Re: [libunwind] problems parsing dwarf frame info on amd64 optimized code

[David Mosberger]

>>>>> On Mon, 8 Mar 2004 10:49:45 -0800, Max Asbock <address@hidden> said:

  Max> Hi all,
  Max> I am trying to parse the dwarf frame info on amd64 using
  Max> libunwind which I had to slightly modify to run on amd64.
  Max> The parser works correctly in unoptimized code that uses frame pointers.
  Max> When I turn on the -O flag things fall apart. This is with gcc 3.2.2.
  Max> The parser finds two rules in the CIE:
  Max> CFA_def_cfa r7+0x8           (rsp)
  Max> CFA_offset r16 at cfa-0x8  (return address)
  Max> and then in the FDE it finds:
  Max> ...
  Max> CFA_def_cfa_offset <offset>
  Max> ...

  Max> This works for stepping from the first frame to the second, but
  Max> on the next step it fails, since the CFA is read again from r7 (rsp)
  Max> which hasn't changed. And it seems that the CFA <offset> is the
  Max> offset relative to the current CFA, not relative to the value in rsp.

Hmmh, I suspect the bug is in apply_reg_state().  It probably should
use c->cfa instead of unw_get_reg() "under the right circumstances".
I'll see if I can reproduce the problem with x86.  What test-case did
you use?

        --david