Ralf Baechle wrote: > On Wed, Aug 06, 2008 at 11:57:32AM -0700, David Daney wrote: > > >>> In the trace below, is "epc" the program counter at the time of the > >>> timer interrupt? How does "ra" fit into this, given that the > >>> function whose address it contains isn't seen in the stack trace > >>> until quite a ways down? > >> > >> $LBB378 is an internal symbol. The value of RA may not be very informative > >> if it was overwritten by a random subroutine call. > >> > > > > I have thought about eliminating these internal labels when the module's symbols are read. Would this make any sense? > > I think so. Maybe that could even be done when the module is linked. I > don't think there are ever any relocations against these local symbols. > Thiemo? AFAIR all such symbols are branch labels or debug info labels, the module loader should never use them. (But I don't know if kgdb uses them.) Thiemo
