Re: power ABI stack frame
"Kamal R. Prasad" <[email protected]>
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--- Matt Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > Kamal R. Prasad wrote: > > hello, > > > > Im doing a stack analysis on AIX/IBM p615 and I > find > > that there are quite a few intermediate stack > frames > > that contain a pc pointing to the data segment > (using > > AIX terminology). [snip] > > Usually, they are for when lazy binding is done. > These > go through the PLT which can cause dummy frames to > appear > on the stack. > Can you point me to some documentation that elaborates on the same and how one can go about detecting such dummy frames (is there some marker)? What is PLT btw(if not program load table)? thanks -kamal > -- > Matt Thomas email: > [email protected] > 3am Software Foundry www: > http://3am-software.com/bio/matt/ > Cupertino, CA disclaimer: I avow all > knowledge of this message. > ------------------------------------------------------------ Kamal R. Prasad UNIX systems consultant http://members.fortunecity.com/kamalp [email protected] In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is. ------------------------------------------------------------ ____________________________________________________ Yahoo! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com