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Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 13:42:48 -0500
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
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Subject: Re: rsync hang - strace output - any ideas?
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On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 01:13:33PM -0500, Joe Buehler wrote:
>Max Bowsher wrote:
>
>>I got this from gdb:
>>(gdb) bt
>>#0  0x77f767ce in ?? ()
>>
>>i.e. nothing useful. If anyone has any suggestions for getting more info,
>>please say.
>
>I posted a script to this list some time back that can be used to translate
>NT addresses (like the 0x77f767ce above) to function names.  This can be
>a help in understanding what a thread is hanging on.

The newly released version of gdb may do this automatically.  I accidentally
included a patch from the net in this version which added this functionality.
I meant to remove it because it was rumored to have problems but it seems
to be working ok, AFAICT.

When doing backtraces, please remember that thread 1 is the main thread.
Usually that is the thread which is doing something interesting.

cgf

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