gcc-4.1 with patch from PR26208 doesn't support unwinding through signal frames.
$ uname -a SunOS hermes 5.9 Generic_117171-07 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Blade-1500 $ ./u-sparc-sun-solaris2.9 boom! 10af4 signalHandler+0x1c ff31f010 _setuid+0x68 alive! $ ./u-sparc64-sun-solaris2.9 boom! 100000dac signalHandler+0x28 ffffffff7f1a7b58 _setuid+0x54 alive! on x86 it works fine. $ ./u-i486-gnu-linux boom! 0x8048ac8 signalHandler+0x15 0xffffe500 __kernel_sigreturn+0x0 0x8048b0e zoo+0x34 0x8048b21 bar+0xb 0x8048b36 foo+0x13 0x8048b63 main+0x28 0x322de6 __libc_start_main+0xc6 alive! $ ./u-x86_64-gnu-linux boom! 0x400deb signalHandler+0x1a 0x400e26 zoo+0x2c 0x400e45 bar+0x17 0x400e55 foo+0xe 0x400e6f main+0x18 0x34cf71c4cc __libc_start_main+0xdc alive! -- Summary: problem with unwinding through signal frame. Product: gcc Version: 4.1.2 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: target AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: pluto at agmk dot net GCC target triplet: sparc*-sun-solaris2.9 http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33743