@node backtrace
@subsection @code{backtrace}
@findex backtrace

LSB specification:@* @url{https://refspecs.linuxbase.org/LSB_5.0.0/LSB-Core-generic/LSB-Core-generic/baselib-backtrace-1.html}

Documentation:
@itemize
@item
@ifinfo
@ref{Backtraces,,Backtraces,libc},
@end ifinfo
@ifnotinfo
@url{https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/Backtraces.html},
@end ifnotinfo
@item
@uref{https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/online/pages/man3/backtrace.3.html,,man backtrace}.
@end itemize

Gnulib module: execinfo
@mindex execinfo

Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
This function is missing on many platforms:
musl libc, FreeBSD 9.3, NetBSD 6.1, OpenBSD 6.9, Minix 3.1.8, AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11, Solaris 10, Cygwin 2.9, mingw, MSVC 14, Android API level 32.
@end itemize

Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
The second argument is of type @code{size_t}, not @code{int}, on some platforms:
FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD.
@item
The return value may be @code{(size_t)(-1)} instead of 0 on some platforms:
FreeBSD 12.4/i386.
@item
The returned stack trace is empty if it would not entirely fit into the
provided buffer on some platforms:
FreeBSD 14.0, NetBSD 10.0, OpenBSD 7.5.
@item
The returned stack trace is always empty on some platforms:
FreeBSD 11.0/i386, FreeBSD 12.2/sparc64.
@item
On platforms where the function is missing,
the Gnulib substitute implementation is just a stub, and does nothing.
@end itemize