I submitted it as a bug to the GNU ARM Embedded initially, see here for details: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gcc-arm-embedded/+bug/1566054 Basically, this patch allow gdb to unwind properly an extended stack frame, that is an exception frame with FPU state stacked. Additionally, because all Cortex-M variants have 2 stack pointers, the Main Stack Pointer (MSP) and the Process Stack Pointer (PSP), the code in the patch also check which stack was used prior to the exception. That way, backtraces work beautifully. In my original submission, I mentioned a known issue that I didn't try to fix *yet*, because that would involve a lot more work, and the impact is relatively minor: for a given outer frame, some FPU registers may not be reported correctly. I hope you don't mind too much. I consider the current patch still useful, because at least backtraces work, and it's an annoyance not to be able to get them. -- James-Adam Renquinha Henri, Ing. jr Ingenieur d'application CIMEQ INC.