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diff --git a/gdb/frame-unwind.h b/gdb/frame-unwind.h
index 49f2889..12d6dd2 100644
--- a/gdb/frame-unwind.h
+++ b/gdb/frame-unwind.h
@@ -131,11 +131,14 @@ struct frame_unwind
frame_sniffer_ftype *sniffer;
};
-/* Register a frame unwinder, _appending_ it to the end of the search
- list. */
-extern void frame_unwind_register_unwinder (struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
- const struct frame_unwind *unwinder);
-
+/* Register a frame unwinder, _prepending_ it to the front of the
+ search list (so it is sniffed before previously registered
+ unwinders). By using a prepend, later calls can install unwinders
+ that override earlier calls. This allows, for instance, an OSABI
+ to install a a more specific sigtramp unwinder that overrides the
+ traditional brute-force unwinder. */
+extern void frame_unwind_prepend_unwinder (struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
+ const struct frame_unwind *unwinder);
/* Given the NEXT frame, take a wiff of THIS frame's registers (namely
the PC and attributes) and if it is the applicable unwinder return