Re: [PATCH] Make sysenter support optional

From: Bernd Petrovitsch
Date: Fri Dec 30 2005 - 06:20:55 EST


On Thu, 2005-12-29 at 20:03 -0800, Ulrich Drepper wrote:
> Matt Mackall wrote:
> > Ok, let me be explicit: think systems with absolutely no facility for
> > recording or displaying a backtrace.
>
> You don't know much about unwinding, do you? The same information is
> needed for C++ exception handling, thread cancellation, etc. Now go on
> and tell me you don't need this either.

On (presumbly small) embedded devices?
Please be serious.

Bernd
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