From: Mark Kettenis <mark.kettenis@xs4all.nl>
To: sjohnson@sakuraindustries.com
Cc: drow@false.org, gdb@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: Unwinding stack past main() when it has another name
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 23:36:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200506162336.j5GNaCYD021758@elgar.sibelius.xs4all.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <42B322E5.4080403@sakuraindustries.com> (message from Steven Johnson on Fri, 17 Jun 2005 08:22:13 -1100)
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 08:22:13 -1100
From: Steven Johnson <sjohnson@sakuraindustries.com>
Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
>The fact that we stop at _start is a feature, so hopefully you can rely
>on that in the future.
>
>For some non-C languages we get the name of the main function from
>debug information, but for C it's always main()
>
>
This isnt always the case for embedded targets. There is no RULE that C
programs must have a main() function.
Oh there is. But of course you don't have to play by that rule. But
if you don't play by that rule you're very likely want to see the
complete backtrace up to the entry point of your program anyway.
Mark
prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-06-16 23:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-06-15 12:46 Hamish Rodda
2005-06-15 14:16 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2005-06-15 15:14 ` Hamish Rodda
2005-06-15 16:37 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2005-06-16 7:42 ` Hamish Rodda
2005-06-16 13:23 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2005-06-16 21:22 ` Steven Johnson
2005-06-16 22:05 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2005-06-16 22:46 ` Steven Johnson
2005-06-17 11:21 ` Richard Earnshaw
2005-06-18 13:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-06-16 23:36 ` Mark Kettenis [this message]
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