Hi Jocke, > On Mon, 2008-04-14 at 18:09 +0200, Detlev Zundel wrote: >> Hi Jocke, >> >> > I made my own backtrace function for printing >> > a trace from within a signal handler. Maybe it >> > can be useful for the kernel too? General >> > comments welcome. >> >> Probably a dumb question, but doesn't backtrace(3) from glibc work >> architecture independent already? Why do you need to reimplement it? > > Nope, it doesn't give you a good backtrace from within a signal handler. > On x86 you can use the normal backtrace function with a minor > workaround, but as ppc doesn't save a FP in leaf functions, that > workaround does not work well. You can read more about it > at http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/6391
Thanks for clearing that up. I wasn't aware of that limitation. Cheers Detlev -- In short: much of our country's [USA] counterterrorism security spending is not designed to protect us from the terrorists, but instead to protect our public officials from criticism when another attack occurs. -- Bruce Schneier -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-40 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-dev mailing list Linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-dev