Landing: 36aa829e5465

Project / Subsystem

gcc / except

Date

2026-09-25

Author

Andrea Pinski

Commit

36aa829e54652ed78ed4697f9ff0ebe7ed4608ba

Source

github

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No

Breaking

No

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36aa829e54652ed78ed4697f9ff0ebe7ed4608ba
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github
headline
except: Add chain_next/chain_prev for eh_catch_d for GTY
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Enhances exception handling structures with linked list pointers to prevent stack overflows during garbage collection.
author
Andrea Pinski
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committed
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  • • exception handling
  • • garbage collection
  • • stability
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date
2026-09-25T00:00:00.000Z

This commit adds chain_next and chain_prev pointers to the eh_catch_d structure. This change is intended to preemptively address potential garbage collection (GC) issues that could lead to stack overflows due to deeply nested structures.