Re: [Crash-utility] [PATCH] Use backtrace() instead of __builtin_return_address()

Hi, * Dave Anderson [2008-05-14 08:56]: > Thanks for digging into this. I agree with you on all counts. > > One final question: does the remaining call to __builtin_return_address(0) > in tools.c:getbuf() fail in your configuration as well? Yes. __builtin_return_address(0) works in all configurations and is also guaranteed to work with gcc. Only __builtin_return_address(n) with n > 0 makes problems when the frame pointer is omitted (which is the default with -O2).