Re: Is nexti confused by pushq?

[Dmitry Samersoff <dms@samersoff.net>]

Tom,

> for the JIT you'd want to do something similar.  I thought there was
> already such an unwinder for OpenJDK at least... ?

Yes, JDK has different kind of unwinders but unfortunately porting it to
python is problematic.

It reminds me old discussion about a native plugin interface for gdb

-Dmitry

On 26.02.2019 22:05, Tom Tromey wrote:
>>>>>> "David" == David Griffiths <dgriffiths@undo.io> writes:
> 
> David> Ok, so in my case this is generated code with no debug info (Java JIT
> David> generated) so does that mean I shouldn't attempt to use nexti? (I've got
> David> other issues which probably preclude using nexti anyway but just curious)
> 
> There are a few options to deal with this sort of problem.
> 
> As Jan said, the JIT could generate debug info using one of the
> gdb-provided JIT interfaces.  That's kind of heavyweight but gives a lot
> of control.
> 
> Another option is to write an unwinder in Python.  The crucial thing
> here is to ensure that the frame ID is constant for the duration of a
> frame.  In DWARF this is done by using the CFA as part of the identity;
> for the JIT you'd want to do something similar.  I thought there was
> already such an unwinder for OpenJDK at least... ?
> 
> Tom
>