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Limitations of frame pointer unwinding
Recent versions of commonly-used Linux distributions including Fedora and Ubuntu have disabled frame pointer optimizations with the goal of allowing profiling tools to produce stack traces without needing to include a call-frame information interpreter. In this article I will explain some overlooked limitations of unwinding with frame pointers and why enabling frame pointers does not constitute a full solution to enable profiling. I will also list some initiatives that aim to enable system-wide ...