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Backtrace command fails
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India
2008-02-14 04:41:18
GUYS,

   I HAVE CONFIGURED GDB FOR POWERPC-LINUX. I AM GETTING A
STRANGE PROBLEM
WITH THE STACK BACKTRACE COMMAND.

THE BACKTRACE COMMAND WORKS FOR MOST OF THE CASES, EXCEPT
WHEN AN EXCEPTION HAS OCCURRED AND THE STACK HAS BEEN
SWITCHED TO SOME OTHER 
MEMORY LOCATION. IN THIS CASE, THE BACKTRACE COMMAND FAILS
WITH 
FOLLOWING ERROR (AT EXACTLY THE SAME POINT WHERE THE STACK
HAS BEEN
SWITCHED)
BACKTRACE STOPPED: FRAME DID NOT SAVE THE PC.

HOWEVER, WHEN I LOOK FOR PC IN THE STACK FRAME, THERE IS A
VALID PC
IN THE FRAME. I AM NOT ABLE TO UNDERSTAND, WHY THE BACKTRACE
COMMAND
FAILS ? IS THIS IS A BUG IN GDB ? IS ANYONE AWARE OF THE
POSSIBLE
REASON FOR THIS?

I ALSO WANT TO TELL THAT THE COMMAND TO PRINT THE STACK
WHICH IS
WRITTEN ON MY TAREGET SYSTEM  WORKS FINE. THIS COMMAND
SIMPLY FINDS
OUT THE FP AND SAVED PC AND PRINTS THEIR VALUES.

THANKS A 
LOT FOR ANY HELP IN ADVANCE.



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