[Bug other/24724] _Unwind_Backtrace() calls malloc

[arun dot sharma at google dot com]

------- Comment #2 from arun dot sharma at google dot com  2005-11-08 00:48 -------

It deadlocks because malloc is holding a lock and then calls the unwinder.
No, we're not throwing exceptions. One reason why malloc might want to use the
unwinder is to do heap profiling.

http://goog-perftools.sourceforge.net/doc/heap_profiler.html


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http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24724