Re: [Libunwind-devel] Libunwind support for CFI from .debug_frame in DWARF

[David Mosberger-Tang]

Hi Corey,

On 2/6/07, Corey Ashford <address@hidden> wrote:

> Are there any plans to add support to libunwind for the case when only
> .debug_frame sections are present?

Can't speak for others, but I myself do not have plans for this.  As I
recall, I considered it briefly, but decided against it.  I think part
of it was that the info in .debug_frame isn't exactly the same as in
the .eh_frame sections.

Regards,

 --david

> I ask this knowing that the default switches for building Linux these
> days includes -fexceptions, however many user apps will not have this
> switch set.
>
> ---
>
> As an aside, for the Frysk developers out there:
>
> Is there some reliance on the -fasynchronous-unwind-tables switch being
> used to compile the app-under-test besides getting libunwind to work?
> In other words, are there other parts of Frysk that rely on .eh_frame
> sections?
>
> Thanks for your consideration,
>
> - Corey
>
>
>
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> IBM Linux Technology Center, Linux Toolchain
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