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Date:      Thu, 20 Oct 2011 10:22:34 +0200
From:      Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg@britannica.bec.de>
To:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: .eh_frame, .eh_frame_hdr - how to remove that trash
Message-ID:  <20111020082234.GA4568@britannica.bec.de>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1110200937220.33102@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
References:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.1110200937220.33102@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>

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On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 09:41:24AM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote:
> how to do this and what the hell it is used at all?

It is used to allow unwinding stack frames. That is required for
exception handling with C++ and also to allow debugging in the presence
of -fomit-frame-pointer, e.g. as used by default on AMD64.

Joerg



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