backtrace shows ?? instead of function names in gdb

Saurabh Thukral saurabhth@gmail.com
Wed Jun 13 09:35:00 GMT 2007


>
> That looks like an indirect call through a NULL function pointer.  Never
> a valid function, thus it never has a name.
>
> Andreas.
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Hi Andreas,

Thanks for the prompt response.
I will investigate this matter by doing code review.

Whether this is the only reason that such a peculiar backtrace is
produced ? If you refer to the link given in my original post, the
answer posted states several reasons.

Saurabh



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