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Re: [PATCH] Make mips-linux signal frame unwinding more robust.
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 10:22:09AM -0800, David Daney wrote:
> The current signal frame unwinding code in mips-linux-tdep.c assumes
> a constant offset from the signal return trampoline to the signal
> frame. The assumption does not hold for all kernels. Specifically
> those that have to be compiled with ICACHE_REFILLS_WORKAROUND_WAR
> set (SGI O2 for example). In the near future, it is likely that the
> assumption will cease to hold universally, as we are attempting to
> move the signal return trampoline off the stack entirely.
It's funny, I thought I'd already taught GDB about the WAR workaround,
but there's no hint of it. Your patch looks good to me.
> OK to commit?
>
> How about on the 7.1 branch?
OK both.
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Daniel Jacobowitz
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