[PATCH] libc: allow to backtrace out of abort call
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer
rep.dot.nop at gmail.com
Tue Jan 3 19:23:15 UTC 2012
On Jan 3, 2012 7:11 PM, "Carmelo AMOROSO" <carmelo.amoroso at st.com> wrote:
>
> Build raise and abort function with dwarf2 info by using
> -fasynchronous-unwind-tables to make backtrace() working across a
> call to abort.
>
> A scenario where it could be useful is within a signal handler that
> wants to dump a backtrace when catching some signal (i.e SIGABRT).
> Without having abort & raise built with DWARF2 information, it is not
> possible for the libgcc stack unwinder to walk through the call stack
> out of the abort/raise function.
>
> Impacts in terms of size are really limited
Please use busybox's incarnation of bloat-o-meter to report size changes in
the future.
Acked-by: Bernhard Reutner-Fischer <rep.dot.nop at gmail.com>
>
> Current
> text data bss dec hex filename
> 164 0 0 164 a4
./libpthread/nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.os
> 164 0 0 164 a4
./libpthread/nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.oS
> 220 24 4 248 f8 ./libc/stdlib/abort.os
>
> With (-fasynchronous-unwind-tables)
>
> text data bss dec hex filename
> 216 0 0 216 d8
./libpthread/nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.os
> 216 0 0 216 d8
./libpthread/nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.oS
> 280 24 4 308 134 ./libc/stdlib/abort.os
>
> Signed-off-by: Carmelo Amoroso <carmelo.amoroso at st.com>
> ---
> libc/signal/Makefile.in | 2 ++
> libc/stdlib/Makefile.in | 2 ++
> .../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/Makefile.commonarch | 2 ++
> 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/libc/signal/Makefile.in b/libc/signal/Makefile.in
> index a7e3078..ed8598b 100644
> --- a/libc/signal/Makefile.in
> +++ b/libc/signal/Makefile.in
> @@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ ifneq ($(strip $(ARCH_OBJS)),)
> CSRC-y := $(filter-out $(notdir $(ARCH_OBJS:.o=.c)),$(CSRC-y))
> endif
>
> +CFLAGS-raise.c = -fasynchronous-unwind-tables
> +
> SIGNAL_DIR := $(top_srcdir)libc/signal
> SIGNAL_OUT := $(top_builddir)libc/signal
>
> diff --git a/libc/stdlib/Makefile.in b/libc/stdlib/Makefile.in
> index 73e5462..9e96f03 100644
> --- a/libc/stdlib/Makefile.in
> +++ b/libc/stdlib/Makefile.in
> @@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ CSRC-$(if $(findstring
yy,$(UCLIBC_HAS_FLOATS)$(UCLIBC_SUSV3_LEGACY)),y) += \
> gcvt.c
> CSRC-$(UCLIBC_SUSV3_LEGACY) += mktemp.c
>
> +CFLAGS-abort.c = -fasynchronous-unwind-tables
> +
> # multi source stdlib.c
> CSRC-y += abs.c labs.c atoi.c atol.c strtol.c strtoul.c
_stdlib_strto_l.c \
> qsort.c qsort_r.c bsearch.c \
> diff --git a/libpthread/nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/Makefile.commonarch
b/libpthread/nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/Makefile.commonarch
> index e28cec2..b32bc9b 100644
> --- a/libpthread/nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/Makefile.commonarch
> +++ b/libpthread/nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/Makefile.commonarch
> @@ -128,6 +128,8 @@ CFLAGS-timer_gettime.c = -I$(top_srcdir)librt
-DIS_IN_librt
> CFLAGS-timer_routines.c = -I$(top_srcdir)librt -DIS_IN_librt
> CFLAGS-timer_settime.c = -I$(top_srcdir)librt -DIS_IN_librt
>
> +CFLAGS-raise.c = -fasynchronous-unwind-tables
> +
> CFLAGS-linux = -DNOT_IN_libc -DIS_IN_libpthread $(SSP_ALL_CFLAGS)
>
> CFLAGS-OMIT-libc_pthread_init.c = -DNOT_IN_libc -DIS_IN_libpthread
> --
> 1.7.4.4
>
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