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From: Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
To: Cristian Zamfir <cristian.zamfir@epfl.ch>
Cc: gdb@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: backtrace when corrupt stack
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>>>>> "Cristian" == Cristian Zamfir <cristian.zamfir@epfl.ch> writes:

Cristian> Is it possible to get an accurate backtrace in this case?

In addition to what Robert said, you may want to try valgrind instead of
gdb in a case like this.  That is usually the tool I try first when I
have this kind of bug.

Tom