Re: [Libunwind-devel] use_prev_instr breaking unwind - how to stop it?

[Dave Watson]

On 03/30/17 12:00 PM, Doug Moore wrote:
> Documentation has to change anyway, since the unw_init_local docs are
> currently broken.
> 
> Decrementing the ip for my case (using unw_set_reg) gets me through a few
> unw_step calls successfully, then crashes the program.

Do you know why this crashes?  I would have thought incrementing the
IP was the same as setting use_prev_instr=0.

> So, instead, I’ve attached a patch to add unw_local_init_signal to
>  the API, to solve my problem. Please consider it.

Thanks Doug