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Re: [patch]: Replace stryoul call to fetch address

From: Pedro Alves <palves at redhat dot com>
To: gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 21:50:51 +0000
Subject: Re: [patch]: Replace stryoul call to fetch address
References: <20130227164419.GA16975@calimero.vinschen.de> <512E404E.6070504@redhat.com> <20130227183805.GA30418@calimero.vinschen.de> <512E5B26.7050104@redhat.com> <20130227194235.GB30418@calimero.vinschen.de>

On 02/27/2013 07:42 PM, Corinna Vinschen wrote:

> The SEGV occurs in exception.c, function throw_exception, though.
> The `*current_catcher->exception = exception;' assignment crashes
> because current_catcher->exception is NULL.  I don't understand yet
> why it's NULL, and why the throw_exception function doesn't test
> this before trying to write *current_catcher->exception.

What's the backtrace like?

There's always a top level catcher installed (gdb_main -> catch_errors)
Unless, hmm, waitaminut.  What's the backtrace like?  I just realized
a very early exception in captured_main can result in bad
things like that.

-- 
Pedro Alves

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