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Re:Frame pointers vs. DWARF – my verdict by rwmj on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @06:15AM (#34802372)
AIUI the problems with LBR are two-fold. It only works on newish CPUs, and it only handles a limited number of stack frames (I heard 8, but maybe more on recent CPUs).
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Re:Frame pointers vs. DWARF – my verdict by amluto on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @09:15AM (#34804019)
CET’s shadow stacks, on the other hand, will solve this entire problem, both exactly and extremely efficiently.
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