Re: .eh_frame

[Masao Uebayashi <uebayasi%gmail.com@localhost>]

On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 1:24 AM, Joerg Sonnenberger
<joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost> wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 09, 2014 at 09:26:45PM +0900, Masao Uebayashi wrote:
>> o .eh_frame is GNU extension debug info to unwind stack [1]
>
> No.

Ian Lance Taylor said that it is similar to DWARF .debug_frame, but different.

>> o .eh_frame is generated by GCC/LLVM [2]
>
> Yes.
>
>> o Some code under src/sys/ reference it, but not finished & hooked to any
>>   kernel functionality (ddb(4)?)
>
> Yes.
>
>> o .eh_frame in kernel is not used yet, and safely removed from /netbsd
>
> Please do not.

o Is it correct that .eh_frame is not used by anything at all at the moment?

o Can users safely trim .eh_frame from her/his kernel?