[RFA] Make "bt N" print correct number of frames when using a frame filter
Pedro Alves
palves@redhat.com
Tue Jun 27 18:37:00 GMT 2017
On 04/23/2017 05:04 PM, Tom Tromey wrote:
> PR python/16497 notes that using "bt" with a positive argument prints
> the wrong number of frames when a frame filter is in use. Also, in this
> case, the non-frame-filter path will print a message about "More stack
> frames" when there are more; but this is not done in the frame-filter
> case.
>
> The first problem is that backtrace_command_1 passes the wrong value
> to apply_ext_lang_frame_filter -- that function takes the final
> frame's number as an argument, but backtrace_command_1 passes the
> count, which is off by one.
>
> The solution to the second problem is to have the C stack-printing
> code stop at the correct number of frames and then print the message.
>
> Tested using the buildbot.
Can you expand on the need for the PRINT_MORE_FRAMES flag and
having it based on from_tty? I assume that your first made
the printing unconditional, but then for some reason decided
against it?
Thanks,
Pedro Alves
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