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Re: Backtrace library [1/3]

From: Toon Moene <toon at moene dot org>
To: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2012 18:25:14 +0200
Subject: Re: Backtrace library [1/3]
References: <mcroblcp3ws.fsf@google.com> <CAAiZkiAoTsndkoeV7rP9kJtesfz9qRCj4wCdkv08zsMLStnNGA@mail.gmail.com> <CAKOQZ8xmP1Q9eu_AgerKVa5G1+8mN+cXOp4ohjfZjo598GDo9A@mail.gmail.com>

On 09/12/2012 01:08 AM, Ian Lance Taylor wrote:

The interface is somewhat constrained in that, on systems that support
anonymous mmap, it does not call malloc.  That makes it possible to do
a symbolic backtrace from a signal handler.

It would also make it possible to have a traceback of a segmentation fault caused by corruption of the malloc arena ...

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References:
- Backtrace library [1/3]
  - From: Ian Lance Taylor
- Re: Backtrace library [1/3]
  - From: Gabriel Dos Reis
- Re: Backtrace library [1/3]
  - From: Ian Lance Taylor

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