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Re: The gdb x86 function prologue parser
- From: Michael Snyder <msnyder at redhat dot com>
- To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>
- Cc: Jason Molenda <jmolenda at apple dot com>, gdb-patches at sources dot redhat dot com, kettenis at jive dot nl
- Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 13:28:38 -0700
- Subject: Re: The gdb x86 function prologue parser
- References: <85C775AE-3B05-431E-96D2-49EA9D1413E6@apple.com> <u8y1kaoki.fsf@gnu.org>
Eli Zaretskii wrote:
Last, but not least, I'd surely appreciate some write-up, even in
plain ASCII, about how prologue analyzers in general and the x86 one
in particular work: that stuff is sorely needed in gdbint.texinfo.
Prologue parsing is a black art, on its way to becoming a
lost art thanks to our increasing dependance on dwarf cfi.
It would be great if Jason could preserve some of what he's
having to relearn/reinvent -- but it wouldn't be fair of us
to require this of him. This isn't new stuff, it's old stuff.
Not to discourage you, Jason -- your name will be revered
if you write this up, especially in the not-completely-unlikely
event that someone else has to do this again someday.