Re: [PATCH 2/2 v2] Demangler crash handler

Gary Benson
2014-05-22T10:37:38Z

Pedro Alves wrote:
> Wouldn't a new "set debug demangle on" option, that would make
> GDB output:
>
> (gdb) bt / whatever-gdb-command-that-triggers-demangling
> demangling _ZN2CV1mEi ... CV::m(int)
> demangling _Zwhatever ... <NULL>
>
> be just as helpful, and, even potentially be helpful to debug
> scenarios where GDB/libiberty might get the demangling wrong,
> but not cause a crash?

It would be as helpful for obtaining the symbol, although you would
get a lot more output (hundreds of thousands/millions of lines vs one
line). It would not help the user to debug their program because GDB
would still crash.

Thanks,
Gary

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