[llvm-commits] What requires __debug_frame?

[Devang Patel]

On May 3, 2011, at 8:26 AM, Rafael Avila de Espindola wrote:

> I was wondering what software requires __debug_frame. I decided to try changing the default and see what would break. Surprisingly, it was just a a single test that I needed to update to expect cfi directives.
> 
> I used a clang modified with the attached patch to build a debug version of clang itself and gdb is happy with it. I can set breakpoints, get backtraces, etc.

It is used by unwinder, so you want to test eh unwinding also.
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Devang
> 
> So, is __debug_frame just an historical thing right now?
> 
> Thanks,
> Rafael
> <debug_frame.patch>