Greetings,
We use libunwind just for stack traces (I suspect many others do as well).
The use pattern is:
GetStackTrace(void** result, int max_depth)
{
...
unw_getcontext(&uc);
unw_init_local(&cursor, &uc);
while (n < max_depth) {
if (unw_get_reg(&cursor, UNW_REG_IP, (unw_word_t *) &ip) < 0) {
break;
}
result[n++] = ip;
if (unw_step(&cursor) <= 0) {
break;
}
}
Given this usage, it is quite convenient for us to block signals (or
prevent signal handlers from re-entering libunwind by other means) at the
"top level", which makes most of the sigprocmask calls performed by
libunwind itself unneccessary.
The second patch in this series adds a configure option which removes most
of the sigprocmask calls.
Attached patch is a preliminary for it -- consolidating all of the
"sigprocmask; mutex_lock;" sequences into lock_acquire and "mutex_unlock;
sigprocmask;" sequences into lock_release.
Thanks,
--
Paul Pluzhnikov
commit 402d15b123d54a7669db7cf17a76dd315094e472
Author: Paul Pluzhnikov <ppluzhnikov@google.com>
Date: Mon Sep 21 10:18:28 2009 -0700
Replace "sigprocmask + mutext_lock" with a single lock_acquire.
Likewise, replace "mutext_unlock + sigprocmask" with lock_release.
Now that dwarf_find_save_locs() not just finds the save-locations but
also updates the cursor-state, document this fact (the function really
is misnamed now).
unwind-info, since DWARF expects us to do so (unlikey for ia64,
where we are guaranteed that the (return) IP points to the
correct unwind-info).
2004/11/17 02:43:39-08:00 mostang.com!davidm
(run_cfi_program): Switch over to using dwarf_cie_info instead of
unw_dyn_dwarf_fde_info_t.
(fetch_proc_info): Clear c->pi before filling it in.
(put_unwind_info): If we got non-dynamic unwind-info, free it
via a call to mempool_free().
(parse_fde): Switch over to using dwarf_cie_info instead of
unw_dyn_dwarf_fde_info_t.
(apply_reg_state): Drop accessees to c->cfa_is_sp.
2004/10/25 17:38:51+02:00 homeip.net!davidm
Fix typo: DW_CFA_CFA_expression -> DW_CFA_expression.
2004/10/21 11:15:44+02:00 homeip.net!davidm
Auto merged
2004/10/21 11:15:12+02:00 homeip.net!davidm
(run_cfi_program): Add missing newline in Debug statement.
(apply_reg_state): It was wrong to do a dwarf_get() on the CFA-location
returned by eval_location_expr(). Instead, we must make sure
we're dealing with a memory-location and, if so, just extract
the memory address as the CFA.
Also, update c->cfa only _after_ the other frame-state has
been updated. This seems to be necessary for correct parsing
of the sigtramp unwind info. Not sure yet this is 100% correct,
but it gets us through Gtest-resume-sig.
2004/10/19 23:24:56-07:00 mostang.com!davidm
(run_cfi_program): Fix typos in Debug statements.
(Logical change 1.290)
printing them. Avoids compiler-warning for 64-bit targets.
(apply_reg_state): Handle the special case where the stack-pointer
plays the role of the CFA and the stack-pointer hasn't
been saved. This is based on a patch by Max Asbock.
(Logical change 1.253)
