From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751072AbVIUPYp (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Sep 2005 11:24:45 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751073AbVIUPYp (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Sep 2005 11:24:45 -0400 Received: from mail.metronet.co.uk ([213.162.97.75]:22988 "EHLO mail.metronet.co.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751061AbVIUPYo (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Sep 2005 11:24:44 -0400 From: Alistair John Strachan To: Xin Zhao Subject: Re: Is stack back trace possible if compiled with -fomit-frame-pointer? Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 16:25:11 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.90 Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <4ae3c140509210737383422b3@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4ae3c140509210737383422b3@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200509211625.11342.s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wednesday 21 September 2005 15:37, Xin Zhao wrote: > Also, I might want to know whether it is common case that linux apps > are compiled with -fomit-frame-pointer swtich? > Barring gentoo/LFS/DIY distros, where no such assertions can be made, the answer is probably "no". Most distros don't strip out a useful source of userspace debugging for the sake of 'speed'. -- Cheers, Alistair. 'No sense being pessimistic, it probably wouldn't work anyway.' Third year Computer Science undergraduate. 1F2 55 South Clerk Street, Edinburgh, UK.