error cannot find function bounds

[sam.barker0]

Hi ,
I am having 3 functions.When I step through when func b returns to
funca.it throws an error "cannot find function bounds"

funca()
{
....
...
funcb();
}

funcb()
{
funcc();
....
....
....
//it works fine till here then the throws error
}
funcc()
{
}

sample of the error

(gdb)
114 }(gdb)
(gdb)
114 }0x08040054 in ?? ()
(gdb)
Cannot find bounds of current function
(gdb)


what am I doing wrong.How can i correct this?

Cheers
sam

 

[Andrey Tarasevich]

I am having 3 functions.When I step through when func b returns to
funca.it throws an error "cannot find function bounds"
...

Most likely you have a buffer overrun problem somewhere in the inner function
(or something like that). It overwrites the current stack frame of your function
with irrelevant data, and destroys the return address in the process, which is
normally stored there among other things. The result is that the code "returns"
to some unpredictable location and can't figure out where it is it returned to.
This is what causes the error message.

 

[sam.barker0]

Most likely you have a buffer overrun problem somewhere in the inner function
(or something like that). It overwrites the current stack frame of your function
with irrelevant data, and destroys the return address in the process, which is
normally stored there among other things. The result is that the code "returns"
to some unpredictable location and can't figure out where it is it returned to.
This is what causes the error message.

Yep.Thats was the problem.Thanks for your help Andrey.
Cheers