- if (cache->func_addr == 0
- && get_next_frame (this_frame)
- && get_frame_type (get_next_frame (this_frame)) == NORMAL_FRAME)
- return NULL;
+ if (cache->func_addr == 0)
+ /* This can happen when the frame corresponds to a function for which
+ there is no debugging information nor any entry in the symbol table.
+ This is probably a static function for which an entry in the symbol
+ table was not created when the objfile got linked (observed in
+ libpthread.so on ia64-hpux).
+
+ The best we can do, in that case, is use the frame PC as the function
+ address. We don't need to give up since we still have the unwind
+ record to help us perform the unwinding. There is also another
+ compelling to continue, because abandonning now means stopping
+ the backtrace, which can never be helpful for the user. */
+ cache->func_addr = get_frame_pc (this_frame);