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Re: [patches] Re: x86_64 frame unwind info
[cc'ed to discuss@x86-64.org, because it's certainly an ABI question]
> >
> > Incorrect. We do not expect debuggers to be able to interpret .eh_frame,
> > which is of gcc origin. We expect them to be able to interpret .debug_frame,
> > which is of dwarf2 standards origin. Thus we emit _both_ .eh_frame and
> > .debug_frame with -g -fexceptions.
> >
>
> Aha, I see - so for debugging we actually output both sections....
> Se would that be ok with removed "else"?
So turning the space overhead from 10-20% to 20-40% for C++. Does not look
very attractive. I would strongly advocate to not duplicate them at least
for x86-64.
-Andi