Landing: 1e59a869afe0

Project / Subsystem

gcc / libbacktrace

Date

2026-05-04

Author

Ian Lance Taylor

Commit

1e59a869afe091b14157ebd992cc35cb097434b2

Source

github

Perf win

No

Breaking

No

All attributes

project
gcc
subsystem
libbacktrace
patch_id
commit_hash
1e59a869afe091b14157ebd992cc35cb097434b2
source_type
github
headline
Libbacktrace Now Supports Multiple Zstd Frames
tldr
Libbacktrace can now decompress multi-frame zstd compressed data, improving its ability to handle complex backtraces.
author
Ian Lance Taylor
outcome
committed
performance_win
false
breaking_change
false
series_id
series_parts
[]
tags
  • libbacktrace
  • zstd
  • decompression
  • stacktraces
discussion_id_link
bugzilla_pr
date
2026-05-04T00:00:00.000Z

Libbacktrace gains the ability to decompress multiple zstd frames within a single compressed stream. This enhancement allows the library to handle more complex scenarios where backtrace information is compressed using multi-frame zstd, potentially improving the reliability and completeness of stack traces.