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| libunwind LLVM Unwinder |
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| Overview |
| ======== |
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| libunwind is an implementation of the interface defined by the HP libunwind |
| project. It was contributed by Apple as a way to enable clang++ to port to |
| platforms that do not have a system unwinder. It is intended to be a small and |
| fast implementation of the ABI, leaving off some features of HP's libunwind |
| that never materialized (e.g. remote unwinding). |
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| The unwinder has two levels of API. The high level APIs are the `_Unwind_*` |
| functions which implement functionality required by `__cxa_*` exception |
| functions. The low level APIs are the `unw_*` functions which are an interface |
| defined by the old HP libunwind project. |
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| Getting Started with libunwind |
| ------------------------------ |
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| .. toctree:: |
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| BuildingLibunwind |
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| Current Status |
| -------------- |
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| libunwind is a production-quality unwinder, with platform support for DWARF |
| unwind info, SjLj, and ARM EHABI. |
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| The low level libunwind API was designed to work either in-process (aka local) |
| or to operate on another process (aka remote), but only the local path has been |
| implemented. Remote unwinding remains as future work. |
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| Platform and Compiler Support |
| ----------------------------- |
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| libunwind is known to work on the following platforms: |
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| ============ ======================== ============ ======================== |
| OS Arch Compilers Unwind Info |
| ============ ======================== ============ ======================== |
| Any i386, x86_64, ARM Clang SjLj |
| Bare Metal ARM Clang, GCC EHABI |
| FreeBSD i386, x86_64, ARM64 Clang DWARF CFI |
| iOS ARM Clang SjLj |
| Linux ARM Clang, GCC EHABI |
| Linux i386, x86_64, ARM64 Clang, GCC DWARF CFI |
| macOS i386, x86_64 Clang, GCC DWARF CFI |
| NetBSD x86_64 Clang, GCC DWARF CFI |
| Windows i386, x86_64, ARM, ARM64 Clang DWARF CFI |
| ============ ======================== ============ ======================== |
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| The following minimum compiler versions are strongly recommended. |
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| * Clang 3.5 and above |
| * GCC 4.7 and above. |
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| Anything older *may* work. |
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| Notes and Known Issues |
| ---------------------- |
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| * TODO |
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| Getting Involved |
| ================ |
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| First please review our `Developer's Policy <https://llvm.org/docs/DeveloperPolicy.html>`__ |
| and `Getting started with LLVM <https://llvm.org/docs/GettingStarted.html>`__. |
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| **Bug Reports** |
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| If you think you've found a bug in libunwind, please report it using |
| the `LLVM bug tracker`_. If you're not sure, you |
| can ask for support on the `Runtimes forum`_ or on IRC. |
| Please use the tag "libunwind" for new threads. |
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| **Patches** |
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| If you want to contribute a patch to libunwind, please start by reading the LLVM |
| `documentation about contributing <https://www.llvm.org/docs/Contributing.html>`__. |
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| **Discussion and Questions** |
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| Send discussions and questions to the `Runtimes forum`_. Please add the tag "libunwind" to your post. |
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| Quick Links |
| =========== |
| * `LLVM Homepage <https://llvm.org/>`_ |
| * `LLVM Bug Tracker <https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/labels/libunwind/>`_ |
| * `Clang Discourse Forums <https://discourse.llvm.org/c/clang/6>`_ |
| * `cfe-commits Mailing List <http://lists.llvm.org/mailman/listinfo/cfe-commits>`_ |
| * `Runtimes Forum <https://discourse.llvm.org/tags/c/runtimes>`_ |
| * `Browse libunwind Sources <https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/blob/main/libunwind/>`_ |
