Hi all,

I was just wondering if there exist any issues of using stack backtraces ( int backtrace (void **buffer, int size) ) with multithreaded applications, specifically pthreads compared to using backtraces with single process/thread applications. I know the backtraces are for back-tracing the current thread, but just wondering if I should be aware of anything uncertain to happen if I use the two together or any tips .

The reason I'm asking this question is that its easier to debug applications when you know a problem wont occur because of some issue (namely backtrace with pthreads) and you can then narrow down where the problem can occur.

Thanks in advance!

under linux, each thread is given its own stack. so in theory, you should be fine. You might want to check out my new blog (http://monkey-coder.blogspot.com) where my first post shows an alternate backtracing function which should be portable. (tested on x86 and powerpc linux, and on cygwin).

Thanks orgcandman. Thats a nice blog you've got there.