[RFC] i386 PLT stub unwinder

[Jan Kratochvil]

On Mon, 13 Jun 2011 17:55:56 +0200, Mark Kettenis wrote:
> Jan's mail about DWARF CFI for PLT stubs prompted me to write an
> undinder for the PLT stubs as defined by the i386 ABI.  With this
> change I can step through the PLT stubs and always have a proper
> backtrace.

I do not think GDB is the right place to fix it, it should be fixed by proper
.eh_Frame as this problem affects all the tools trying to unwind such as also
oprofile, systemtap etc.


Thanks,
Jan