On 09/08/07, Rene Herman <rene.herman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 08/09/2007 10:49 PM, Jesper Juhl wrote: > > > On 09/08/07, Rene Herman <rene.herman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On 08/09/2007 09:29 PM, Jesper Juhl wrote: > >> > >>> On 09/08/07, Stavros Passas <stabat@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>>> For example, one line could be : > >>>> [<ffffffff802478c1>] acct_collect+0x42/0x18e > >>>> > >>> [<address_of_function>] name_of_function+offset_into_function/size_of_function > >> "return address as found on stack", rather than "address_of_function". > >> > > Right, as found on stack, I guess I should have elaborated on that bit - thanks. > > Well... hope I'm not annoying you or anything, but the "return address" bit > was actually more the point than the "as found on stack" bit. If the printed > name is "name_of_function" then the printed address is not > address_of_function (but address_of_function+offset_into_function). > call foo address of caller gets pushed onto the stack, that's the addr printed, the address that would later be returned to by ret agreed? -- Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@xxxxxxxxx> Don't top-post http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/T/top-post.html Plain text mails only, please http://www.expita.com/nomime.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ