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-@c Copyright (C) 1988-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@c Copyright (C) 1988-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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@c makeinfo ignores cmds prev to setfilename, so its arg cannot make use
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@c man begin COPYRIGHT
-Copyright @copyright{} 1988-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 1988-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or
@end ifset
Version @value{GDBVN}.
-Copyright (C) 1988-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 1988-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This edition of the GDB manual is dedicated to the memory of Fred
Fish. Fred was a long-standing contributor to GDB and to Free
Computer Laboratory under DARPA/AFRL contract FA8750-10-C-0237
("CTSRD"), as part of the DARPA CRASH research programme.
+Initial support for the FreeBSD/riscv target and native configuration
+was developed by SRI International and the University of Cambridge
+Computer Laboratory (Department of Computer Science and Technology)
+under DARPA contract HR0011-18-C-0016 ("ECATS"), as part of the DARPA
+SSITH research programme.
+
+The original port to the OpenRISC 1000 is believed to be due to
+Alessandro Forin and Per Bothner. More recent ports have been the work
+of Jeremy Bennett, Franck Jullien, Stefan Wallentowitz and
+Stafford Horne.
+
@node Sample Session
@chapter A Sample @value{GDBN} Session
the DWARF debugging format, and specify the option @option{-g3}.
@xref{Debugging Options,,Options for Debugging Your Program or GCC,
-gcc.info, Using the @sc{gnu} Compiler Collection (GCC)}, for more
+gcc, Using the @sc{gnu} Compiler Collection (GCC)}, for more
information on @value{NGCC} options affecting debug information.
You will have the best debugging experience if you use the latest
You can also change @value{GDBN}'s current working directory by using
the @code{cd} command.
-@xref{cd command}
+@xref{cd command}.
@kindex show cwd
@cindex show inferior's working directory
The @value{GDBN} working directory serves as a default for the
commands that specify files for @value{GDBN} to operate on.
@xref{Files, ,Commands to Specify Files}.
-@xref{set cwd command}
+@xref{set cwd command}.
@kindex pwd
@item pwd
It is generally impossible to find the current working directory of
the process being debugged (since a program can change its directory
-during its run). If you work on a system where @value{GDBN} is
-configured with the @file{/proc} support, you can use the @code{info
-proc} command (@pxref{SVR4 Process Information}) to find out the
+during its run). If you work on a system where @value{GDBN} supports
+the @code{info proc} command (@pxref{Process Information}), you can
+use the @code{info proc} command to find out the
current working directory of the debuggee.
@node Input/Output
inferiors}}:
@table @code
-@kindex info inferiors
+@kindex info inferiors [ @var{id}@dots{} ]
@item info inferiors
Print a list of all inferiors currently being managed by @value{GDBN}.
+By default all inferiors are printed, but the argument @var{id}@dots{}
+-- a space separated list of inferior numbers -- can be used to limit
+the display to just the requested inferiors.
@value{GDBN} displays for each inferior (in this order):
@item automatic notification of new threads
@item @samp{thread @var{thread-id}}, a command to switch among threads
@item @samp{info threads}, a command to inquire about existing threads
-@item @samp{thread apply [@var{thread-id-list}] [@var{all}] @var{args}},
+@item @samp{thread apply [@var{thread-id-list} | all] @var{args}},
a command to apply a command to a list of threads
@item thread-specific breakpoints
@item @samp{set print thread-events}, which controls printing of
@kindex thread apply
@cindex apply command to several threads
-@item thread apply [@var{thread-id-list} | all [-ascending]] @var{command}
+@item thread apply [@var{thread-id-list} | all [-ascending]] [@var{flag}]@dots{} @var{command}
The @code{thread apply} command allows you to apply the named
@var{command} to one or more threads. Specify the threads that you
want affected using the thread ID list syntax (@pxref{thread ID
@var{command}}. To apply a command to all threads in ascending order,
type @kbd{thread apply all -ascending @var{command}}.
+The @var{flag} arguments control what output to produce and how to handle
+errors raised when applying @var{command} to a thread. @var{flag}
+must start with a @code{-} directly followed by one letter in
+@code{qcs}. If several flags are provided, they must be given
+individually, such as @code{-c -q}.
+
+By default, @value{GDBN} displays some thread information before the
+output produced by @var{command}, and an error raised during the
+execution of a @var{command} will abort @code{thread apply}. The
+following flags can be used to fine-tune this behavior:
+
+@table @code
+@item -c
+The flag @code{-c}, which stands for @samp{continue}, causes any
+errors in @var{command} to be displayed, and the execution of
+@code{thread apply} then continues.
+@item -s
+The flag @code{-s}, which stands for @samp{silent}, causes any errors
+or empty output produced by a @var{command} to be silently ignored.
+That is, the execution continues, but the thread information and errors
+are not printed.
+@item -q
+The flag @code{-q} (@samp{quiet}) disables printing the thread
+information.
+@end table
+
+Flags @code{-c} and @code{-s} cannot be used together.
+
+@kindex taas
+@cindex apply command to all threads (ignoring errors and empty output)
+@item taas @var{command}
+Shortcut for @code{thread apply all -s @var{command}}.
+Applies @var{command} on all threads, ignoring errors and empty output.
+
+@kindex tfaas
+@cindex apply a command to all frames of all threads (ignoring errors and empty output)
+@item tfaas @var{command}
+Shortcut for @code{thread apply all -s frame apply all -s @var{command}}.
+Applies @var{command} on all frames of all threads, ignoring errors
+and empty output. Note that the flag @code{-s} is specified twice:
+The first @code{-s} ensures that @code{thread apply} only shows the thread
+information of the threads for which @code{frame apply} produces
+some output. The second @code{-s} is needed to ensure that @code{frame
+apply} shows the frame information of a frame only if the
+@var{command} successfully produced some output.
+
+It can for example be used to print a local variable or a function
+argument without knowing the thread or frame where this variable or argument
+is, using:
+@smallexample
+(@value{GDBP}) tfaas p some_local_var_i_do_not_remember_where_it_is
+@end smallexample
+
@kindex thread name
@cindex name a thread
the command to use to catch such exceptions is @kbd{catch exception
Pck.Constraint_Error}.
+@item handlers
+@kindex catch handlers
+@cindex Ada exception handlers catching
+@cindex catch Ada exceptions when handled
+An Ada exception being handled. If an exception name is
+specified at the end of the command
+ (eg @kbd{catch handlers Program_Error}), the debugger will stop
+only when this specific exception is handled.
+Otherwise, the debugger stops execution when any Ada exception is handled.
+
+When inserting a handlers catchpoint on a user-defined
+exception whose name is identical to one of the exceptions
+defined by the language, the fully qualified name must be used
+as the exception name. Otherwise, @value{GDBN} will assume that it
+should stop on the pre-defined exception rather than the
+user-defined one. For instance, assuming an exception called
+ @code{Constraint_Error} is defined in package @code{Pck}, then the
+command to use to catch such exceptions handling is
+@kbd{catch handlers Pck.Constraint_Error}.
+
@item exception unhandled
@kindex catch exception unhandled
An exception that was raised but is not handled by the program.
Disable the specified skip(s). If @var{range} is not specified, disable all
skips.
+@kindex set debug skip
+@item set debug skip @r{[}on|off@r{]}
+Set whether to print the debug output about skipping files and functions.
+
+@kindex show debug skip
+@item show debug skip
+Show whether the debug output about skipping files and functions is printed.
+
@end table
@node Signals
If the target doesn't support async mode, @value{GDBN} issues an error
message if you attempt to use the background execution commands.
+@cindex @code{&}, background execution of commands
To specify background execution, add a @code{&} to the command. For example,
the background form of the @code{continue} command is @code{continue&}, or
just @code{c&}. The execution commands that accept background execution
to the live target and not necessarily to the current replay
position.
+@item set record btrace cpu @var{identifier}
+Set the processor to be used for enabling workarounds for processor
+errata when decoding the trace.
+
+Processor errata are defects in processor operation, caused by its
+design or manufacture. They can cause a trace not to match the
+specification. This, in turn, may cause trace decode to fail.
+@value{GDBN} can detect erroneous trace packets and correct them, thus
+avoiding the decoding failures. These corrections are known as
+@dfn{errata workarounds}, and are enabled based on the processor on
+which the trace was recorded.
+
+By default, @value{GDBN} attempts to detect the processor
+automatically, and apply the necessary workarounds for it. However,
+you may need to specify the processor if @value{GDBN} does not yet
+support it. This command allows you to do that, and also allows to
+disable the workarounds.
+
+The argument @var{identifier} identifies the @sc{cpu} and is of the
+form: @code{@var{vendor}:@var{procesor identifier}}. In addition,
+there are two special identifiers, @code{none} and @code{auto}
+(default).
+
+The following vendor identifiers and corresponding processor
+identifiers are currently supported:
+
+@multitable @columnfractions .1 .9
+
+@item @code{intel}
+@tab @var{family}/@var{model}[/@var{stepping}]
+
+@end multitable
+
+On GNU/Linux systems, the processor @var{family}, @var{model}, and
+@var{stepping} can be obtained from @code{/proc/cpuinfo}.
+
+If @var{identifier} is @code{auto}, enable errata workarounds for the
+processor on which the trace was recorded. If @var{identifier} is
+@code{none}, errata workarounds are disabled.
+
+For example, when using an old @value{GDBN} on a new system, decode
+may fail because @value{GDBN} does not support the new processor. It
+often suffices to specify an older processor that @value{GDBN}
+supports.
+
+@smallexample
+(gdb) info record
+Active record target: record-btrace
+Recording format: Intel Processor Trace.
+Buffer size: 16kB.
+Failed to configure the Intel Processor Trace decoder: unknown cpu.
+(gdb) set record btrace cpu intel:6/158
+(gdb) info record
+Active record target: record-btrace
+Recording format: Intel Processor Trace.
+Buffer size: 16kB.
+Recorded 84872 instructions in 3189 functions (0 gaps) for thread 1 (...).
+@end smallexample
+
@kindex show record btrace
@item show record btrace replay-memory-access
Show the current setting of @code{replay-memory-access}.
+@item show record btrace cpu
+Show the processor to be used for enabling trace decode errata
+workarounds.
+
@kindex set record btrace bts
@item set record btrace bts buffer-size @var{size}
@itemx set record btrace bts buffer-size unlimited
* Backtrace:: Backtraces
* Selection:: Selecting a frame
* Frame Info:: Information on a frame
+* Frame Apply:: Applying a command to several frames
* Frame Filter Management:: Managing frame filters
@end menu
in a register called the @dfn{frame pointer register}
(@pxref{Registers, $fp}) while execution is going on in that frame.
+@cindex frame level
@cindex frame number
-@value{GDBN} assigns numbers to all existing stack frames, starting with
-zero for the innermost frame, one for the frame that called it,
-and so on upward. These numbers do not really exist in your program;
-they are assigned by @value{GDBN} to give you a way of designating stack
-frames in @value{GDBN} commands.
+@value{GDBN} labels each existing stack frame with a @dfn{level}, a
+number that is zero for the innermost frame, one for the frame that
+called it, and so on upward. These level numbers give you a way of
+designating stack frames in @value{GDBN} commands. The terms
+@dfn{frame number} and @dfn{frame level} can be used interchangeably to
+describe this number.
@c The -fomit-frame-pointer below perennially causes hbox overflow
@c underflow problems.
stack.
@anchor{backtrace-command}
-@table @code
@kindex backtrace
@kindex bt @r{(@code{backtrace})}
-@item backtrace
-@itemx bt
-Print a backtrace of the entire stack: one line per frame for all
-frames in the stack.
-
-You can stop the backtrace at any time by typing the system interrupt
-character, normally @kbd{Ctrl-c}.
-
-@item backtrace @var{n}
-@itemx bt @var{n}
-Similar, but print only the innermost @var{n} frames.
-
-@item backtrace -@var{n}
-@itemx bt -@var{n}
-Similar, but print only the outermost @var{n} frames.
-
-@item backtrace full
-@itemx bt full
-@itemx bt full @var{n}
-@itemx bt full -@var{n}
-Print the values of the local variables also. As described above,
-@var{n} specifies the number of frames to print.
-
-@item backtrace no-filters
-@itemx bt no-filters
-@itemx bt no-filters @var{n}
-@itemx bt no-filters -@var{n}
-@itemx bt no-filters full
-@itemx bt no-filters full @var{n}
-@itemx bt no-filters full -@var{n}
+To print a backtrace of the entire stack, use the @code{backtrace}
+command, or its alias @code{bt}. This command will print one line per
+frame for frames in the stack. By default, all stack frames are
+printed. You can stop the backtrace at any time by typing the system
+interrupt character, normally @kbd{Ctrl-c}.
+
+@table @code
+@item backtrace [@var{args}@dots{}]
+@itemx bt [@var{args}@dots{}]
+Print the backtrace of the entire stack. The optional @var{args} can
+be one of the following:
+
+@table @code
+@item @var{n}
+@itemx @var{n}
+Print only the innermost @var{n} frames, where @var{n} is a positive
+number.
+
+@item -@var{n}
+@itemx -@var{n}
+Print only the outermost @var{n} frames, where @var{n} is a positive
+number.
+
+@item full
+Print the values of the local variables also. This can be combined
+with a number to limit the number of frames shown.
+
+@item no-filters
Do not run Python frame filters on this backtrace. @xref{Frame
Filter API}, for more information. Additionally use @ref{disable
frame-filter all} to turn off all frame filters. This is only
relevant when @value{GDBN} has been configured with @code{Python}
support.
+
+@item hide
+A Python frame filter might decide to ``elide'' some frames. Normally
+such elided frames are still printed, but they are indented relative
+to the filtered frames that cause them to be elided. The @code{hide}
+option causes elided frames to not be printed at all.
+@end table
@end table
@kindex where
@table @code
@kindex frame@r{, selecting}
@kindex f @r{(@code{frame})}
-@item frame @var{n}
-@itemx f @var{n}
-Select frame number @var{n}. Recall that frame zero is the innermost
+@item frame @r{[} @var{frame-selection-spec} @r{]}
+@item f @r{[} @var{frame-selection-spec} @r{]}
+The @command{frame} command allows different stack frames to be
+selected. The @var{frame-selection-spec} can be any of the following:
+
+@table @code
+@kindex frame level
+@item @var{num}
+@item level @var{num}
+Select frame level @var{num}. Recall that frame zero is the innermost
(currently executing) frame, frame one is the frame that called the
-innermost one, and so on. The highest-numbered frame is the one for
-@code{main}.
+innermost one, and so on. The highest level frame is usually the one
+for @code{main}.
-@item frame @var{stack-addr} [ @var{pc-addr} ]
-@itemx f @var{stack-addr} [ @var{pc-addr} ]
-Select the frame at address @var{stack-addr}. This is useful mainly if the
-chaining of stack frames has been damaged by a bug, making it
-impossible for @value{GDBN} to assign numbers properly to all frames. In
-addition, this can be useful when your program has multiple stacks and
-switches between them. The optional @var{pc-addr} can also be given to
-specify the value of PC for the stack frame.
+As this is the most common method of navigating the frame stack, the
+string @command{level} can be omitted. For example, the following two
+commands are equivalent:
+
+@smallexample
+(@value{GDBP}) frame 3
+(@value{GDBP}) frame level 3
+@end smallexample
+
+@kindex frame address
+@item address @var{stack-address}
+Select the frame with stack address @var{stack-address}. The
+@var{stack-address} for a frame can be seen in the output of
+@command{info frame}, for example:
+
+@smallexample
+(gdb) info frame
+Stack level 1, frame at 0x7fffffffda30:
+ rip = 0x40066d in b (amd64-entry-value.cc:59); saved rip 0x4004c5
+ tail call frame, caller of frame at 0x7fffffffda30
+ source language c++.
+ Arglist at unknown address.
+ Locals at unknown address, Previous frame's sp is 0x7fffffffda30
+@end smallexample
+
+The @var{stack-address} for this frame is @code{0x7fffffffda30} as
+indicated by the line:
+
+@smallexample
+Stack level 1, frame at 0x7fffffffda30:
+@end smallexample
+
+@kindex frame function
+@item function @var{function-name}
+Select the stack frame for function @var{function-name}. If there are
+multiple stack frames for function @var{function-name} then the inner
+most stack frame is selected.
+
+@kindex frame view
+@item view @var{stack-address} @r{[} @var{pc-addr} @r{]}
+View a frame that is not part of @value{GDBN}'s backtrace. The frame
+viewed has stack address @var{stack-addr}, and optionally, a program
+counter address of @var{pc-addr}.
+
+This is useful mainly if the chaining of stack frames has been
+damaged by a bug, making it impossible for @value{GDBN} to assign
+numbers properly to all frames. In addition, this can be useful
+when your program has multiple stacks and switches between them.
+
+When viewing a frame outside the current backtrace using
+@command{frame view} then you can always return to the original
+stack using one of the previous stack frame selection instructions,
+for example @command{frame level 0}.
+
+@end table
@kindex up
@item up @var{n}
@table @code
@kindex select-frame
-@item select-frame
+@item select-frame @r{[} @var{frame-selection-spec} @r{]}
The @code{select-frame} command is a variant of @code{frame} that does
not display the new frame after selecting it. This command is
intended primarily for use in @value{GDBN} command scripts, where the
-output might be unnecessary and distracting.
+output might be unnecessary and distracting. The
+@var{frame-selection-spec} is as for the @command{frame} command
+described in @ref{Selection, ,Selecting a Frame}.
@kindex down-silently
@kindex up-silently
something has gone wrong that has made the stack format fail to fit
the usual conventions.
-@item info frame @var{addr}
-@itemx info f @var{addr}
-Print a verbose description of the frame at address @var{addr}, without
-selecting that frame. The selected frame remains unchanged by this
-command. This requires the same kind of address (more than one for some
-architectures) that you specify in the @code{frame} command.
-@xref{Selection, ,Selecting a Frame}.
+@item info frame @r{[} @var{frame-selection-spec} @r{]}
+@itemx info f @r{[} @var{frame-selection-spec} @r{]}
+Print a verbose description of the frame selected by
+@var{frame-selection-spec}. The @var{frame-selection-spec} is the
+same as for the @command{frame} command (@pxref{Selection, ,Selecting
+a Frame}). The selected frame remains unchanged by this command.
@kindex info args
-@item info args
+@item info args [-q]
Print the arguments of the selected frame, each on a separate line.
-@item info locals
+The optional flag @samp{-q}, which stands for @samp{quiet}, disables
+printing header information and messages explaining why no argument
+have been printed.
+
+@item info args [-q] [-t @var{type_regexp}] [@var{regexp}]
+Like @kbd{info args}, but only print the arguments selected
+with the provided regexp(s).
+
+If @var{regexp} is provided, print only the arguments whose names
+match the regular expression @var{regexp}.
+
+If @var{type_regexp} is provided, print only the arguments whose
+types, as printed by the @code{whatis} command, match
+the regular expression @var{type_regexp}.
+If @var{type_regexp} contains space(s), it should be enclosed in
+quote characters. If needed, use backslash to escape the meaning
+of special characters or quotes.
+
+If both @var{regexp} and @var{type_regexp} are provided, an argument
+is printed only if its name matches @var{regexp} and its type matches
+@var{type_regexp}.
+
+@item info locals [-q]
@kindex info locals
Print the local variables of the selected frame, each on a separate
line. These are all variables (declared either static or automatic)
accessible at the point of execution of the selected frame.
+The optional flag @samp{-q}, which stands for @samp{quiet}, disables
+printing header information and messages explaining why no local variables
+have been printed.
+
+@item info locals [-q] [-t @var{type_regexp}] [@var{regexp}]
+Like @kbd{info locals}, but only print the local variables selected
+with the provided regexp(s).
+
+If @var{regexp} is provided, print only the local variables whose names
+match the regular expression @var{regexp}.
+
+If @var{type_regexp} is provided, print only the local variables whose
+types, as printed by the @code{whatis} command, match
+the regular expression @var{type_regexp}.
+If @var{type_regexp} contains space(s), it should be enclosed in
+quote characters. If needed, use backslash to escape the meaning
+of special characters or quotes.
+
+If both @var{regexp} and @var{type_regexp} are provided, a local variable
+is printed only if its name matches @var{regexp} and its type matches
+@var{type_regexp}.
+
+The command @kbd{info locals -q -t @var{type_regexp}} can usefully be
+combined with the commands @kbd{frame apply} and @kbd{thread apply}.
+For example, your program might use Resource Acquisition Is
+Initialization types (RAII) such as @code{lock_something_t}: each
+local variable of type @code{lock_something_t} automatically places a
+lock that is destroyed when the variable goes out of scope. You can
+then list all acquired locks in your program by doing
+@smallexample
+thread apply all -s frame apply all -s info locals -q -t lock_something_t
+@end smallexample
+@noindent
+or the equivalent shorter form
+@smallexample
+tfaas i lo -q -t lock_something_t
+@end smallexample
+
+@end table
+
+@node Frame Apply
+@section Applying a Command to Several Frames.
+@kindex frame apply
+@cindex apply command to several frames
+@table @code
+@item frame apply [all | @var{count} | @var{-count} | level @var{level}@dots{}] [@var{flag}]@dots{} @var{command}
+The @code{frame apply} command allows you to apply the named
+@var{command} to one or more frames.
+
+@table @code
+@item @code{all}
+Specify @code{all} to apply @var{command} to all frames.
+
+@item @var{count}
+Use @var{count} to apply @var{command} to the innermost @var{count}
+frames, where @var{count} is a positive number.
+
+@item @var{-count}
+Use @var{-count} to apply @var{command} to the outermost @var{count}
+frames, where @var{count} is a positive number.
+
+@item @code{level}
+Use @code{level} to apply @var{command} to the set of frames identified
+by the @var{level} list. @var{level} is a frame level or a range of frame
+levels as @var{level1}-@var{level2}. The frame level is the number shown
+in the first field of the @samp{backtrace} command output.
+E.g., @samp{2-4 6-8 3} indicates to apply @var{command} for the frames
+at levels 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, and then again on frame at level 3.
+
+@end table
+
+@end table
+
+Note that the frames on which @code{frame apply} applies a command are
+also influenced by the @code{set backtrace} settings such as @code{set
+backtrace past-main} and @code{set backtrace limit N}. See
+@xref{Backtrace,,Backtraces}.
+
+The @var{flag} arguments control what output to produce and how to handle
+errors raised when applying @var{command} to a frame. @var{flag}
+must start with a @code{-} directly followed by one letter in
+@code{qcs}. If several flags are provided, they must be given
+individually, such as @code{-c -q}.
+
+By default, @value{GDBN} displays some frame information before the
+output produced by @var{command}, and an error raised during the
+execution of a @var{command} will abort @code{frame apply}. The
+following flags can be used to fine-tune this behavior:
+
+@table @code
+@item -c
+The flag @code{-c}, which stands for @samp{continue}, causes any
+errors in @var{command} to be displayed, and the execution of
+@code{frame apply} then continues.
+@item -s
+The flag @code{-s}, which stands for @samp{silent}, causes any errors
+or empty output produced by a @var{command} to be silently ignored.
+That is, the execution continues, but the frame information and errors
+are not printed.
+@item -q
+The flag @code{-q} (@samp{quiet}) disables printing the frame
+information.
@end table
+The following example shows how the flags @code{-c} and @code{-s} are
+working when applying the command @code{p j} to all frames, where
+variable @code{j} can only be successfully printed in the outermost
+@code{#1 main} frame.
+
+@smallexample
+@group
+(gdb) frame apply all p j
+#0 some_function (i=5) at fun.c:4
+No symbol "j" in current context.
+(gdb) frame apply all -c p j
+#0 some_function (i=5) at fun.c:4
+No symbol "j" in current context.
+#1 0x565555fb in main (argc=1, argv=0xffffd2c4) at fun.c:11
+$1 = 5
+(gdb) frame apply all -s p j
+#1 0x565555fb in main (argc=1, argv=0xffffd2c4) at fun.c:11
+$2 = 5
+(gdb)
+@end group
+@end smallexample
+
+By default, @samp{frame apply}, prints the frame location
+information before the command output:
+
+@smallexample
+@group
+(gdb) frame apply all p $sp
+#0 some_function (i=5) at fun.c:4
+$4 = (void *) 0xffffd1e0
+#1 0x565555fb in main (argc=1, argv=0xffffd2c4) at fun.c:11
+$5 = (void *) 0xffffd1f0
+(gdb)
+@end group
+@end smallexample
+
+If flag @code{-q} is given, no frame information is printed:
+@smallexample
+@group
+(gdb) frame apply all -q p $sp
+$12 = (void *) 0xffffd1e0
+$13 = (void *) 0xffffd1f0
+(gdb)
+@end group
+@end smallexample
+
+@table @code
+
+@kindex faas
+@cindex apply a command to all frames (ignoring errors and empty output)
+@item faas @var{command}
+Shortcut for @code{frame apply all -s @var{command}}.
+Applies @var{command} on all frames, ignoring errors and empty output.
+
+It can for example be used to print a local variable or a function
+argument without knowing the frame where this variable or argument
+is, using:
+@smallexample
+(@value{GDBP}) faas p some_local_var_i_do_not_remember_where_it_is
+@end smallexample
+
+Note that the command @code{tfaas @var{command}} applies @var{command}
+on all frames of all threads. See @xref{Threads,,Threads}.
+@end table
+
+
@node Frame Filter Management
@section Management of Frame Filters.
@cindex managing frame filters
@table @code
@kindex info line
-@item info line @var{location}
+@item info line
+@itemx info line @var{location}
Print the starting and ending addresses of the compiled code for
source line @var{location}. You can specify source lines in any of
-the ways documented in @ref{Specify Location}.
+the ways documented in @ref{Specify Location}. With no @var{location}
+information about the current source line is printed.
@end table
For example, we can use @code{info line} to discover the location of
the object code for the first line of function
@code{m4_changequote}:
-@c FIXME: I think this example should also show the addresses in
-@c symbolic form, as they usually would be displayed.
@smallexample
(@value{GDBP}) info line m4_changequote
-Line 895 of "builtin.c" starts at pc 0x634c and ends at 0x6350.
+Line 895 of "builtin.c" starts at pc 0x634c <m4_changequote> and \
+ ends at 0x6350 <m4_changequote+4>.
@end smallexample
@noindent
@var{location}) what source line covers a particular address:
@smallexample
(@value{GDBP}) info line *0x63ff
-Line 926 of "builtin.c" starts at pc 0x63e4 and ends at 0x6404.
+Line 926 of "builtin.c" starts at pc 0x63e4 <m4_changequote+152> and \
+ ends at 0x6404 <m4_changequote+184>.
@end smallexample
@cindex @code{$_} and @code{info line}
convenience variable @code{$_} (@pxref{Convenience Vars, ,Convenience
Variables}).
+@cindex info line, repeated calls
+After @code{info line}, using @code{info line} again without
+specifying a location will display information about the next source
+line.
+
@table @code
@kindex disassemble
@cindex assembly instructions
the disassembler. For a list of valid options, please refer to the
@code{-M}/@code{--disassembler-options} section of the @samp{objdump}
manual and/or the output of @kbd{objdump --help}
-(@pxref{objdump,,objdump,binutils.info,The GNU Binary Utilities}).
+(@pxref{objdump,,objdump,binutils,The GNU Binary Utilities}).
The default value is the empty string.
If it is necessary to specify more than one disassembler option, then
multiple options can be placed together into a comma separated list.
-Currently this command is only supported on targets ARM, PowerPC
+Currently this command is only supported on targets ARM, MIPS, PowerPC
and S/390.
@kindex show disassembler-options
bar
bar1
bar2
-(gdb) disable pretty-printer library2 bar:bar1
+(gdb) disable pretty-printer library2 bar;bar1
1 printer disabled
1 of 3 printers enabled
(gdb) info pretty-printer library2
Print the names and values of all registers, including floating-point
and vector registers (in the selected stack frame).
+@item info registers @var{reggroup} @dots{}
+Print the name and value of the registers in each of the specified
+@var{reggroup}s. The @var{reggoup} can be any of those returned by
+@code{maint print reggroups} (@pxref{Maintenance Commands}).
+
@item info registers @var{regname} @dots{}
Print the @dfn{relativized} value of each specified register @var{regname}.
As discussed in detail below, register values are normally relative to
On @sc{gnu}/Linux, this command can take into account the value of the
file @file{/proc/@var{pid}/coredump_filter} when generating the core
-dump (@pxref{set use-coredump-filter}).
+dump (@pxref{set use-coredump-filter}), and by default honors the
+@code{VM_DONTDUMP} flag for mappings where it is present in the file
+@file{/proc/@var{pid}/smaps} (@pxref{set dump-excluded-mappings}).
@kindex set use-coredump-filter
@anchor{set use-coredump-filter}
(anonymous private mappings), @code{1} (anonymous shared mappings),
@code{4} (ELF headers) and @code{5} (private huge pages) are active.
This will cause these memory mappings to be dumped automatically.
+
+@kindex set dump-excluded-mappings
+@anchor{set dump-excluded-mappings}
+@item set dump-excluded-mappings on
+@itemx set dump-excluded-mappings off
+If @code{on} is specified, @value{GDBN} will dump memory mappings
+marked with the @code{VM_DONTDUMP} flag. This flag is represented in
+the file @file{/proc/@var{pid}/smaps} with the acronym @code{dd}.
+
+The default value is @code{off}.
@end table
@node Character Sets
Method calls cannot be made via traits.
@item
-Trait objects cannot be created or inspected.
-
-@item
Operator overloading is not implemented.
@item
* Ada Tasks and Core Files:: Tasking Support when Debugging Core Files
* Ravenscar Profile:: Tasking Support when using the Ravenscar
Profile
+* Ada Settings:: New settable GDB parameters for Ada.
* Ada Glitches:: Known peculiarities of Ada mode.
@end menu
@end table
+@node Ada Settings
+@subsubsection Ada Settings
+@cindex Ada settings
+
+@table @code
+@kindex set varsize-limit
+@item set varsize-limit @var{size}
+Prevent @value{GDBN} from attempting to evaluate objects whose size
+is above the given limit (@var{size}) when those sizes are computed
+from run-time quantities. This is typically the case when the object
+has a variable size, such as an array whose bounds are not known at
+compile time for example. Setting @var{size} to @code{unlimited}
+removes the size limitation. By default, the limit is about 65KB.
+
+The purpose of having such a limit is to prevent @value{GDBN} from
+trying to grab enormous chunks of virtual memory when asked to evaluate
+a quantity whose bounds have been corrupted or have not yet been fully
+initialized. The limit applies to the results of some subexpressions
+as well as to complete expressions. For example, an expression denoting
+a simple integer component, such as @code{x.y.z}, may fail if the size of
+@code{x.y} is variable and exceeds @code{size}. On the other hand,
+@value{GDBN} is sometimes clever; the expression @code{A(i)}, where
+@code{A} is an array variable with non-constant size, will generally
+succeed regardless of the bounds on @code{A}, as long as the component
+size is less than @var{size}.
+
+@kindex show varsize-limit
+@item show varsize-limit
+Show the limit on types whose size is determined by run-time quantities.
+@end table
+
@node Ada Glitches
@subsubsection Known Peculiarities of Ada Mode
@cindex Ada, problems
This command shows the current setting of method display when printing
classes.
+@kindex set print type nested-type-limit
+@item set print type nested-type-limit @var{limit}
+@itemx set print type nested-type-limit unlimited
+Set the limit of displayed nested types that the type printer will
+show. A @var{limit} of @code{unlimited} or @code{-1} will show all
+nested definitions. By default, the type printer will not show any nested
+types defined in classes.
+
+@kindex show print type nested-type-limit
+@item show print type nested-type-limit
+This command shows the current display limit of nested types when
+printing classes.
+
@kindex set print type typedefs
@item set print type typedefs
@itemx set print type typedefs on
@item T
Print typedefs defined in the class. This is the default, but the flag
exists in case you change the default with @command{set print type typedefs}.
+
+@item o
+Print the offsets and sizes of fields in a struct, similar to what the
+@command{pahole} tool does. This option implies the @code{/tm} flags.
+
+For example, given the following declarations:
+
+@smallexample
+struct tuv
+@{
+ int a1;
+ char *a2;
+ int a3;
+@};
+
+struct xyz
+@{
+ int f1;
+ char f2;
+ void *f3;
+ struct tuv f4;
+@};
+
+union qwe
+@{
+ struct tuv fff1;
+ struct xyz fff2;
+@};
+
+struct tyu
+@{
+ int a1 : 1;
+ int a2 : 3;
+ int a3 : 23;
+ char a4 : 2;
+ int64_t a5;
+ int a6 : 5;
+ int64_t a7 : 3;
+@};
+@end smallexample
+
+Issuing a @kbd{ptype /o struct tuv} command would print:
+
+@smallexample
+(@value{GDBP}) ptype /o struct tuv
+/* offset | size */ type = struct tuv @{
+/* 0 | 4 */ int a1;
+/* XXX 4-byte hole */
+/* 8 | 8 */ char *a2;
+/* 16 | 4 */ int a3;
+
+ /* total size (bytes): 24 */
+ @}
+@end smallexample
+
+Notice the format of the first column of comments. There, you can
+find two parts separated by the @samp{|} character: the @emph{offset},
+which indicates where the field is located inside the struct, in
+bytes, and the @emph{size} of the field. Another interesting line is
+the marker of a @emph{hole} in the struct, indicating that it may be
+possible to pack the struct and make it use less space by reorganizing
+its fields.
+
+It is also possible to print offsets inside an union:
+
+@smallexample
+(@value{GDBP}) ptype /o union qwe
+/* offset | size */ type = union qwe @{
+/* 24 */ struct tuv @{
+/* 0 | 4 */ int a1;
+/* XXX 4-byte hole */
+/* 8 | 8 */ char *a2;
+/* 16 | 4 */ int a3;
+
+ /* total size (bytes): 24 */
+ @} fff1;
+/* 40 */ struct xyz @{
+/* 0 | 4 */ int f1;
+/* 4 | 1 */ char f2;
+/* XXX 3-byte hole */
+/* 8 | 8 */ void *f3;
+/* 16 | 24 */ struct tuv @{
+/* 16 | 4 */ int a1;
+/* XXX 4-byte hole */
+/* 24 | 8 */ char *a2;
+/* 32 | 4 */ int a3;
+
+ /* total size (bytes): 24 */
+ @} f4;
+
+ /* total size (bytes): 40 */
+ @} fff2;
+
+ /* total size (bytes): 40 */
+ @}
+@end smallexample
+
+In this case, since @code{struct tuv} and @code{struct xyz} occupy the
+same space (because we are dealing with an union), the offset is not
+printed for them. However, you can still examine the offset of each
+of these structures' fields.
+
+Another useful scenario is printing the offsets of a struct containing
+bitfields:
+
+@smallexample
+(@value{GDBP}) ptype /o struct tyu
+/* offset | size */ type = struct tyu @{
+/* 0:31 | 4 */ int a1 : 1;
+/* 0:28 | 4 */ int a2 : 3;
+/* 0: 5 | 4 */ int a3 : 23;
+/* 3: 3 | 1 */ signed char a4 : 2;
+/* XXX 3-bit hole */
+/* XXX 4-byte hole */
+/* 8 | 8 */ int64_t a5;
+/* 16:27 | 4 */ int a6 : 5;
+/* 16:56 | 8 */ int64_t a7 : 3;
+
+ /* total size (bytes): 24 */
+ @}
+@end smallexample
+
+Note how the offset information is now extended to also include how
+many bits are left to be used in each bitfield.
@end table
@kindex ptype
This command differs from @code{ptype} in two ways: first, like
@code{whatis}, it does not print a detailed description; second, it
-lists all source files where a type is defined.
+lists all source files and line numbers where a type is defined.
@kindex info type-printers
@item info type-printers
have already been read, and files whose symbols will be read when needed.
@kindex info functions
-@item info functions
+@item info functions [-q]
Print the names and data types of all defined functions.
-
-@item info functions @var{regexp}
-Print the names and data types of all defined functions
-whose names contain a match for regular expression @var{regexp}.
-Thus, @samp{info fun step} finds all functions whose names
-include @code{step}; @samp{info fun ^step} finds those whose names
-start with @code{step}. If a function name contains characters
-that conflict with the regular expression language (e.g.@:
+Similarly to @samp{info types}, this command groups its output by source
+files and annotates each function definition with its source line
+number.
+
+The optional flag @samp{-q}, which stands for @samp{quiet}, disables
+printing header information and messages explaining why no functions
+have been printed.
+
+@item info functions [-q] [-t @var{type_regexp}] [@var{regexp}]
+Like @samp{info functions}, but only print the names and data types
+of the functions selected with the provided regexp(s).
+
+If @var{regexp} is provided, print only the functions whose names
+match the regular expression @var{regexp}.
+Thus, @samp{info fun step} finds all functions whose
+names include @code{step}; @samp{info fun ^step} finds those whose names
+start with @code{step}. If a function name contains characters that
+conflict with the regular expression language (e.g.@:
@samp{operator*()}), they may be quoted with a backslash.
+If @var{type_regexp} is provided, print only the functions whose
+types, as printed by the @code{whatis} command, match
+the regular expression @var{type_regexp}.
+If @var{type_regexp} contains space(s), it should be enclosed in
+quote characters. If needed, use backslash to escape the meaning
+of special characters or quotes.
+Thus, @samp{info fun -t '^int ('} finds the functions that return
+an integer; @samp{info fun -t '(.*int.*'} finds the functions that
+have an argument type containing int; @samp{info fun -t '^int (' ^step}
+finds the functions whose names start with @code{step} and that return
+int.
+
+If both @var{regexp} and @var{type_regexp} are provided, a function
+is printed only if its name matches @var{regexp} and its type matches
+@var{type_regexp}.
+
+
@kindex info variables
-@item info variables
+@item info variables [-q]
Print the names and data types of all variables that are defined
outside of functions (i.e.@: excluding local variables).
+The printed variables are grouped by source files and annotated with
+their respective source line numbers.
+
+The optional flag @samp{-q}, which stands for @samp{quiet}, disables
+printing header information and messages explaining why no variables
+have been printed.
+
+@item info variables [-q] [-t @var{type_regexp}] [@var{regexp}]
+Like @kbd{info variables}, but only print the variables selected
+with the provided regexp(s).
+
+If @var{regexp} is provided, print only the variables whose names
+match the regular expression @var{regexp}.
-@item info variables @var{regexp}
-Print the names and data types of all variables (except for local
-variables) whose names contain a match for regular expression
-@var{regexp}.
+If @var{type_regexp} is provided, print only the variables whose
+types, as printed by the @code{whatis} command, match
+the regular expression @var{type_regexp}.
+If @var{type_regexp} contains space(s), it should be enclosed in
+quote characters. If needed, use backslash to escape the meaning
+of special characters or quotes.
+
+If both @var{regexp} and @var{type_regexp} are provided, an argument
+is printed only if its name matches @var{regexp} and its type matches
+@var{type_regexp}.
@kindex info classes
@cindex Objective-C, classes and selectors
@item show debug compile
Displays the current state of displaying @value{GDBN} process of
compiling and injecting the code.
+
+@anchor{set debug compile-cplus-types}
+@item set debug compile-cplus-types
+@cindex compile C@t{++} type conversion
+Turns on or off the display of C@t{++} type conversion debugging information.
+The default is off.
+
+@item show debug compile-cplus-types
+Displays the current state of displaying debugging information for
+C@t{++} type conversion.
@end table
@subsection Compilation options for the @code{compile} command
discard information on the executable file.
@kindex symbol-file
-@item symbol-file @r{[} @var{filename} @r{]}
+@item symbol-file @r{[} @var{filename} @r{[} -o @var{offset} @r{]]}
Read symbol table information from file @var{filename}. @code{PATH} is
searched when necessary. Use the @code{file} command to get both symbol
table and program to run from the same file.
+If an optional @var{offset} is specified, it is added to the start
+address of each section in the symbol file. This is useful if the
+program is relocated at runtime, such as the Linux kernel with kASLR
+enabled.
+
@code{symbol-file} with no argument clears out @value{GDBN} information on your
program's symbol table.
@kindex add-symbol-file
@cindex dynamic linking
-@item add-symbol-file @var{filename} @var{address}
-@itemx add-symbol-file @var{filename} @var{address} @r{[} -readnow @r{|} -readnever @r{]}
-@itemx add-symbol-file @var{filename} @var{address} -s @var{section} @var{address} @dots{}
+@item add-symbol-file @var{filename} @r{[} -readnow @r{|} -readnever @r{]} @r{[} -o @var{offset} @r{]} @r{[} @var{textaddress} @r{]} @r{[} -s @var{section} @var{address} @dots{} @r{]}
The @code{add-symbol-file} command reads additional symbol table
information from the file @var{filename}. You would use this command
when @var{filename} has been dynamically loaded (by some other means)
-into the program that is running. The @var{address} should give the memory
-address at which the file has been loaded; @value{GDBN} cannot figure
-this out for itself. You can additionally specify an arbitrary number
-of @samp{-s @var{section} @var{address}} pairs, to give an explicit
-section name and base address for that section. You can specify any
-@var{address} as an expression.
+into the program that is running. The @var{textaddress} parameter gives
+the memory address at which the file's text section has been loaded.
+You can additionally specify the base address of other sections using
+an arbitrary number of @samp{-s @var{section} @var{address}} pairs.
+If a section is omitted, @value{GDBN} will use its default addresses
+as found in @var{filename}. Any @var{address} or @var{textaddress}
+can be given as an expression.
+
+If an optional @var{offset} is specified, it is added to the start
+address of each section, except those for which the address was
+specified explicitly.
The symbol table of the file @var{filename} is added to the symbol table
originally read with the @code{symbol-file} command. You can use the
only on some operating systems, when using the ELF or PE file formats
for binary files and the @sc{gnu} Binutils.) For more details about
this feature, see the description of the @option{--build-id}
-command-line option in @ref{Options, , Command Line Options, ld.info,
+command-line option in @ref{Options, , Command Line Options, ld,
The GNU Linker}. The debug info file's name is not specified
explicitly by the build ID, but can be computed from the build ID, see
below.
@value{GDBN} provides a way to build an index, which speeds up
startup.
+For convenience, @value{GDBN} comes with a program,
+@command{gdb-add-index}, which can be used to add the index to a
+symbol file. It takes the symbol file as its only argument:
+
+@smallexample
+$ gdb-add-index symfile
+@end smallexample
+
+@xref{gdb-add-index}.
+
+It is also possible to do the work manually. Here is what
+@command{gdb-add-index} does behind the curtains.
+
The index is stored as a section in the symbol file. @value{GDBN} can
write the index to a file, then you can put it into the symbol file
using @command{objcopy}.
To create an index file, use the @code{save gdb-index} command:
@table @code
-@item save gdb-index @var{directory}
+@item save gdb-index [-dwarf-5] @var{directory}
@kindex save gdb-index
-Create an index file for each symbol file currently known by
-@value{GDBN}. Each file is named after its corresponding symbol file,
-with @samp{.gdb-index} appended, and is written into the given
-@var{directory}.
+Create index files for all symbol files currently known by
+@value{GDBN}. For each known @var{symbol-file}, this command by
+default creates it produces a single file
+@file{@var{symbol-file}.gdb-index}. If you invoke this command with
+the @option{-dwarf-5} option, it produces 2 files:
+@file{@var{symbol-file}.debug_names} and
+@file{@var{symbol-file}.debug_str}. The files are created in the
+given @var{directory}.
@end table
Once you have created an index file you can merge it into your symbol
--set-section-flags .gdb_index=readonly symfile symfile
@end smallexample
+Or for @code{-dwarf-5}:
+
+@smallexample
+$ objcopy --dump-section .debug_str=symfile.debug_str.new symfile
+$ cat symfile.debug_str >>symfile.debug_str.new
+$ objcopy --add-section .debug_names=symfile.gdb-index \
+ --set-section-flags .debug_names=readonly \
+ --update-section .debug_str=symfile.debug_str.new symfile symfile
+@end smallexample
+
@value{GDBN} will normally ignore older versions of @file{.gdb_index}
sections that have been deprecated. Usually they are deprecated because
they are missing a new feature or have performance issues.
for DWARF debugging information, not stabs. And, they do not
currently work for programs using Ada.
+@subsection Automatic symbol index cache
+
+It is possible for @value{GDBN} to automatically save a copy of this index in a
+cache on disk and retrieve it from there when loading the same binary in the
+future. This feature can be turned on with @kbd{set index-cache on}. The
+following commands can be used to tweak the behavior of the index cache.
+
+@table @code
+
+@item set index-cache on
+@itemx set index-cache off
+Enable or disable the use of the symbol index cache.
+
+@item set index-cache directory @var{directory}
+@itemx show index-cache directory
+Set/show the directory where index files will be saved.
+
+The default value for this directory depends on the host platform. On
+most systems, the index is cached in the @file{gdb} subdirectory of
+the directory pointed to by the @env{XDG_CACHE_HOME} environment
+variable, if it is defined, else in the @file{.cache/gdb} subdirectory
+of your home directory. However, on some systems, the default may
+differ according to local convention.
+
+There is no limit on the disk space used by index cache. It is perfectly safe
+to delete the content of that directory to free up disk space.
+
+@item show index-cache stats
+Print the number of cache hits and misses since the launch of @value{GDBN}.
+
+@end table
+
@node Symbol Errors
@section Errors Reading Symbol Files
@end table
+If the @code{set endian auto} mode is in effect and no executable has
+been selected, then the endianness used is the last one chosen either
+by one of the @code{set endian big} and @code{set endian little}
+commands or by inferring from the last executable used. If no
+endianness has been previously chosen, then the default for this mode
+is inferred from the target @value{GDBN} has been built for, and is
+@code{little} if the name of the target CPU has an @code{el} suffix
+and @code{big} otherwise.
+
Note that these commands merely adjust interpretation of symbolic
data on the host, and that they have absolutely no effect on the
target system.
@subsection Remote Connection Commands
@cindex remote connection commands
-@value{GDBN} can communicate with the target over a serial line, or
+@value{GDBN} can communicate with the target over a serial line, a
+local Unix domain socket, or
over an @acronym{IP} network using @acronym{TCP} or @acronym{UDP}. In
each case, @value{GDBN} uses the same protocol for debugging your
program; only the medium carrying the debugging packets varies. The
(@pxref{Remote Configuration, set serial baud}) before the
@code{target} command.
+@item target remote @var{local-socket}
+@itemx target extended-remote @var{local-socket}
+@cindex local socket, @code{target remote}
+@cindex Unix domain socket
+Use @var{local-socket} to communicate with the target. For example,
+to use a local Unix domain socket bound to the file system entry @file{/tmp/gdb-socket0}:
+
+@smallexample
+target remote /tmp/gdb-socket0
+@end smallexample
+
+Note that this command has the same form as the command to connect
+to a serial line. @value{GDBN} will automatically determine which
+kind of file you have specified and will make the appropriate kind
+of connection.
+This feature is not available if the host system does not support
+Unix domain sockets.
+
@item target remote @code{@var{host}:@var{port}}
+@itemx target remote @code{@var{[host]}:@var{port}}
@itemx target remote @code{tcp:@var{host}:@var{port}}
+@itemx target remote @code{tcp:@var{[host]}:@var{port}}
+@itemx target remote @code{tcp4:@var{host}:@var{port}}
+@itemx target remote @code{tcp6:@var{host}:@var{port}}
+@itemx target remote @code{tcp6:@var{[host]}:@var{port}}
@itemx target extended-remote @code{@var{host}:@var{port}}
+@itemx target extended-remote @code{@var{[host]}:@var{port}}
@itemx target extended-remote @code{tcp:@var{host}:@var{port}}
+@itemx target extended-remote @code{tcp:@var{[host]}:@var{port}}
+@itemx target extended-remote @code{tcp4:@var{host}:@var{port}}
+@itemx target extended-remote @code{tcp6:@var{host}:@var{port}}
+@itemx target extended-remote @code{tcp6:@var{[host]}:@var{port}}
@cindex @acronym{TCP} port, @code{target remote}
Debug using a @acronym{TCP} connection to @var{port} on @var{host}.
-The @var{host} may be either a host name or a numeric @acronym{IP}
-address; @var{port} must be a decimal number. The @var{host} could be
-the target machine itself, if it is directly connected to the net, or
-it might be a terminal server which in turn has a serial line to the
-target.
+The @var{host} may be either a host name, a numeric @acronym{IPv4}
+address, or a numeric @acronym{IPv6} address (with or without the
+square brackets to separate the address from the port); @var{port}
+must be a decimal number. The @var{host} could be the target machine
+itself, if it is directly connected to the net, or it might be a
+terminal server which in turn has a serial line to the target.
For example, to connect to port 2828 on a terminal server named
@code{manyfarms}:
target remote manyfarms:2828
@end smallexample
+To connect to port 2828 on a terminal server whose address is
+@code{2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334}, you can either use the
+square bracket syntax:
+
+@smallexample
+target remote [2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334]:2828
+@end smallexample
+
+@noindent
+or explicitly specify the @acronym{IPv6} protocol:
+
+@smallexample
+target remote tcp6:2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334:2828
+@end smallexample
+
+This last example may be confusing to the reader, because there is no
+visible separation between the hostname and the port number.
+Therefore, we recommend the user to provide @acronym{IPv6} addresses
+using square brackets for clarity. However, it is important to
+mention that for @value{GDBN} there is no ambiguity: the number after
+the last colon is considered to be the port number.
+
If your remote target is actually running on the same machine as your
debugger session (e.g.@: a simulator for your target running on the
same host), you can omit the hostname. For example, to connect to
Note that the colon is still required here.
@item target remote @code{udp:@var{host}:@var{port}}
+@itemx target remote @code{udp:@var{[host]}:@var{port}}
+@itemx target remote @code{udp4:@var{host}:@var{port}}
+@itemx target remote @code{udp6:@var{[host]}:@var{port}}
+@itemx target extended-remote @code{udp:@var{host}:@var{port}}
@itemx target extended-remote @code{udp:@var{host}:@var{port}}
+@itemx target extended-remote @code{udp:@var{[host]}:@var{port}}
+@itemx target extended-remote @code{udp4:@var{host}:@var{port}}
+@itemx target extended-remote @code{udp6:@var{host}:@var{port}}
+@itemx target extended-remote @code{udp6:@var{[host]}:@var{port}}
@cindex @acronym{UDP} port, @code{target remote}
Debug using @acronym{UDP} packets to @var{port} on @var{host}. For example, to
connect to @acronym{UDP} port 2828 on a terminal server named @code{manyfarms}:
@anchor{set remote hardware-breakpoint-limit}
@item set remote hardware-watchpoint-limit @var{limit}
@itemx set remote hardware-breakpoint-limit @var{limit}
-Restrict @value{GDBN} to using @var{limit} remote hardware breakpoint or
-watchpoints. A limit of -1, the default, is treated as unlimited.
+Restrict @value{GDBN} to using @var{limit} remote hardware watchpoints
+or breakpoints. The @var{limit} can be set to 0 to disable hardware
+watchpoints or breakpoints, and @code{unlimited} for unlimited
+watchpoints or breakpoints.
+
+@item show remote hardware-watchpoint-limit
+@itemx show remote hardware-breakpoint-limit
+Show the current limit for the number of hardware watchpoints or
+breakpoints that @value{GDBN} can use.
@cindex limit hardware watchpoints length
@cindex remote target, limit watchpoints length
@anchor{set remote hardware-watchpoint-length-limit}
@item set remote hardware-watchpoint-length-limit @var{limit}
-Restrict @value{GDBN} to using @var{limit} bytes for the maximum length of
-a remote hardware watchpoint. A limit of -1, the default, is treated
-as unlimited.
+Restrict @value{GDBN} to using @var{limit} bytes for the maximum
+length of a remote hardware watchpoint. A @var{limit} of 0 disables
+hardware watchpoints and @code{unlimited} allows watchpoints of any
+length.
@item show remote hardware-watchpoint-length-limit
Show the current limit (in bytes) of the maximum length of
@menu
* BSD libkvm Interface:: Debugging BSD kernel memory images
-* SVR4 Process Information:: SVR4 process information
+* Process Information:: Process information
* DJGPP Native:: Features specific to the DJGPP port
* Cygwin Native:: Features specific to the Cygwin port
* Hurd Native:: Features specific to @sc{gnu} Hurd
modern FreeBSD systems.
@end table
-@node SVR4 Process Information
-@subsection SVR4 Process Information
+@node Process Information
+@subsection Process Information
@cindex /proc
@cindex examine process image
@cindex process info via @file{/proc}
-Many versions of SVR4 and compatible systems provide a facility called
-@samp{/proc} that can be used to examine the image of a running
-process using file-system subroutines.
+Some operating systems provide interfaces to fetch additional
+information about running processes beyond memory and per-thread
+register state. If @value{GDBN} is configured for an operating system
+with a supported interface, the command @code{info proc} is available
+to report information about the process running your program, or about
+any process running on your system.
+
+One supported interface is a facility called @samp{/proc} that can be
+used to examine the image of a running process using file-system
+subroutines. This facility is supported on @sc{gnu}/Linux and Solaris
+systems.
-If @value{GDBN} is configured for an operating system with this
-facility, the command @code{info proc} is available to report
-information about the process running your program, or about any
-process running on your system. This includes, as of this writing,
-@sc{gnu}/Linux and Solaris, for example.
+On FreeBSD systems, system control nodes are used to query process
+information.
-This command may also work on core files that were created on a system
-that has the @samp{/proc} facility.
+In addition, some systems may provide additional process information
+in core files. Note that a core file may include a subset of the
+information available from a live process. Process information is
+currently avaiable from cores created on @sc{gnu}/Linux and FreeBSD
+systems.
@table @code
@kindex info proc
@cindex process ID
@item info proc
@itemx info proc @var{process-id}
-Summarize available information about any running process. If a
+Summarize available information about a process. If a
process ID is specified by @var{process-id}, display information about
that process; otherwise display information about the program being
debugged. The summary includes the debugged process ID, the command
@item info proc cmdline
@cindex info proc cmdline
Show the original command line of the process. This command is
-specific to @sc{gnu}/Linux.
+supported on @sc{gnu}/Linux and FreeBSD.
@item info proc cwd
@cindex info proc cwd
Show the current working directory of the process. This command is
-specific to @sc{gnu}/Linux.
+supported on @sc{gnu}/Linux and FreeBSD.
@item info proc exe
@cindex info proc exe
-Show the name of executable of the process. This command is specific
-to @sc{gnu}/Linux.
+Show the name of executable of the process. This command is supported
+on @sc{gnu}/Linux and FreeBSD.
+
+@item info proc files
+@cindex info proc files
+Show the file descriptors open by the process. For each open file
+descriptor, @value{GDBN} shows its number, type (file, directory,
+character device, socket), file pointer offset, and the name of the
+resource open on the descriptor. The resource name can be a file name
+(for files, directories, and devices) or a protocol followed by socket
+address (for network connections). This command is supported on
+FreeBSD.
+
+This example shows the open file descriptors for a process using a
+tty for standard input and output as well as two network sockets:
+
+@smallexample
+(gdb) info proc files 22136
+process 22136
+Open files:
+
+ FD Type Offset Flags Name
+ text file - r-------- /usr/bin/ssh
+ ctty chr - rw------- /dev/pts/20
+ cwd dir - r-------- /usr/home/john
+ root dir - r-------- /
+ 0 chr 0x32933a4 rw------- /dev/pts/20
+ 1 chr 0x32933a4 rw------- /dev/pts/20
+ 2 chr 0x32933a4 rw------- /dev/pts/20
+ 3 socket 0x0 rw----n-- tcp4 10.0.1.2:53014 -> 10.0.1.10:22
+ 4 socket 0x0 rw------- unix stream:/tmp/ssh-FIt89oAzOn5f/agent.2456
+@end smallexample
@item info proc mappings
@cindex memory address space mappings
-Report the memory address space ranges accessible in the program, with
-information on whether the process has read, write, or execute access
-rights to each range. On @sc{gnu}/Linux systems, each memory range
-includes the object file which is mapped to that range, instead of the
-memory access rights to that range.
+Report the memory address space ranges accessible in a process. On
+Solaris and FreeBSD systems, each memory range includes information on
+whether the process has read, write, or execute access rights to each
+range. On @sc{gnu}/Linux and FreeBSD systems, each memory range
+includes the object file which is mapped to that range.
@item info proc stat
@itemx info proc status
@cindex process detailed status information
-These subcommands are specific to @sc{gnu}/Linux systems. They show
-the process-related information, including the user ID and group ID;
-how many threads are there in the process; its virtual memory usage;
-the signals that are pending, blocked, and ignored; its TTY; its
-consumption of system and user time; its stack size; its @samp{nice}
-value; etc. For more information, see the @samp{proc} man page
-(type @kbd{man 5 proc} from your shell prompt).
+Show additional process-related information, including the user ID and
+group ID; virtual memory usage; the signals that are pending, blocked,
+and ignored; its TTY; its consumption of system and user time; its
+stack size; its @samp{nice} value; etc. These commands are supported
+on @sc{gnu}/Linux and FreeBSD.
+
+For @sc{gnu}/Linux systems, see the @samp{proc} man page for more
+information (type @kbd{man 5 proc} from your shell prompt).
+
+For FreeBSD systems, @code{info proc stat} is an alias for @code{info
+proc status}.
@item info proc all
Show all the information about the process described under all of the
* M68K:: Motorola M68K
* MicroBlaze:: Xilinx MicroBlaze
* MIPS Embedded:: MIPS Embedded
+* OpenRISC 1000:: OpenRISC 1000 (or1k)
* PowerPC Embedded:: PowerPC Embedded
* AVR:: Atmel AVR
* CRIS:: CRIS
@samp{show mipsfpu}.
@end table
+@node OpenRISC 1000
+@subsection OpenRISC 1000
+@cindex OpenRISC 1000
+
+@noindent
+The OpenRISC 1000 provides a free RISC instruction set architecture. It is
+mainly provided as a soft-core which can run on Xilinx, Altera and other
+FPGA's.
+
+@value{GDBN} for OpenRISC supports the below commands when connecting to
+a target:
+
+@table @code
+
+@kindex target sim
+@item target sim
+
+Runs the builtin CPU simulator which can run very basic
+programs but does not support most hardware functions like MMU.
+For more complex use cases the user is advised to run an external
+target, and connect using @samp{target remote}.
+
+Example: @code{target sim}
+
+@item set debug or1k
+Toggle whether to display OpenRISC-specific debugging messages from the
+OpenRISC target support subsystem.
+
+@item show debug or1k
+Show whether OpenRISC-specific debugging messages are enabled.
+@end table
+
@node PowerPC Embedded
@subsection PowerPC Embedded
* PowerPC::
* Nios II::
* Sparc64::
+* S12Z::
@end menu
@node AArch64
@end table
+@subsubsection AArch64 SVE.
+@cindex AArch64 SVE.
+
+When @value{GDBN} is debugging the AArch64 architecture, if the Scalable Vector
+Extension (SVE) is present, then @value{GDBN} will provide the vector registers
+@code{$z0} through @code{$z31}, vector predicate registers @code{$p0} through
+@code{$p15}, and the @code{$ffr} register. In addition, the pseudo register
+@code{$vg} will be provided. This is the vector granule for the current thread
+and represents the number of 64-bit chunks in an SVE @code{z} register.
+
+If the vector length changes, then the @code{$vg} register will be updated,
+but the lengths of the @code{z} and @code{p} registers will not change. This
+is a known limitation of @value{GDBN} and does not affect the execution of the
+target process.
+
+
@node i386
@subsection x86 Architecture-specific Issues
@end table
+@node S12Z
+@subsection S12Z
+@cindex S12Z support
+
+When @value{GDBN} is debugging the S12Z architecture,
+it provides the following special command:
+
+@table @code
+@item maint info bdccsr
+@kindex maint info bdccsr@r{, S12Z}
+This command displays the current value of the microprocessor's
+BDCCSR register.
+@end table
+
+
@node Controlling GDB
@chapter Controlling @value{GDBN}
Certain commands to @value{GDBN} may produce large amounts of
information output to the screen. To help you read all of it,
@value{GDBN} pauses and asks you for input at the end of each page of
-output. Type @key{RET} when you want to continue the output, or @kbd{q}
-to discard the remaining output. Also, the screen width setting
-determines when to wrap lines of output. Depending on what is being
-printed, @value{GDBN} tries to break the line at a readable place,
-rather than simply letting it overflow onto the following line.
+output. Type @key{RET} when you want to see one more page of output,
+@kbd{q} to discard the remaining output, or @kbd{c} to continue
+without paging for the rest of the current command. Also, the screen
+width setting determines when to wrap lines of output. Depending on
+what is being printed, @value{GDBN} tries to break the line at a
+readable place, rather than simply letting it overflow onto the
+following line.
Normally @value{GDBN} knows the size of the screen from the terminal
driver software. For example, on Unix @value{GDBN} uses the termcap data base
Turns on or off debugging messages from the FreeBSD LWP debug support.
@item show debug fbsd-lwp
Show the current state of FreeBSD LWP debugging messages.
+@item set debug fbsd-nat
+@cindex FreeBSD native target debug messages
+Turns on or off debugging messages from the FreeBSD native target.
+@item show debug fbsd-nat
+Show the current state of FreeBSD native target debugging messages.
@item set debug frame
@cindex frame debugging info
Turns on or off display of @value{GDBN} frame debugging info. The
decrease it. The @var{name} parameter can be one of @code{src} (the
source window), @code{cmd} (the command window), @code{asm} (the
disassembly window), or @code{regs} (the register display window).
-
-@item tabset @var{nchars}
-@kindex tabset
-Set the width of tab stops to be @var{nchars} characters. This
-setting affects the display of TAB characters in the source and
-assembly windows.
@end table
@node TUI Configuration
@item bold-standout
Use extra bright or bold and standout mode.
@end table
+
+@item set tui tab-width @var{nchars}
+@kindex set tui tab-width
+@kindex tabset
+Set the width of tab stops to be @var{nchars} characters. This
+setting affects the display of TAB characters in the source and
+assembly windows.
@end table
@node Emacs
<- *stopped,reason="breakpoint-hit",disp="keep",bkptno="1",thread-id="0",
frame=@{addr="0x08048564",func="main",
args=[@{name="argc",value="1"@},@{name="argv",value="0xbfc4d4d4"@}],
- file="myprog.c",fullname="/home/nickrob/myprog.c",line="68"@}
+ file="myprog.c",fullname="/home/nickrob/myprog.c",line="68",
+ arch="i386:x86_64"@}
<- (gdb)
-> -exec-continue
<- ^running
*stopped,reason="watchpoint-trigger",wpt=@{number="2",exp="x"@},
value=@{old="-268439212",new="55"@},
frame=@{func="main",args=[],file="recursive2.c",
-fullname="/home/foo/bar/recursive2.c",line="5"@}
+fullname="/home/foo/bar/recursive2.c",line="5",arch="i386:x86_64"@}
(gdb)
@end smallexample
wpt=@{number="5",exp="C"@},value=@{old="-276895068",new="3"@},
frame=@{func="callee4",args=[],
file="../../../devo/gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/basics.c",
-fullname="/home/foo/bar/devo/gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/basics.c",line="13"@}
+fullname="/home/foo/bar/devo/gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/basics.c",line="13",
+arch="i386:x86_64"@}
(gdb)
-exec-continue
^running
frame=@{func="callee3",args=[@{name="strarg",
value="0x11940 \"A string argument.\""@}],
file="../../../devo/gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/basics.c",
-fullname="/home/foo/bar/devo/gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/basics.c",line="18"@}
+fullname="/home/foo/bar/devo/gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/basics.c",line="18",
+arch="i386:x86_64"@}
(gdb)
@end smallexample
value=@{old="-276895068",new="3"@},
frame=@{func="callee4",args=[],
file="../../../devo/gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/basics.c",
-fullname="/home/foo/bar/devo/gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/basics.c",line="13"@}
+fullname="/home/foo/bar/devo/gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/basics.c",line="13",
+arch="i386:x86_64"@}
(gdb)
-break-list
^done,BreakpointTable=@{nr_rows="2",nr_cols="6",
frame=@{func="callee3",args=[@{name="strarg",
value="0x11940 \"A string argument.\""@}],
file="../../../devo/gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/basics.c",
-fullname="/home/foo/bar/devo/gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/basics.c",line="18"@}
+fullname="/home/foo/bar/devo/gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/basics.c",line="18",
+arch="i386:x86_64"@}
(gdb)
-break-list
^done,BreakpointTable=@{nr_rows="1",nr_cols="6",
(gdb)
@end smallexample
+@subheading The @code{-catch-handlers} Command
+@findex -catch-handlers
+
+@subsubheading Synopsis
+
+@smallexample
+ -catch-handlers [ -c @var{condition}] [ -d ] [ -e @var{exception-name} ]
+ [ -t ]
+@end smallexample
+
+Add a catchpoint stopping when Ada exceptions are handled.
+By default, the command stops the program when any Ada exception
+gets handled. But it is also possible, by using some of the
+optional parameters described below, to create more selective
+catchpoints.
+
+The possible optional parameters for this command are:
+
+@table @samp
+@item -c @var{condition}
+Make the catchpoint conditional on @var{condition}.
+@item -d
+Create a disabled catchpoint.
+@item -e @var{exception-name}
+Only stop when @var{exception-name} is handled.
+@item -t
+Create a temporary catchpoint.
+@end table
+
+@subsubheading @value{GDBN} Command
+
+The corresponding @value{GDBN} command is @samp{catch handlers}.
+
+@subsubheading Example
+
+@smallexample
+-catch-handlers -e Constraint_Error
+^done,bkptno="4",bkpt=@{number="4",type="breakpoint",disp="keep",
+enabled="y",addr="0x0000000000402f68",
+what="`Constraint_Error' Ada exception handlers",thread-groups=["i1"],
+times="0",original-location="__gnat_begin_handler"@}
+(gdb)
+@end smallexample
+
@c %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% SECTION %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
@node GDB/MI Program Context
@section @sc{gdb/mi} Program Context
@{id="1",target-id="Thread 0xb7e156b0 (LWP 21254)",
frame=@{level="0",addr="0x0804891f",func="foo",
args=[@{name="i",value="10"@}],
- file="/tmp/a.c",fullname="/tmp/a.c",line="158"@},
+ file="/tmp/a.c",fullname="/tmp/a.c",line="158",arch="i386:x86_64"@},
state="running"@}],
current-thread-id="1"
(gdb)
^done,new-thread-id="3",
frame=@{level="0",func="vprintf",
args=[@{name="format",value="0x8048e9c \"%*s%c %d %c\\n\""@},
-@{name="arg",value="0x2"@}],file="vprintf.c",line="31"@}
+@{name="arg",value="0x2"@}],file="vprintf.c",line="31",arch="i386:x86_64"@}
(gdb)
@end smallexample
@@Hello world
*stopped,reason="breakpoint-hit",disp="keep",bkptno="2",frame=@{
func="foo",args=[],file="hello.c",fullname="/home/foo/bar/hello.c",
-line="13"@}
+line="13",arch="i386:x86_64"@}
(gdb)
@end smallexample
(gdb)
@@hello from foo
*stopped,reason="function-finished",frame=@{func="main",args=[],
-file="hello.c",fullname="/home/foo/bar/hello.c",line="7"@}
+file="hello.c",fullname="/home/foo/bar/hello.c",line="7",arch="i386:x86_64"@}
(gdb)
@end smallexample
(gdb)
*stopped,reason="function-finished",frame=@{addr="0x000107b0",func="foo",
args=[@{name="a",value="1"],@{name="b",value="9"@}@},
-file="recursive2.c",fullname="/home/foo/bar/recursive2.c",line="14"@},
+file="recursive2.c",fullname="/home/foo/bar/recursive2.c",line="14",
+arch="i386:x86_64"@},
gdb-result-var="$1",return-value="0"
(gdb)
@end smallexample
(gdb)
111*stopped,signal-name="SIGINT",signal-meaning="Interrupt",
frame=@{addr="0x00010140",func="foo",args=[],file="try.c",
-fullname="/home/foo/bar/try.c",line="13"@}
+fullname="/home/foo/bar/try.c",line="13",arch="i386:x86_64"@}
(gdb)
(gdb)
000*stopped,reason="breakpoint-hit",disp="keep",bkptno="1",
frame=@{func="callee4",args=[],
file="../../../devo/gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/basics.c",
-fullname="/home/foo/bar/devo/gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/basics.c",line="8"@}
+fullname="/home/foo/bar/devo/gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/basics.c",line="8",
+arch="i386:x86_64"@}
(gdb)
205-break-delete
205^done
args=[@{name="strarg",
value="0x11940 \"A string argument.\""@}],
file="../../../devo/gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/basics.c",
-fullname="/home/foo/bar/devo/gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/basics.c",line="18"@}
+fullname="/home/foo/bar/devo/gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/basics.c",line="18",
+arch="i386:x86_64"@}
(gdb)
@end smallexample
(gdb)
*stopped,reason="breakpoint-hit",disp="keep",bkptno="1",
frame=@{func="main",args=[],file="recursive2.c",
-fullname="/home/foo/bar/recursive2.c",line="4"@}
+fullname="/home/foo/bar/recursive2.c",line="4",arch="i386:x86_64"@}
(gdb)
@end smallexample
*stopped,reason="end-stepping-range",
frame=@{func="foo",args=[@{name="a",value="10"@},
@{name="b",value="0"@}],file="recursive2.c",
-fullname="/home/foo/bar/recursive2.c",line="11"@}
+fullname="/home/foo/bar/recursive2.c",line="11",arch="i386:x86_64"@}
(gdb)
@end smallexample
(gdb)
*stopped,reason="end-stepping-range",
frame=@{func="foo",args=[],file="try.c",
-fullname="/home/foo/bar/try.c",line="10"@}
+fullname="/home/foo/bar/try.c",line="10",arch="i386:x86_64"@}
(gdb)
-exec-step-instruction
^running
(gdb)
*stopped,reason="end-stepping-range",
frame=@{addr="0x000100f4",func="foo",args=[],file="try.c",
-fullname="/home/foo/bar/try.c",line="10"@}
+fullname="/home/foo/bar/try.c",line="10",arch="i386:x86_64"@}
(gdb)
@end smallexample
(gdb)
x = 55
*stopped,reason="location-reached",frame=@{func="main",args=[],
-file="recursive2.c",fullname="/home/foo/bar/recursive2.c",line="6"@}
+file="recursive2.c",fullname="/home/foo/bar/recursive2.c",line="6",
+arch="i386:x86_64"@}
(gdb)
@end smallexample
-stack-info-frame
^done,frame=@{level="1",addr="0x0001076c",func="callee3",
file="../../../devo/gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/basics.c",
-fullname="/home/foo/bar/devo/gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/basics.c",line="17"@}
+fullname="/home/foo/bar/devo/gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/basics.c",line="17",
+arch="i386:x86_64"@}
(gdb)
@end smallexample
stack=[
frame=@{level="0",addr="0x00010734",func="callee4",
file="../../../devo/gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/basics.c",
-fullname="/home/foo/bar/devo/gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/basics.c",line="8"@},
+fullname="/home/foo/bar/devo/gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/basics.c",line="8",
+arch="i386:x86_64"@},
frame=@{level="1",addr="0x0001076c",func="callee3",
file="../../../devo/gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/basics.c",
-fullname="/home/foo/bar/devo/gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/basics.c",line="17"@},
+fullname="/home/foo/bar/devo/gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/basics.c",line="17",
+arch="i386:x86_64"@},
frame=@{level="2",addr="0x0001078c",func="callee2",
file="../../../devo/gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/basics.c",
-fullname="/home/foo/bar/devo/gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/basics.c",line="22"@},
+fullname="/home/foo/bar/devo/gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/basics.c",line="22",
+arch="i386:x86_64"@},
frame=@{level="3",addr="0x000107b4",func="callee1",
file="../../../devo/gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/basics.c",
-fullname="/home/foo/bar/devo/gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/basics.c",line="27"@},
+fullname="/home/foo/bar/devo/gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/basics.c",line="27",
+arch="i386:x86_64"@},
frame=@{level="4",addr="0x000107e0",func="main",
file="../../../devo/gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/basics.c",
-fullname="/home/foo/bar/devo/gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/basics.c",line="32"@}]
+fullname="/home/foo/bar/devo/gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/basics.c",line="32",
+arch="i386:x86_64"@}]
(gdb)
-stack-list-arguments 0
^done,
@item @var{from}
The shared library where this function is defined. This is only given
if the frame's function is not known.
+@item @var{arch}
+Frame's architecture.
@end table
If invoked without arguments, this command prints a backtrace for the
-stack-list-frames
^done,stack=
[frame=@{level="0",addr="0x0001076c",func="foo",
- file="recursive2.c",fullname="/home/foo/bar/recursive2.c",line="11"@},
+ file="recursive2.c",fullname="/home/foo/bar/recursive2.c",line="11",
+ arch="i386:x86_64"@},
frame=@{level="1",addr="0x000107a4",func="foo",
- file="recursive2.c",fullname="/home/foo/bar/recursive2.c",line="14"@},
+ file="recursive2.c",fullname="/home/foo/bar/recursive2.c",line="14",
+ arch="i386:x86_64"@},
frame=@{level="2",addr="0x000107a4",func="foo",
- file="recursive2.c",fullname="/home/foo/bar/recursive2.c",line="14"@},
+ file="recursive2.c",fullname="/home/foo/bar/recursive2.c",line="14",
+ arch="i386:x86_64"@},
frame=@{level="3",addr="0x000107a4",func="foo",
- file="recursive2.c",fullname="/home/foo/bar/recursive2.c",line="14"@},
+ file="recursive2.c",fullname="/home/foo/bar/recursive2.c",line="14",
+ arch="i386:x86_64"@},
frame=@{level="4",addr="0x000107a4",func="foo",
- file="recursive2.c",fullname="/home/foo/bar/recursive2.c",line="14"@},
+ file="recursive2.c",fullname="/home/foo/bar/recursive2.c",line="14",
+ arch="i386:x86_64"@},
frame=@{level="5",addr="0x000107a4",func="foo",
- file="recursive2.c",fullname="/home/foo/bar/recursive2.c",line="14"@},
+ file="recursive2.c",fullname="/home/foo/bar/recursive2.c",line="14",
+ arch="i386:x86_64"@},
frame=@{level="6",addr="0x000107a4",func="foo",
- file="recursive2.c",fullname="/home/foo/bar/recursive2.c",line="14"@},
+ file="recursive2.c",fullname="/home/foo/bar/recursive2.c",line="14",
+ arch="i386:x86_64"@},
frame=@{level="7",addr="0x000107a4",func="foo",
- file="recursive2.c",fullname="/home/foo/bar/recursive2.c",line="14"@},
+ file="recursive2.c",fullname="/home/foo/bar/recursive2.c",line="14",
+ arch="i386:x86_64"@},
frame=@{level="8",addr="0x000107a4",func="foo",
- file="recursive2.c",fullname="/home/foo/bar/recursive2.c",line="14"@},
+ file="recursive2.c",fullname="/home/foo/bar/recursive2.c",line="14",
+ arch="i386:x86_64"@},
frame=@{level="9",addr="0x000107a4",func="foo",
- file="recursive2.c",fullname="/home/foo/bar/recursive2.c",line="14"@},
+ file="recursive2.c",fullname="/home/foo/bar/recursive2.c",line="14",
+ arch="i386:x86_64"@},
frame=@{level="10",addr="0x000107a4",func="foo",
- file="recursive2.c",fullname="/home/foo/bar/recursive2.c",line="14"@},
+ file="recursive2.c",fullname="/home/foo/bar/recursive2.c",line="14",
+ arch="i386:x86_64"@},
frame=@{level="11",addr="0x00010738",func="main",
- file="recursive2.c",fullname="/home/foo/bar/recursive2.c",line="4"@}]
+ file="recursive2.c",fullname="/home/foo/bar/recursive2.c",line="4",
+ arch="i386:x86_64"@}]
(gdb)
@end smallexample
-stack-list-frames 3 5
^done,stack=
[frame=@{level="3",addr="0x000107a4",func="foo",
- file="recursive2.c",fullname="/home/foo/bar/recursive2.c",line="14"@},
+ file="recursive2.c",fullname="/home/foo/bar/recursive2.c",line="14",
+ arch="i386:x86_64"@},
frame=@{level="4",addr="0x000107a4",func="foo",
- file="recursive2.c",fullname="/home/foo/bar/recursive2.c",line="14"@},
+ file="recursive2.c",fullname="/home/foo/bar/recursive2.c",line="14",
+ arch="i386:x86_64"@},
frame=@{level="5",addr="0x000107a4",func="foo",
- file="recursive2.c",fullname="/home/foo/bar/recursive2.c",line="14"@}]
+ file="recursive2.c",fullname="/home/foo/bar/recursive2.c",line="14",
+ arch="i386:x86_64"@}]
(gdb)
@end smallexample
-stack-list-frames 3 3
^done,stack=
[frame=@{level="3",addr="0x000107a4",func="foo",
- file="recursive2.c",fullname="/home/foo/bar/recursive2.c",line="14"@}]
+ file="recursive2.c",fullname="/home/foo/bar/recursive2.c",line="14",
+ arch="i386:x86_64"@}]
(gdb)
@end smallexample
@smallexample
-data-disassemble
[ -s @var{start-addr} -e @var{end-addr} ]
+ | [ -a @var{addr} ]
| [ -f @var{filename} -l @var{linenum} [ -n @var{lines} ] ]
-- @var{mode}
@end smallexample
is the beginning address (or @code{$pc})
@item @var{end-addr}
is the end address
+@item @var{addr}
+is an address anywhere within (or the name of) the function to
+disassemble. If an address is specified, the whole function
+surrounding that address will be disassembled. If a name is
+specified, the whole function with that name will be disassembled.
@item @var{filename}
is the name of the file to disassemble
@item @var{linenum}
(gdb)
*stopped,reason="breakpoint-hit",disp="keep",bkptno="1",frame=@{
func="main",args=[],file="try.c",fullname="/home/foo/bar/try.c",
-line="5"@}
+line="5",arch="powerpc"@}
(gdb)
-data-list-changed-registers
^done,changed-registers=["0","1","2","4","5","6","7","8","9",
@item exec-run-start-option
Indicates that the @code{-exec-run} command supports the @option{--start}
option (@pxref{GDB/MI Program Execution}).
+@item data-disassemble-a-option
+Indicates that the @code{-data-disassemble} command supports the @option{-a}
+option (@pxref{GDB/MI Data Manipulation}).
@end ftable
@subheading The @code{-list-target-features} Command
frame=@{level="0",addr="0xffffe410",func="__kernel_vsyscall",args=[]@},state="running"@},
@{id="1",target-id="Thread 0xb7e156b0 (LWP 21254)",
frame=@{level="0",addr="0x0804891f",func="foo",args=[@{name="i",value="10"@}],
- file="/tmp/a.c",fullname="/tmp/a.c",line="158"@},state="running"@}]]
+ file="/tmp/a.c",fullname="/tmp/a.c",line="158",arch="i386:x86_64"@},state="running"@}]]
-list-thread-groups --available
^done,groups=[@{id="17",type="process",pid="yyy",num_children="2",cores=[1,2]@}]
-list-thread-groups --available --recurse 1
*stopped,reason="breakpoint-hit",disp="keep",bkptno="1",thread-id="0",
frame=@{addr="0x080484ed",func="main",args=[@{name="argc",value="1"@},
@{name="argv",value="0xbfb60364"@}],file="myprog.c",
-fullname="/home/nickrob/myprog.c",line="73"@}
+fullname="/home/nickrob/myprog.c",line="73",arch="i386:x86_64"@}
(gdb)
@end smallexample
@heading Tools/Packages Necessary for Building @value{GDBN}
@table @asis
-@item ISO C90 compiler
-@value{GDBN} is written in ISO C90. It should be buildable with any
-working C90 compiler, e.g.@: GCC.
+@item C@t{++}11 compiler
+@value{GDBN} is written in C@t{++}11. It should be buildable with any
+recent C@t{++}11 compiler, e.g.@: GCC.
+@item GNU make
+@value{GDBN}'s build system relies on features only found in the GNU
+make program. Other variants of @code{make} will not work.
@end table
@heading Tools/Packages Optional for Building @value{GDBN}
@pxref{Branch Trace Configuration Format})
@end itemize
+@item Guile
+@value{GDBN} can be scripted using GNU Guile. @xref{Guile}. By
+default, @value{GDBN} will be compiled if the Guile libraries are
+installed and are found by @file{configure}. You can use the
+@code{--with-guile} option to request Guile, and pass either the Guile
+version number or the file name of the relevant @code{pkg-config}
+program to choose a particular version of Guile.
+
+@item iconv
+@value{GDBN}'s features related to character sets (@pxref{Character
+Sets}) require a functioning @code{iconv} implementation. If you are
+on a GNU system, then this is provided by the GNU C Library. Some
+other systems also provide a working @code{iconv}.
+
+If @value{GDBN} is using the @code{iconv} program which is installed
+in a non-standard place, you will need to tell @value{GDBN} where to
+find it. This is done with @option{--with-iconv-bin} which specifies
+the directory that contains the @code{iconv} program. This program is
+run in order to make a list of the available character sets.
+
+On systems without @code{iconv}, you can install GNU Libiconv. If
+Libiconv is installed in a standard place, @value{GDBN} will
+automatically use it if it is needed. If you have previously
+installed Libiconv in a non-standard place, you can use the
+@option{--with-libiconv-prefix} option to @file{configure}.
+
+@value{GDBN}'s top-level @file{configure} and @file{Makefile} will
+arrange to build Libiconv if a directory named @file{libiconv} appears
+in the top-most source directory. If Libiconv is built this way, and
+if the operating system does not provide a suitable @code{iconv}
+implementation, then the just-built library will automatically be used
+by @value{GDBN}. One easy way to set this up is to download GNU
+Libiconv, unpack it inside the top-level directory of the @value{GDBN}
+source tree, and then rename the directory holding the Libiconv source
+code to @samp{libiconv}.
+
+@item lzma
+@value{GDBN} can support debugging sections that are compressed with
+the LZMA library. @xref{MiniDebugInfo}. If this library is not
+included with your operating system, you can find it in the xz package
+at @url{http://tukaani.org/xz/}. If the LZMA library is available in
+the usual place, then the @file{configure} script will use it
+automatically. If it is installed in an unusual path, you can use the
+@option{--with-lzma-prefix} option to specify its location.
+
@item MPFR
@anchor{MPFR}
@value{GDBN} can use the GNU MPFR multiple-precision floating-point
formats than the host. If GNU MPFR it is not available, @value{GDBN}
will fall back to using host floating-point arithmetic.
+@item Python
+@value{GDBN} can be scripted using Python language. @xref{Python}.
+By default, @value{GDBN} will be compiled if the Python libraries are
+installed and are found by @file{configure}. You can use the
+@code{--with-python} option to request Python, and pass either the
+file name of the relevant @code{python} executable, or the name of the
+directory in which Python is installed, to choose a particular
+installation of Python.
+
@item zlib
@cindex compressed debug sections
@value{GDBN} will use the @samp{zlib} library, if available, to read
The @samp{zlib} library is likely included with your operating system
distribution; if it is not, you can get the latest version from
@url{http://zlib.net}.
-
-@item iconv
-@value{GDBN}'s features related to character sets (@pxref{Character
-Sets}) require a functioning @code{iconv} implementation. If you are
-on a GNU system, then this is provided by the GNU C Library. Some
-other systems also provide a working @code{iconv}.
-
-If @value{GDBN} is using the @code{iconv} program which is installed
-in a non-standard place, you will need to tell @value{GDBN} where to find it.
-This is done with @option{--with-iconv-bin} which specifies the
-directory that contains the @code{iconv} program.
-
-On systems without @code{iconv}, you can install GNU Libiconv. If you
-have previously installed Libiconv, you can use the
-@option{--with-libiconv-prefix} option to configure.
-
-@value{GDBN}'s top-level @file{configure} and @file{Makefile} will
-arrange to build Libiconv if a directory named @file{libiconv} appears
-in the top-most source directory. If Libiconv is built this way, and
-if the operating system does not provide a suitable @code{iconv}
-implementation, then the just-built library will automatically be used
-by @value{GDBN}. One easy way to set this up is to download GNU
-Libiconv, unpack it, and then rename the directory holding the
-Libiconv source code to @samp{libiconv}.
@end table
@node Running Configure
@item gdb-@value{GDBVN}/readline
source for the @sc{gnu} command-line interface
-
-@item gdb-@value{GDBVN}/glob
-source for the @sc{gnu} filename pattern-matching subroutine
-
-@item gdb-@value{GDBVN}/mmalloc
-source for the @sc{gnu} memory-mapped malloc package
@end table
+There may be other subdirectories as well.
+
The simplest way to configure and build @value{GDBN} is to run @file{configure}
from the @file{gdb-@var{version-number}} source directory, which in
this example is the @file{gdb-@value{GDBVN}} directory.
@smallexample
cd gdb-@value{GDBVN}
-./configure @var{host}
+./configure
make
@end smallexample
-@noindent
-where @var{host} is an identifier such as @samp{sun4} or
-@samp{decstation}, that identifies the platform where @value{GDBN} will run.
-(You can often leave off @var{host}; @file{configure} tries to guess the
-correct value by examining your system.)
-
-Running @samp{configure @var{host}} and then running @code{make} builds the
-@file{bfd}, @file{readline}, @file{mmalloc}, and @file{libiberty}
-libraries, then @code{gdb} itself. The configured source files, and the
-binaries, are left in the corresponding source directories.
+Running @samp{configure} and then running @code{make} builds the
+included supporting libraries, then @code{gdb} itself. The configured
+source files, and the binaries, are left in the corresponding source
+directories.
@need 750
@file{configure} is a Bourne-shell (@code{/bin/sh}) script; if your
shell, you may need to run @code{sh} on it explicitly:
@smallexample
-sh configure @var{host}
+sh configure
@end smallexample
-If you run @file{configure} from a directory that contains source
-directories for multiple libraries or programs, such as the
-@file{gdb-@value{GDBVN}} source directory for version @value{GDBVN},
-@file{configure}
-creates configuration files for every directory level underneath (unless
-you tell it not to, with the @samp{--norecursion} option).
-
You should run the @file{configure} script from the top directory in the
source tree, the @file{gdb-@var{version-number}} directory. If you run
@file{configure} from one of the subdirectories, you will configure only
directories of the @file{gdb} subdirectory. This leads to build errors
about missing include files such as @file{bfd/bfd.h}.
-You can install @code{@value{GDBP}} anywhere; it has no hardwired paths.
-However, you should make sure that the shell on your path (named by
-the @samp{SHELL} environment variable) is publicly readable. Remember
-that @value{GDBN} uses the shell to start your program---some systems refuse to
-let @value{GDBN} debug child processes whose programs are not readable.
+You can install @code{@value{GDBN}} anywhere. The best way to do this
+is to pass the @code{--prefix} option to @code{configure}, and then
+install it with @code{make install}.
@node Separate Objdir
@section Compiling @value{GDBN} in Another Directory
cd gdb-@value{GDBVN}
mkdir ../gdb-sun4
cd ../gdb-sun4
-../gdb-@value{GDBVN}/configure sun4
+../gdb-@value{GDBVN}/configure
make
@end group
@end smallexample
@section @file{configure} Options
Here is a summary of the @file{configure} options and arguments that
-are most often useful for building @value{GDBN}. @file{configure} also has
-several other options not listed here. @inforef{What Configure
-Does,,configure.info}, for a full explanation of @file{configure}.
+are most often useful for building @value{GDBN}. @file{configure}
+also has several other options not listed here. @inforef{Running
+configure scripts,,autoconf.info}, for a full
+explanation of @file{configure}.
@smallexample
configure @r{[}--help@r{]}
@r{[}--prefix=@var{dir}@r{]}
@r{[}--exec-prefix=@var{dir}@r{]}
@r{[}--srcdir=@var{dirname}@r{]}
- @r{[}--norecursion@r{]} @r{[}--rm@r{]}
@r{[}--target=@var{target}@r{]}
- @var{host}
@end smallexample
@noindent
@c avoid splitting the warning from the explanation:
@need 2000
@item --srcdir=@var{dirname}
-@strong{Warning: using this option requires @sc{gnu} @code{make}, or another
-@code{make} that implements the @code{VPATH} feature.}@*
Use this option to make configurations in directories separate from the
@value{GDBN} source directories. Among other things, you can use this to
build (or maintain) several configurations simultaneously, in separate
the working directory in parallel to the source directories below
@var{dirname}.
-@item --norecursion
-Configure only the directory level where @file{configure} is executed; do not
-propagate configuration to subdirectories.
-
@item --target=@var{target}
Configure @value{GDBN} for cross-debugging programs running on the specified
@var{target}. Without this option, @value{GDBN} is configured to debug
programs that run on the same machine (@var{host}) as @value{GDBN} itself.
-There is no convenient way to generate a list of all available targets.
+There is no convenient way to generate a list of all available
+targets. Also see the @code{--enable-targets} option, below.
+@end table
-@item @var{host} @dots{}
-Configure @value{GDBN} to run on the specified @var{host}.
+There are many other options that are specific to @value{GDBN}. This
+lists just the most common ones; there are some very specialized
+options not described here.
-There is no convenient way to generate a list of all available hosts.
-@end table
+@table @code
+@item --enable-targets=@r{[}@var{target}@r{]}@dots{}
+@itemx --enable-targets=all
+Configure @value{GDBN} for cross-debugging programs running on the
+specified list of targets. The special value @samp{all} configures
+@value{GDBN} for debugging programs running on any target it supports.
+
+@item --with-gdb-datadir=@var{path}
+Set the @value{GDBN}-specific data directory. @value{GDBN} will look
+here for certain supporting files or scripts. This defaults to the
+@file{gdb} subdirectory of @samp{datadi} (which can be set using
+@code{--datadir}).
-There are many other options available as well, but they are generally
-needed for special purposes only.
+@item --with-relocated-sources=@var{dir}
+Sets up the default source path substitution rule so that directory
+names recorded in debug information will be automatically adjusted for
+any directory under @var{dir}. @var{dir} should be a subdirectory of
+@value{GDBN}'s configured prefix, the one mentioned in the
+@code{--prefix} or @code{--exec-prefix} options to configure. This
+option is useful if GDB is supposed to be moved to a different place
+after it is built.
+
+@item --enable-64-bit-bfd
+Enable 64-bit support in BFD on 32-bit hosts.
+
+@item --disable-gdbmi
+Build @value{GDBN} without the GDB/MI machine interface
+(@pxref{GDB/MI}).
+
+@item --enable-tui
+Build @value{GDBN} with the text-mode full-screen user interface
+(TUI). Requires a curses library (ncurses and cursesX are also
+supported).
+
+@item --with-curses
+Use the curses library instead of the termcap library, for text-mode
+terminal operations.
+
+@item --with-libunwind-ia64
+Use the libunwind library for unwinding function call stack on ia64
+target platforms. See http://www.nongnu.org/libunwind/index.html for
+details.
+
+@item --with-system-readline
+Use the readline library installed on the host, rather than the
+library supplied as part of @value{GDBN}.
+
+@item --with-system-zlib
+Use the zlib library installed on the host, rather than the library
+supplied as part of @value{GDBN}.
+
+@item --with-expat
+Build @value{GDBN} with Expat, a library for XML parsing. (Done by
+default if libexpat is installed and found at configure time.) This
+library is used to read XML files supplied with @value{GDBN}. If it
+is unavailable, some features, such as remote protocol memory maps,
+target descriptions, and shared library lists, that are based on XML
+files, will not be available in @value{GDBN}. If your host does not
+have libexpat installed, you can get the latest version from
+`http://expat.sourceforge.net'.
+
+@item --with-libiconv-prefix@r{[}=@var{dir}@r{]}
+
+Build @value{GDBN} with GNU libiconv, a character set encoding
+conversion library. This is not done by default, as on GNU systems
+the @code{iconv} that is built in to the C library is sufficient. If
+your host does not have a working @code{iconv}, you can get the latest
+version of GNU iconv from `https://www.gnu.org/software/libiconv/'.
+
+@value{GDBN}'s build system also supports building GNU libiconv as
+part of the overall build. @xref{Requirements}.
+
+@item --with-lzma
+Build @value{GDBN} with LZMA, a compression library. (Done by default
+if liblzma is installed and found at configure time.) LZMA is used by
+@value{GDBN}'s "mini debuginfo" feature, which is only useful on
+platforms using the ELF object file format. If your host does not
+have liblzma installed, you can get the latest version from
+`https://tukaani.org/xz/'.
+
+@item --with-mpfr
+Build @value{GDBN} with GNU MPFR, a library for multiple-precision
+floating-point computation with correct rounding. (Done by default if
+GNU MPFR is installed and found at configure time.) This library is
+used to emulate target floating-point arithmetic during expression
+evaluation when the target uses different floating-point formats than
+the host. If GNU MPFR is not available, @value{GDBN} will fall back
+to using host floating-point arithmetic. If your host does not have
+GNU MPFR installed, you can get the latest version from
+`http://www.mpfr.org'.
+
+@item --with-python@r{[}=@var{python}@r{]}
+Build @value{GDBN} with Python scripting support. (Done by default if
+libpython is present and found at configure time.) Python makes
+@value{GDBN} scripting much more powerful than the restricted CLI
+scripting language. If your host does not have Python installed, you
+can find it on `http://www.python.org/download/'. The oldest version
+of Python supported by GDB is 2.4. The optional argument @var{python}
+is used to find the Python headers and libraries. It can be either
+the name of a Python executable, or the name of the directory in which
+Python is installed.
+
+@item --with-guile[=GUILE]'
+Build @value{GDBN} with GNU Guile scripting support. (Done by default
+if libguile is present and found at configure time.) If your host
+does not have Guile installed, you can find it at
+`https://www.gnu.org/software/guile/'. The optional argument GUILE
+can be a version number, which will cause @code{configure} to try to
+use that version of Guile; or the file name of a @code{pkg-config}
+executable, which will be queried to find the information needed to
+compile and link against Guile.
+
+@item --without-included-regex
+Don't use the regex library included with @value{GDBN} (as part of the
+libiberty library). This is the default on hosts with version 2 of
+the GNU C library.
+
+@item --with-sysroot=@var{dir}
+Use @var{dir} as the default system root directory for libraries whose
+file names begin with @file{/lib}' or @file{/usr/lib'}. (The value of
+@var{dir} can be modified at run time by using the @command{set
+sysroot} command.) If @var{dir} is under the @value{GDBN} configured
+prefix (set with @code{--prefix} or @code{--exec-prefix options}, the
+default system root will be automatically adjusted if and when
+@value{GDBN} is moved to a different location.
+
+@item --with-system-gdbinit=@var{file}
+Configure @value{GDBN} to automatically load a system-wide init file.
+@var{file} should be an absolute file name. If @var{file} is in a
+directory under the configured prefix, and @value{GDBN} is moved to
+another location after being built, the location of the system-wide
+init file will be adjusted accordingly.
+
+@item --enable-build-warnings
+When building the @value{GDBN} sources, ask the compiler to warn about
+any code which looks even vaguely suspicious. It passes many
+different warning flags, depending on the exact version of the
+compiler you are using.
+
+@item --enable-werror
+Treat compiler warnings as werrors. It adds the @code{-Werror} flag
+to the compiler, which will fail the compilation if the compiler
+outputs any warning messages.
+
+@item --enable-ubsan
+Enable the GCC undefined behavior sanitizer. This is disabled by
+default, but passing @code{--enable-ubsan=yes} or
+@code{--enable-ubsan=auto} to @code{configure} will enable it. The
+undefined behavior sanitizer checks for C@t{++} undefined behavior.
+It has a performance cost, so if you are looking at @value{GDBN}'s
+performance, you should disable it. The undefined behavior sanitizer
+was first introduced in GCC 4.9.
+@end table
@node System-wide configuration
@section System-wide configuration and settings
Check that the target descriptions dynamically created by @value{GDBN}
equal the descriptions created from XML files found in @var{dir}.
+@anchor{maint check libthread-db}
+@kindex maint check libthread-db
+@item maint check libthread-db
+Run integrity checks on the current inferior's thread debugging
+library. This exercises all @code{libthread_db} functionality used by
+@value{GDBN} on GNU/Linux systems, and by extension also exercises the
+@code{proc_service} functions provided by @value{GDBN} that
+@code{libthread_db} uses. Note that parts of the test may be skipped
+on some platforms when debugging core files.
+
@kindex maint print dummy-frames
@item maint print dummy-frames
Prints the contents of @value{GDBN}'s internal dummy-frame stack.
memory will be used. Setting it to zero disables caching, which will
slow down @value{GDBN} startup, but reduce memory consumption.
+@kindex maint set dwarf unwinders
+@kindex maint show dwarf unwinders
+@item maint set dwarf unwinders
+@itemx maint show dwarf unwinders
+Control use of the DWARF frame unwinders.
+
+@cindex DWARF frame unwinders
+Many targets that support DWARF debugging use @value{GDBN}'s DWARF
+frame unwinders to build the backtrace. Many of these targets will
+also have a second mechanism for building the backtrace for use in
+cases where DWARF information is not available, this second mechanism
+is often an analysis of a function's prologue.
+
+In order to extend testing coverage of the second level stack
+unwinding mechanisms it is helpful to be able to disable the DWARF
+stack unwinders, this can be done with this switch.
+
+In normal use of @value{GDBN} disabling the DWARF unwinders is not
+advisable, there are cases that are better handled through DWARF than
+prologue analysis, and the debug experience is likely to be better
+with the DWARF frame unwinders enabled.
+
+If DWARF frame unwinders are not supported for a particular target
+architecture, then enabling this flag does not cause them to be used.
@kindex maint set profile
@kindex maint show profile
@cindex profiling GDB
@end enumerate
@end table
+@kindex maint set check-libthread-db
+@kindex maint show check-libthread-db
+@item maint set check-libthread-db [on|off]
+@itemx maint show check-libthread-db
+Control whether @value{GDBN} should run integrity checks on inferior
+specific thread debugging libraries as they are loaded. The default
+is not to perform such checks. If any check fails @value{GDBN} will
+unload the library and continue searching for a suitable candidate as
+described in @ref{set libthread-db-search-path}. For more information
+about the tests, see @ref{maint check libthread-db}.
+
@kindex maint space
@cindex memory used by commands
@item maint space @var{value}
@var{bitsize}. The default is @code{int}.
@item group
-The register group to which this register belongs. It must
-be either @code{general}, @code{float}, or @code{vector}. If no
-@var{group} is specified, @value{GDBN} will not display the register
-in @code{info registers}.
+The register group to which this register belongs. It can be one of the
+standard register groups @code{general}, @code{float}, @code{vector} or an
+arbitrary string. Group names should be limited to alphanumeric characters.
+If a group name is made up of multiple words the words may be separated by
+hyphens; e.g.@: @code{special-group} or @code{ultra-special-group}. If no
+@var{group} is specified, @value{GDBN} will not display the register in
+@code{info registers}.
@end table
@item int8
@itemx int16
+@itemx int24
@itemx int32
@itemx int64
@itemx int128
@item uint8
@itemx uint16
+@itemx uint24
@itemx uint32
@itemx uint64
@itemx uint128
* M68K Features::
* NDS32 Features::
* Nios II Features::
+* OpenRISC 1000 Features::
* PowerPC Features::
* S/390 and System z Features::
* Sparc Features::
it should contain registers @samp{v0} through @samp{v31}, @samp{fpsr},
and @samp{fpcr}.
+The @samp{org.gnu.gdb.aarch64.sve} feature is optional. If present,
+it should contain registers @samp{z0} through @samp{z31}, @samp{p0}
+through @samp{p15}, @samp{ffr} and @samp{vg}.
+
@node ARC Features
@subsection ARC Features
@cindex target descriptions, ARC Features
@samp{pc}, and the 16 control registers (@samp{status} through
@samp{mpuacc}).
+@node OpenRISC 1000 Features
+@subsection Openrisc 1000 Features
+@cindex target descriptions, OpenRISC 1000 features
+
+The @samp{org.gnu.gdb.or1k.group0} feature is required for OpenRISC 1000
+targets. It should contain the 32 general purpose registers (@samp{r0}
+through @samp{r31}), @samp{ppc}, @samp{npc} and @samp{sr}.
+
@node PowerPC Features
@subsection PowerPC Features
@cindex target descriptions, PowerPC features
these to present registers @samp{ev0} through @samp{ev31} to the
user.
+The @samp{org.gnu.gdb.power.ppr} feature is optional. It should
+contain the 64-bit register @samp{ppr}.
+
+The @samp{org.gnu.gdb.power.dscr} feature is optional. It should
+contain the 64-bit register @samp{dscr}.
+
+The @samp{org.gnu.gdb.power.tar} feature is optional. It should
+contain the 64-bit register @samp{tar}.
+
+The @samp{org.gnu.gdb.power.ebb} feature is optional. It should
+contain registers @samp{bescr}, @samp{ebbhr} and @samp{ebbrr}, all
+64-bit wide.
+
+The @samp{org.gnu.gdb.power.linux.pmu} feature is optional. It should
+contain registers @samp{mmcr0}, @samp{mmcr2}, @samp{siar}, @samp{sdar}
+and @samp{sier}, all 64-bit wide. This is the subset of the isa 2.07
+server PMU registers provided by @sc{gnu}/Linux.
+
+The @samp{org.gnu.gdb.power.htm.spr} feature is optional. It should
+contain registers @samp{tfhar}, @samp{texasr} and @samp{tfiar}, all
+64-bit wide.
+
+The @samp{org.gnu.gdb.power.htm.core} feature is optional. It should
+contain the checkpointed general-purpose registers @samp{cr0} through
+@samp{cr31}, as well as the checkpointed registers @samp{clr} and
+@samp{cctr}. These registers may all be either 32-bit or 64-bit
+depending on the target. It should also contain the checkpointed
+registers @samp{ccr} and @samp{cxer}, which should both be 32-bit
+wide.
+
+The @samp{org.gnu.gdb.power.htm.fpu} feature is optional. It should
+contain the checkpointed 64-bit floating-point registers @samp{cf0}
+through @samp{cf31}, as well as the checkpointed 64-bit register
+@samp{cfpscr}.
+
+The @samp{org.gnu.gdb.power.htm.altivec} feature is optional. It
+should contain the checkpointed altivec registers @samp{cvr0} through
+@samp{cvr31}, all 128-bit wide. It should also contain the
+checkpointed registers @samp{cvscr} and @samp{cvrsave}, both 32-bit
+wide.
+
+The @samp{org.gnu.gdb.power.htm.vsx} feature is optional. It should
+contain registers @samp{cvs0h} through @samp{cvs31h}. @value{GDBN}
+will combine these registers with the checkpointed floating point
+registers (@samp{cf0} through @samp{cf31}) and the checkpointed
+altivec registers (@samp{cvr0} through @samp{cvr31}) to present the
+128-bit wide checkpointed vector-scalar registers @samp{cvs0} through
+@samp{cvs63}. Therefore, this feature requires both
+@samp{org.gnu.gdb.power.htm.altivec} and
+@samp{org.gnu.gdb.power.htm.fpu}.
+
+The @samp{org.gnu.gdb.power.htm.ppr} feature is optional. It should
+contain the 64-bit checkpointed register @samp{cppr}.
+
+The @samp{org.gnu.gdb.power.htm.dscr} feature is optional. It should
+contain the 64-bit checkpointed register @samp{cdscr}.
+
+The @samp{org.gnu.gdb.power.htm.tar} feature is optional. It should
+contain the 64-bit checkpointed register @samp{ctar}.
+
@node S/390 and System z Features
@subsection S/390 and System z Features
@cindex target descriptions, S/390 features
* gdbserver man:: Remote Server for the GNU Debugger man page
* gcore man:: Generate a core file of a running program
* gdbinit man:: gdbinit scripts
+* gdb-add-index man:: Add index files to speed up GDB
@end menu
@node gdb man
@end ifset
You need an unstripped copy of the target program on your host system, since
-@value{GDBN} needs to examine it's symbol tables and such. Start up @value{GDBN} as you normally
+@value{GDBN} needs to examine its symbol tables and such. Start up @value{GDBN} as you normally
would, with the target program as the first argument. (You may need to use the
@option{--baud} option if the serial line is running at anything except 9600 baud.)
That is @code{gdb TARGET-PROG}, or @code{gdb --baud BAUD TARGET-PROG}. After that, the only
@format
@c man begin SYNOPSIS gcore
-gcore [-o @var{filename}] @var{pid}
+gcore [-a] [-o @var{prefix}] @var{pid1} [@var{pid2}...@var{pidN}]
@c man end
@end format
@c man begin DESCRIPTION gcore
-Generate a core dump of a running program with process ID @var{pid}.
-Produced file is equivalent to a kernel produced core file as if the process
-crashed (and if @kbd{ulimit -c} were used to set up an appropriate core dump
-limit). Unlike after a crash, after @command{gcore} the program remains
-running without any change.
+Generate core dumps of one or more running programs with process IDs
+@var{pid1}, @var{pid2}, etc. A core file produced by @command{gcore}
+is equivalent to one produced by the kernel when the process crashes
+(and when @kbd{ulimit -c} was used to set up an appropriate core dump
+limit). However, unlike after a crash, after @command{gcore} finishes
+its job the program remains running without any change.
@c man end
@c man begin OPTIONS gcore
@table @env
-@item -o @var{filename}
-The optional argument
-@var{filename} specifies the file name where to put the core dump.
-If not specified, the file name defaults to @file{core.@var{pid}},
-where @var{pid} is the running program process ID.
+@item -a
+Dump all memory mappings. The actual effect of this option depends on
+the Operating System. On @sc{gnu}/Linux, it will disable
+@code{use-coredump-filter} (@pxref{set use-coredump-filter}) and
+enable @code{dump-excluded-mappings} (@pxref{set
+dump-excluded-mappings}).
+
+@item -o @var{prefix}
+The optional argument @var{prefix} specifies the prefix to be used
+when composing the file names of the core dumps. The file name is
+composed as @file{@var{prefix}.@var{pid}}, where @var{pid} is the
+process ID of the running program being analyzed by @command{gcore}.
+If not specified, @var{prefix} defaults to @var{gcore}.
@end table
@c man end
@end ifset
@c man end
+@node gdb-add-index man
+@heading gdb-add-index
+@pindex gdb-add-index
+@anchor{gdb-add-index}
+
+@c man title gdb-add-index Add index files to speed up GDB
+
+@c man begin SYNOPSIS gdb-add-index
+gdb-add-index @var{filename}
+@c man end
+
+@c man begin DESCRIPTION gdb-add-index
+When @value{GDBN} finds a symbol file, it scans the symbols in the
+file in order to construct an internal symbol table. This lets most
+@value{GDBN} operations work quickly--at the cost of a delay early on.
+For large programs, this delay can be quite lengthy, so @value{GDBN}
+provides a way to build an index, which speeds up startup.
+
+To determine whether a file contains such an index, use the command
+@kbd{readelf -S filename}: the index is stored in a section named
+@code{.gdb_index}. The index file can only be produced on systems
+which use ELF binaries and DWARF debug information (i.e., sections
+named @code{.debug_*}).
+
+@command{gdb-add-index} uses @value{GDBN} and @command{objdump} found
+in the @env{PATH} environment variable. If you want to use different
+versions of these programs, you can specify them through the
+@env{GDB} and @env{OBJDUMP} environment variables.
+
+See more in
+@ifset man
+the @value{GDBN} manual in node @code{Index Files}
+-- shell command @kbd{info -f gdb -n "Index Files"}.
+@end ifset
+@ifclear man
+@ref{Index Files}.
+@end ifclear
+@c man end
+
+@c man begin SEEALSO gdb-add-index
+@ifset man
+The full documentation for @value{GDBN} is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
+If the @code{info} and @code{gdb} programs and @value{GDBN}'s Texinfo
+documentation are properly installed at your site, the command
+
+@smallexample
+info gdb
+@end smallexample
+
+should give you access to the complete manual.
+
+@cite{Using GDB: A Guide to the GNU Source-Level Debugger},
+Richard M. Stallman and Roland H. Pesch, July 1991.
+@end ifset
+@c man end
+
@include gpl.texi
@node GNU Free Documentation License
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