go-delve/delve · error

empty stack trace

Error message

empty stack trace

What it means

Error "empty stack trace" thrown in go-delve/delve.

Source

Thrown at pkg/proc/threads.go:82

	return t.returnValues
}

// topframe returns the two topmost frames of g, or thread if g is nil.
func topframe(tgt *Target, g *G, thread Thread) (Stackframe, Stackframe, error) {
	var frames []Stackframe
	var err error

	if g == nil {
		frames, err = ThreadStacktrace(tgt, thread, 1)
	} else {
		frames, err = GoroutineStacktrace(tgt, g, 1, StacktraceReadDefers)
	}
	if err != nil {
		return Stackframe{}, Stackframe{}, err
	}
	switch len(frames) {
	case 0:
		return Stackframe{}, Stackframe{}, errors.New("empty stack trace")
	case 1:
		return frames[0], Stackframe{}, nil
	default:
		return frames[0], frames[1], nil
	}
}

func setPC(thread Thread, newPC uint64) error {
	return thread.SetReg(thread.BinInfo().Arch.PCRegNum, op.DwarfRegisterFromUint64(newPC))
}

func setSP(thread Thread, newSP uint64) error {
	return thread.SetReg(thread.BinInfo().Arch.SPRegNum, op.DwarfRegisterFromUint64(newSP))
}

func setClosureReg(thread Thread, newClosureReg uint64) error {
	return thread.SetReg(thread.BinInfo().Arch.ContextRegNum, op.DwarfRegisterFromUint64(newClosureReg))
}

View on GitHub (pinned to a23773e6c3)

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at pkg/proc/threads.go:82 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of go-delve/delve@a23773e6c3 (2026-08-31). Data as JSON: /api/errors/77f042a6196f12bd. Report an issue: GitHub.