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authorDavid Carlton <carlton@bactrian.org>2003-04-16 19:57:09 +0000
committerDavid Carlton <carlton@bactrian.org>2003-04-16 19:57:09 +0000
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2003-04-16 David Carlton <carlton@bactrian.org>
* Merge with mainline; tag is carlton_dictionary-20030416-merge.
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diff --git a/gdb/objfiles.h b/gdb/objfiles.h
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@@ -65,14 +65,15 @@ struct htab;
confused. However, we almost always have debugging information
available for main().
- These variables are used to save the range of PC values which are valid
- within the main() function and within the function containing the process
- entry point. If we always consider the frame for main() as the outermost
- frame when debugging user code, and the frame for the process entry
- point function as the outermost frame when debugging startup code, then
- all we have to do is have FRAME_CHAIN_VALID return false whenever a
- frame's current PC is within the range specified by these variables.
- In essence, we set "ceilings" in the frame chain beyond which we will
+ These variables are used to save the range of PC values which are
+ valid within the main() function and within the function containing
+ the process entry point. If we always consider the frame for
+ main() as the outermost frame when debugging user code, and the
+ frame for the process entry point function as the outermost frame
+ when debugging startup code, then all we have to do is have
+ DEPRECATED_FRAME_CHAIN_VALID return false whenever a frame's
+ current PC is within the range specified by these variables. In
+ essence, we set "ceilings" in the frame chain beyond which we will
not proceed when following the frame chain back up the stack.
A nice side effect is that we can still debug startup code without
@@ -83,9 +84,10 @@ struct htab;
information but we do have usable information for main(), backtraces
from user code don't go wandering off into the startup code.
- To use this method, define your FRAME_CHAIN_VALID macro like:
+ To use this method, define your DEPRECATED_FRAME_CHAIN_VALID macro
+ like:
- #define FRAME_CHAIN_VALID(chain, thisframe) \
+ #define DEPRECATED_FRAME_CHAIN_VALID(chain, thisframe) \
(chain != 0 \
&& !(inside_main_func ((thisframe)->pc)) \
&& !(inside_entry_func ((thisframe)->pc)))