introducing a dependency on inside_entry_func() as
>> that places garish requirements on the object file readers :-(
>
>
> I agree that object file readers should not attempt to track of
> the bounds of the start function. However, given an arbitrary
> address, it's not unreasonable to ask the symtab machinery to attempt
> to figure out the function bounds. And, in fact, this is just what
> find_pc_partial_function() does.
Begs the question. How come it wasn't done that way originally? Same
for main()?
One common problem is badly written crt0.o files. For instance:
_start:
set-sp-insn
for-insn endloop
clear-mem-insn
endloop:
call-insn main
should use numeric lables so that the symbol table code doesn't get
tripped up thinking "endloop" is a function.
> > I also suspect that just removing the test fixes the bug.
>
>
> What bug?
The original one: "An FR-V user reported being unable to see useful
backtraces when debugging functions inside the entry file."
Removing the entry-file test gives the user a meaningful backtrace.
(Oh, the assembler tests don't pass if that test is present.)
> As noted earlier, I'm seeing unwelcome behavior regardless of whether
> the test is enabled or not. I've looked at what's going on in
> inside_entry_func() and have already determined that it's not working
> properly for me.
Andrew
prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-10-20 23:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-10-14 20:51 Kevin Buettner
2003-10-14 21:55 ` Andrew Cagney
2003-10-15 22:39 ` Michael Snyder
2003-10-16 0:07 ` Kevin Buettner
2003-10-16 1:15 ` Andrew Cagney
2003-10-16 3:31 ` Kevin Buettner
2003-10-16 4:10 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2003-10-20 23:57 ` Andrew Cagney [this message]
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