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* Gdb: (gdb). The GNU debugger.
@end direntry
-@ifinfo
-This file documents the @sc{gnu} debugger @value{GDBN}.
-
-
-This is the @value{EDITION} Edition, of @cite{Debugging with
-@value{GDBN}: the @sc{gnu} Source-Level Debugger} for @value{GDBN}
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-@end ifset
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+This file documents the @sc{gnu} debugger @value{GDBN}.
+
+This is the @value{EDITION} Edition, of @cite{Debugging with
+@value{GDBN}: the @sc{gnu} Source-Level Debugger} for @value{GDBN}
+@ifset VERSION_PACKAGE
+@value{VERSION_PACKAGE}
+@end ifset
+Version @value{GDBVN}.
+
+@insertcopying
+@end ifnottex
@titlepage
@title Debugging with @value{GDBN}
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@page
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
@end ifset
Version @value{GDBVN}.
-Copyright (C) 1988-2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 1988-2009 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
* Running:: Running programs under @value{GDBN}
* Stopping:: Stopping and continuing
* Reverse Execution:: Running programs backward
+* Process Record and Replay:: Recording inferior's execution and replaying it
* Stack:: Examining the stack
* Source:: Examining source files
* Data:: Examining data
+* Optimized Code:: Debugging optimized code
* Macros:: Preprocessor Macros
* Tracepoints:: Debugging remote targets non-intrusively
* Overlays:: Debugging programs that use overlays
@item
@cindex init file
-Reads the @dfn{init file} (if any) in your home directory@footnote{On
+Reads the system-wide @dfn{init file} (if @option{--with-system-gdbinit} was
+used when building @value{GDBN}; @pxref{System-wide configuration,
+ ,System-wide configuration and settings}) and executes all the commands in
+that file.
+
+@item
+Reads the init file (if any) in your home directory@footnote{On
DOS/Windows systems, the home directory is the one pointed to by the
@code{HOME} environment variable.} and executes all the commands in
that file.
and operands. Init files are not executed if you use the @samp{-nx}
option (@pxref{Mode Options, ,Choosing Modes}).
+To display the list of init files loaded by gdb at startup, you
+can use @kbd{gdb --help}.
+
@cindex init file name
@cindex @file{.gdbinit}
@cindex @file{gdb.ini}
the compiler.
Programs that are to be shipped to your customers are compiled with
-optimizations, using the @samp{-O} compiler option. However, many
+optimizations, using the @samp{-O} compiler option. However, some
compilers are unable to handle the @samp{-g} and @samp{-O} options
together. Using those compilers, you cannot generate optimized
executables containing debugging information.
without @samp{-O}, making it possible to debug optimized code. We
recommend that you @emph{always} use @samp{-g} whenever you compile a
program. You may think your program is correct, but there is no sense
-in pushing your luck.
-
-@cindex optimized code, debugging
-@cindex debugging optimized code
-When you debug a program compiled with @samp{-g -O}, remember that the
-optimizer is rearranging your code; the debugger shows you what is
-really there. Do not be too surprised when the execution path does not
-exactly match your source file! An extreme example: if you define a
-variable, but never use it, @value{GDBN} never sees that
-variable---because the compiler optimizes it out of existence.
-
-Some things do not work as well with @samp{-g -O} as with just
-@samp{-g}, particularly on machines with instruction scheduling. If in
-doubt, recompile with @samp{-g} alone, and if this fixes the problem,
-please report it to us as a bug (including a test case!).
-@xref{Variables}, for more information about debugging optimized code.
+in pushing your luck. For more information, see @ref{Optimized Code}.
Older versions of the @sc{gnu} C compiler permitted a variant option
@w{@samp{-gg}} for debugging information. @value{GDBN} no longer supports this
@item thread-specific breakpoints
@item @samp{set print thread-events}, which controls printing of
messages on thread start and exit.
+@item @samp{set libthread-db-search-path @var{path}}, which lets
+the user specify which @code{libthread_db} to use if the default choice
+isn't compatible with the program.
@end itemize
@quotation
@xref{Set Watchpoints,,Setting Watchpoints}, for information about
watchpoints in programs with multiple threads.
+@table @code
+@kindex set libthread-db-search-path
+@cindex search path for @code{libthread_db}
+@item set libthread-db-search-path @r{[}@var{path}@r{]}
+If this variable is set, @var{path} is a colon-separated list of
+directories @value{GDBN} will use to search for @code{libthread_db}.
+If you omit @var{path}, @samp{libthread-db-search-path} will be reset to
+an empty list.
+
+On @sc{gnu}/Linux and Solaris systems, @value{GDBN} uses a ``helper''
+@code{libthread_db} library to obtain information about threads in the
+inferior process. @value{GDBN} will use @samp{libthread-db-search-path}
+to find @code{libthread_db}. If that fails, @value{GDBN} will continue
+with default system shared library directories, and finally the directory
+from which @code{libpthread} was loaded in the inferior process.
+
+For any @code{libthread_db} library @value{GDBN} finds in above directories,
+@value{GDBN} attempts to initialize it with the current inferior process.
+If this initialization fails (which could happen because of a version
+mismatch between @code{libthread_db} and @code{libpthread}), @value{GDBN}
+will unload @code{libthread_db}, and continue with the next directory.
+If none of @code{libthread_db} libraries initialize successfully,
+@value{GDBN} will issue a warning and thread debugging will be disabled.
+
+Setting @code{libthread-db-search-path} is currently implemented
+only on some platforms.
+
+@kindex show libthread-db-search-path
+@item show libthread-db-search-path
+Display current libthread_db search path.
+@end table
+
@node Processes
@section Debugging Programs with Multiple Processes
@xref{Ambiguous Expressions,,Ambiguous Expressions}, for a discussion of
that situation.
+It is also possible to insert a breakpoint that will stop the program
+only if a specific thread (@pxref{Thread-Specific Breakpoints})
+or a specific task (@pxref{Ada Tasks}) hits that breakpoint.
+
@item break
When called without any arguments, @code{break} sets a breakpoint at
the next instruction to be executed in the selected stack frame
@c @ifclear BARETARGET
@node Error in Breakpoints
@subsection ``Cannot insert breakpoints''
-@c
-@c FIXME!! 14/6/95 Is there a real example of this? Let's use it.
-@c
-Under some operating systems, breakpoints cannot be used in a program if
-any other process is running that program. In this situation,
-attempting to run or continue a program with a breakpoint causes
-@value{GDBN} to print an error message:
-
-@smallexample
-Cannot insert breakpoints.
-The same program may be running in another process.
-@end smallexample
-
-When this happens, you have three ways to proceed:
-
-@enumerate
-@item
-Remove or disable the breakpoints, then continue.
-@item
-Suspend @value{GDBN}, and copy the file containing your program to a new
-name. Resume @value{GDBN} and use the @code{exec-file} command to specify
-that @value{GDBN} should run your program under that name.
-Then start your program again.
-
-@item
-Relink your program so that the text segment is nonsharable, using the
-linker option @samp{-N}. The operating system limitation may not apply
-to nonsharable executables.
-@end enumerate
-@c @end ifclear
-
-A similar message can be printed if you request too many active
-hardware-assisted breakpoints and watchpoints:
+If you request too many active hardware-assisted breakpoints and
+watchpoints, you will see this error message:
@c FIXME: the precise wording of this message may change; the relevant
@c source change is not committed yet (Sep 3, 1999).
you can continue with @samp{signal 0}. @xref{Signaling, ,Giving your
Program a Signal}.
+@cindex extra signal information
+@anchor{extra signal information}
+
+On some targets, @value{GDBN} can inspect extra signal information
+associated with the intercepted signal, before it is actually
+delivered to the program being debugged. This information is exported
+by the convenience variable @code{$_siginfo}, and consists of data
+that is passed by the kernel to the signal handler at the time of the
+receipt of a signal. The data type of the information itself is
+target dependent. You can see the data type using the @code{ptype
+$_siginfo} command. On Unix systems, it typically corresponds to the
+standard @code{siginfo_t} type, as defined in the @file{signal.h}
+system header.
+
+Here's an example, on a @sc{gnu}/Linux system, printing the stray
+referenced address that raised a segmentation fault.
+
+@smallexample
+@group
+(@value{GDBP}) continue
+Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
+0x0000000000400766 in main ()
+69 *(int *)p = 0;
+(@value{GDBP}) ptype $_siginfo
+type = struct @{
+ int si_signo;
+ int si_errno;
+ int si_code;
+ union @{
+ int _pad[28];
+ struct @{...@} _kill;
+ struct @{...@} _timer;
+ struct @{...@} _rt;
+ struct @{...@} _sigchld;
+ struct @{...@} _sigfault;
+ struct @{...@} _sigpoll;
+ @} _sifields;
+@}
+(@value{GDBP}) ptype $_siginfo._sifields._sigfault
+type = struct @{
+ void *si_addr;
+@}
+(@value{GDBP}) p $_siginfo._sifields._sigfault.si_addr
+$1 = (void *) 0x7ffff7ff7000
+@end group
+@end smallexample
+
+Depending on target support, @code{$_siginfo} may also be writable.
+
@node Thread Stops
@section Stopping and Starting Multi-thread Programs
Display the current scheduler locking mode.
@end table
+@cindex resume threads of multiple processes simultaneously
+By default, when you issue one of the execution commands such as
+@code{continue}, @code{next} or @code{step}, @value{GDBN} allows only
+threads of the current inferior to run. For example, if @value{GDBN}
+is attached to two inferiors, each with two threads, the
+@code{continue} command resumes only the two threads of the current
+inferior. This is useful, for example, when you debug a program that
+forks and you want to hold the parent stopped (so that, for instance,
+it doesn't run to exit), while you debug the child. In other
+situations, you may not be interested in inspecting the current state
+of any of the processes @value{GDBN} is attached to, and you may want
+to resume them all until some breakpoint is hit. In the latter case,
+you can instruct @value{GDBN} to allow all threads of all the
+inferiors to run with the @w{@code{set schedule-multiple}} command.
+
+@table @code
+@kindex set schedule-multiple
+@item set schedule-multiple
+Set the mode for allowing threads of multiple processes to be resumed
+when an execution command is issued. When @code{on}, all threads of
+all processes are allowed to run. When @code{off}, only the threads
+of the current process are resumed. The default is @code{off}. The
+@code{scheduler-locking} mode takes precedence when set to @code{on},
+or while you are stepping and set to @code{step}.
+
+@item show schedule-multiple
+Display the current mode for resuming the execution of threads of
+multiple processes.
+@end table
+
@node Non-Stop Mode
@subsection Non-Stop Mode
another command. In background execution, @value{GDBN} immediately gives
a command prompt so that you can issue other commands while your program runs.
+You need to explicitly enable asynchronous mode before you can use
+background execution commands. You can use these commands to
+manipulate the asynchronous mode setting:
+
+@table @code
+@kindex set target-async
+@item set target-async on
+Enable asynchronous mode.
+@item set target-async off
+Disable asynchronous mode.
+@kindex show target-async
+@item show target-async
+Show the current target-async setting.
+@end table
+
+If the target doesn't support async mode, @value{GDBN} issues an error
+message if you attempt to use the background execution 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
@kindex next&
@xref{Continuing and Stepping, next}.
+@item nexti
+@kindex nexti&
+@xref{Continuing and Stepping, nexti}.
+
@item continue
@kindex continue&
@xref{Continuing and Stepping, continue}.
use @code{interrupt -a}.
@end table
-You may need to explicitly enable async mode before you can use background
-execution commands, with the @code{set target-async 1} command. If the
-target doesn't support async mode, @value{GDBN} issues an error message
-if you attempt to use the background execution commands.
-
@node Thread-Specific Breakpoints
@subsection Thread-Specific Breakpoints
@end table
+@node Process Record and Replay
+@chapter Recording Inferior's Execution and Replaying It
+@cindex process record and replay
+@cindex recording inferior's execution and replaying it
+
+On some platforms, @value{GDBN} provides a special @dfn{process record
+and replay} target that can record a log of the process execution, and
+replay it later with both forward and reverse execution commands.
+
+@cindex replay mode
+When this target is in use, if the execution log includes the record
+for the next instruction, @value{GDBN} will debug in @dfn{replay
+mode}. In the replay mode, the inferior does not really execute code
+instructions. Instead, all the events that normally happen during
+code execution are taken from the execution log. While code is not
+really executed in replay mode, the values of registers (including the
+program counter register) and the memory of the inferior are still
+changed as they normally would. Their contents are taken from the
+execution log.
+
+@cindex record mode
+If the record for the next instruction is not in the execution log,
+@value{GDBN} will debug in @dfn{record mode}. In this mode, the
+inferior executes normally, and @value{GDBN} records the execution log
+for future replay.
+
+The process record and replay target supports reverse execution
+(@pxref{Reverse Execution}), even if the platform on which the
+inferior runs does not. However, the reverse execution is limited in
+this case by the range of the instructions recorded in the execution
+log. In other words, reverse execution on platforms that don't
+support it directly can only be done in the replay mode.
+
+When debugging in the reverse direction, @value{GDBN} will work in
+replay mode as long as the execution log includes the record for the
+previous instruction; otherwise, it will work in record mode, if the
+platform supports reverse execution, or stop if not.
+
+For architecture environments that support process record and replay,
+@value{GDBN} provides the following commands:
+
+@table @code
+@kindex target record
+@kindex record
+@kindex rec
+@item target record
+This command starts the process record and replay target. The process
+record and replay target can only debug a process that is already
+running. Therefore, you need first to start the process with the
+@kbd{run} or @kbd{start} commands, and then start the recording with
+the @kbd{target record} command.
+
+Both @code{record} and @code{rec} are aliases of @code{target record}.
+
+@cindex displaced stepping, and process record and replay
+Displaced stepping (@pxref{Maintenance Commands,, displaced stepping})
+will be automatically disabled when process record and replay target
+is started. That's because the process record and replay target
+doesn't support displaced stepping.
+
+@cindex non-stop mode, and process record and replay
+@cindex asynchronous execution, and process record and replay
+If the inferior is in the non-stop mode (@pxref{Non-Stop Mode}) or in
+the asynchronous execution mode (@pxref{Background Execution}), the
+process record and replay target cannot be started because it doesn't
+support these two modes.
+
+@kindex record stop
+@kindex rec s
+@item record stop
+Stop the process record and replay target. When process record and
+replay target stops, the entire execution log will be deleted and the
+inferior will either be terminated, or will remain in its final state.
+
+When you stop the process record and replay target in record mode (at
+the end of the execution log), the inferior will be stopped at the
+next instruction that would have been recorded. In other words, if
+you record for a while and then stop recording, the inferior process
+will be left in the same state as if the recording never happened.
+
+On the other hand, if the process record and replay target is stopped
+while in replay mode (that is, not at the end of the execution log,
+but at some earlier point), the inferior process will become ``live''
+at that earlier state, and it will then be possible to continue the
+usual ``live'' debugging of the process from that state.
+
+When the inferior process exits, or @value{GDBN} detaches from it,
+process record and replay target will automatically stop itself.
+
+@kindex set record insn-number-max
+@item set record insn-number-max @var{limit}
+Set the limit of instructions to be recorded. Default value is 200000.
+
+If @var{limit} is a positive number, then @value{GDBN} will start
+deleting instructions from the log once the number of the record
+instructions becomes greater than @var{limit}. For every new recorded
+instruction, @value{GDBN} will delete the earliest recorded
+instruction to keep the number of recorded instructions at the limit.
+(Since deleting recorded instructions loses information, @value{GDBN}
+lets you control what happens when the limit is reached, by means of
+the @code{stop-at-limit} option, described below.)
+
+If @var{limit} is zero, @value{GDBN} will never delete recorded
+instructions from the execution log. The number of recorded
+instructions is unlimited in this case.
+
+@kindex show record insn-number-max
+@item show record insn-number-max
+Show the limit of instructions to be recorded.
+
+@kindex set record stop-at-limit
+@item set record stop-at-limit
+Control the behavior when the number of recorded instructions reaches
+the limit. If ON (the default), @value{GDBN} will stop when the limit
+is reached for the first time and ask you whether you want to stop the
+inferior or continue running it and recording the execution log. If
+you decide to continue recording, each new recorded instruction will
+cause the oldest one to be deleted.
+
+If this option is OFF, @value{GDBN} will automatically delete the
+oldest record to make room for each new one, without asking.
+
+@kindex show record stop-at-limit
+@item show record stop-at-limit
+Show the current setting of @code{stop-at-limit}.
+
+@kindex info record insn-number
+@item info record insn-number
+Show the current number of recorded instructions.
+
+@kindex record delete
+@kindex rec del
+@item record delete
+When record target runs in replay mode (``in the past''), delete the
+subsequent execution log and begin to record a new execution log starting
+from the current address. This means you will abandon the previously
+recorded ``future'' and begin recording a new ``future''.
+@end table
+
+
@node Stack
@chapter Examining the Stack
@group
#0 m4_traceon (obs=0x24eb0, argc=1, argv=0x2b8c8)
at builtin.c:993
-#1 0x6e38 in expand_macro (sym=0x2b600) at macro.c:242
+#1 0x6e38 in expand_macro (sym=0x2b600, data=...) at macro.c:242
#2 0x6840 in expand_token (obs=0x0, t=177664, td=0xf7fffb08)
at macro.c:71
(More stack frames follow...)
value, indicating that your program has stopped at the beginning of the
code for line @code{993} of @code{builtin.c}.
+@noindent
+The value of parameter @code{data} in frame 1 has been replaced by
+@code{@dots{}}. By default, @value{GDBN} prints the value of a parameter
+only if it is a scalar (integer, pointer, enumeration, etc). See command
+@kbd{set print frame-arguments} in @ref{Print Settings} for more details
+on how to configure the way function parameter values are printed.
+
@cindex value optimized out, in backtrace
@cindex function call arguments, optimized out
If your program was compiled with optimizations, some compilers will
located at the original location, a substitution rule is the only
method available to point @value{GDBN} at the new location.
+@cindex @samp{--with-relocated-sources}
+@cindex default source path substitution
+You can configure a default source path substitution rule by
+configuring @value{GDBN} with the
+@samp{--with-relocated-sources=@var{dir}} option. The @var{dir}
+should be the name of a directory under @value{GDBN}'s configured
+prefix (set with @samp{--prefix} or @samp{--exec-prefix}), and
+directory names in debug information under @var{dir} will be adjusted
+automatically if the installed @value{GDBN} is moved to a new
+location. This is useful if @value{GDBN}, libraries or executables
+with debug information and corresponding source code are being moved
+together.
+
@table @code
@item directory @var{dirname} @dots{}
@item dir @var{dirname} @dots{}
You can use the command @code{info line} to map source lines to program
addresses (and vice versa), and the command @code{disassemble} to display
-a range of addresses as machine instructions. When run under @sc{gnu} Emacs
+a range of addresses as machine instructions. You can use the command
+@code{set disassemble-next-line} to set whether to disassemble next
+source line when execution stops. When run under @sc{gnu} Emacs
mode, the @code{info line} command causes the arrow to point to the
line specified. Also, @code{info line} prints addresses in symbolic form as
well as hex.
Show the current setting of the disassembly flavor.
@end table
+@table @code
+@kindex set disassemble-next-line
+@kindex show disassemble-next-line
+@item set disassemble-next-line
+@itemx show disassemble-next-line
+Control whether or not @value{GDBN} will disassemble the next source
+line or instruction when execution stops. If ON, @value{GDBN} will
+display disassembly of the next source line when execution of the
+program being debugged stops. This is @emph{in addition} to
+displaying the source line itself, which @value{GDBN} always does if
+possible. If the next source line cannot be displayed for some reason
+(e.g., if @value{GDBN} cannot find the source file, or there's no line
+info in the debug info), @value{GDBN} will display disassembly of the
+next @emph{instruction} instead of showing the next source line. If
+AUTO, @value{GDBN} will display disassembly of next instruction only
+if the source line cannot be displayed. This setting causes
+@value{GDBN} to display some feedback when you step through a function
+with no line info or whose source file is unavailable. The default is
+OFF, which means never display the disassembly of the next line or
+instruction.
+@end table
+
@node Data
@chapter Examining Data
@code{char}, @w{@code{unsigned char}}, and @w{@code{signed char}} as
strings. Single-byte members of a vector are displayed as an integer
array.
+
+@item r
+@cindex raw printing
+Print using the @samp{raw} formatting. By default, @value{GDBN} will
+use a type-specific pretty-printer. The @samp{r} format bypasses any
+pretty-printer which might exist for the value's type.
@end table
For example, to print the program counter in hex (@pxref{Registers}), type
If the number is 0, then the printing is unlimited.
@item set print frame-arguments @var{value}
+@kindex set print frame-arguments
@cindex printing frame argument values
@cindex print all frame argument values
@cindex print frame argument values for scalars only
@table @code
@item all
-The values of all arguments are printed. This is the default.
+The values of all arguments are printed.
@item scalars
Print the value of an argument only if it is a scalar. The value of more
complex arguments such as arrays, structures, unions, etc, is replaced
-by @code{@dots{}}. Here is an example where only scalar arguments are shown:
+by @code{@dots{}}. This is the default. Here is an example where
+only scalar arguments are shown:
@smallexample
#1 0x08048361 in call_me (i=3, s=@dots{}, ss=0xbf8d508c, u=@dots{}, e=green)
@end smallexample
@end table
-By default, all argument values are always printed. But this command
-can be useful in several cases. For instance, it can be used to reduce
-the amount of information printed in each frame, making the backtrace
-more readable. Also, this command can be used to improve performance
-when displaying Ada frames, because the computation of large arguments
-can sometimes be CPU-intensive, especiallly in large applications.
-Setting @code{print frame-arguments} to @code{scalars} or @code{none}
-avoids this computation, thus speeding up the display of each Ada frame.
+By default, only scalar arguments are printed. This command can be used
+to configure the debugger to print the value of all arguments, regardless
+of their type. However, it is often advantageous to not print the value
+of more complex parameters. For instance, it reduces the amount of
+information printed in each frame, making the backtrace more readable.
+Also, it improves performance when displaying Ada frames, because
+the computation of large arguments can sometimes be CPU-intensive,
+especially in large applications. Setting @code{print frame-arguments}
+to @code{scalars} (the default) or @code{none} avoids this computation,
+thus speeding up the display of each Ada frame.
@item show print frame-arguments
Show how the value of arguments should be displayed when printing a frame.
@vindex $_exitcode@r{, convenience variable}
The variable @code{$_exitcode} is automatically set to the exit code when
the program being debugged terminates.
+
+@item $_siginfo
+@vindex $_siginfo@r{, convenience variable}
+The variable @code{$_siginfo} is bound to extra signal information
+inspection (@pxref{extra signal information}).
@end table
On HP-UX systems, if you refer to a function or variable name that
begins with a dollar sign, @value{GDBN} searches for a user or system
name first, before it searches for a convenience variable.
+@cindex convenience functions
+@value{GDBN} also supplies some @dfn{convenience functions}. These
+have a syntax similar to convenience variables. A convenience
+function can be used in an expression just like an ordinary function;
+however, a convenience function is implemented internally to
+@value{GDBN}.
+
+@table @code
+@item help function
+@kindex help function
+@cindex show all convenience functions
+Print a list of all convenience functions.
+@end table
+
@node Registers
@section Registers
@table @code
@item set target-charset @var{charset}
@kindex set target-charset
-Set the current target character set to @var{charset}. We list the
-character set names @value{GDBN} recognizes below, but if you type
-@code{set target-charset} followed by @key{TAB}@key{TAB}, @value{GDBN} will
-list the target character sets it supports.
-@end table
+Set the current target character set to @var{charset}. To display the
+list of supported target character sets, type
+@kbd{@w{set target-charset @key{TAB}@key{TAB}}}.
-@table @code
@item set host-charset @var{charset}
@kindex set host-charset
Set the current host character set to @var{charset}.
By default, @value{GDBN} uses a host character set appropriate to the
system it is running on; you can override that default using the
-@code{set host-charset} command.
+@code{set host-charset} command. On some systems, @value{GDBN} cannot
+automatically determine the appropriate host character set. In this
+case, @value{GDBN} uses @samp{UTF-8}.
@value{GDBN} can only use certain character sets as its host character
-set. We list the character set names @value{GDBN} recognizes below, and
-indicate which can be host character sets, but if you type
-@code{set target-charset} followed by @key{TAB}@key{TAB}, @value{GDBN} will
-list the host character sets it supports.
+set. If you type @kbd{@w{set target-charset @key{TAB}@key{TAB}}},
+@value{GDBN} will list the host character sets it supports.
@item set charset @var{charset}
@kindex set charset
Set the current host and target character sets to @var{charset}. As
-above, if you type @code{set charset} followed by @key{TAB}@key{TAB},
-@value{GDBN} will list the name of the character sets that can be used
+above, if you type @kbd{@w{set charset @key{TAB}@key{TAB}}},
+@value{GDBN} will list the names of the character sets that can be used
for both host and target.
-
@item show charset
@kindex show charset
-Show the names of the current host and target charsets.
+Show the names of the current host and target character sets.
-@itemx show host-charset
+@item show host-charset
@kindex show host-charset
-Show the name of the current host charset.
+Show the name of the current host character set.
-@itemx show target-charset
+@item show target-charset
@kindex show target-charset
-Show the name of the current target charset.
-
-@end table
-
-@value{GDBN} currently includes support for the following character
-sets:
-
-@table @code
-
-@item ASCII
-@cindex ASCII character set
-Seven-bit U.S. @sc{ascii}. @value{GDBN} can use this as its host
-character set.
-
-@item ISO-8859-1
-@cindex ISO 8859-1 character set
-@cindex ISO Latin 1 character set
-The ISO Latin 1 character set. This extends @sc{ascii} with accented
-characters needed for French, German, and Spanish. @value{GDBN} can use
-this as its host character set.
+Show the name of the current target character set.
-@item EBCDIC-US
-@itemx IBM1047
-@cindex EBCDIC character set
-@cindex IBM1047 character set
-Variants of the @sc{ebcdic} character set, used on some of IBM's
-mainframe operating systems. (@sc{gnu}/Linux on the S/390 uses U.S. @sc{ascii}.)
-@value{GDBN} cannot use these as its host character set.
+@item set target-wide-charset @var{charset}
+@kindex set target-wide-charset
+Set the current target's wide character set to @var{charset}. This is
+the character set used by the target's @code{wchar_t} type. To
+display the list of supported wide character sets, type
+@kbd{@w{set target-wide-charset @key{TAB}@key{TAB}}}.
+@item show target-wide-charset
+@kindex show target-wide-charset
+Show the name of the current target's wide character set.
@end table
-Note that these are all single-byte character sets. More work inside
-@value{GDBN} is needed to support multi-byte or variable-width character
-encodings, like the UTF-8 and UCS-2 encodings of Unicode.
-
Here is an example of @value{GDBN}'s character set support in action.
Assume that the following source code has been placed in the file
@file{charset-test.c}:
$2 = (void *) 0x8049560
@end smallexample
+@node Optimized Code
+@chapter Debugging Optimized Code
+@cindex optimized code, debugging
+@cindex debugging optimized code
+
+Almost all compilers support optimization. With optimization
+disabled, the compiler generates assembly code that corresponds
+directly to your source code, in a simplistic way. As the compiler
+applies more powerful optimizations, the generated assembly code
+diverges from your original source code. With help from debugging
+information generated by the compiler, @value{GDBN} can map from
+the running program back to constructs from your original source.
+
+@value{GDBN} is more accurate with optimization disabled. If you
+can recompile without optimization, it is easier to follow the
+progress of your program during debugging. But, there are many cases
+where you may need to debug an optimized version.
+
+When you debug a program compiled with @samp{-g -O}, remember that the
+optimizer has rearranged your code; the debugger shows you what is
+really there. Do not be too surprised when the execution path does not
+exactly match your source file! An extreme example: if you define a
+variable, but never use it, @value{GDBN} never sees that
+variable---because the compiler optimizes it out of existence.
+
+Some things do not work as well with @samp{-g -O} as with just
+@samp{-g}, particularly on machines with instruction scheduling. If in
+doubt, recompile with @samp{-g} alone, and if this fixes the problem,
+please report it to us as a bug (including a test case!).
+@xref{Variables}, for more information about debugging optimized code.
+
+@menu
+* Inline Functions:: How @value{GDBN} presents inlining
+@end menu
+
+@node Inline Functions
+@section Inline Functions
+@cindex inline functions, debugging
+
+@dfn{Inlining} is an optimization that inserts a copy of the function
+body directly at each call site, instead of jumping to a shared
+routine. @value{GDBN} displays inlined functions just like
+non-inlined functions. They appear in backtraces. You can view their
+arguments and local variables, step into them with @code{step}, skip
+them with @code{next}, and escape from them with @code{finish}.
+You can check whether a function was inlined by using the
+@code{info frame} command.
+
+For @value{GDBN} to support inlined functions, the compiler must
+record information about inlining in the debug information ---
+@value{NGCC} using the @sc{dwarf 2} format does this, and several
+other compilers do also. @value{GDBN} only supports inlined functions
+when using @sc{dwarf 2}. Versions of @value{NGCC} before 4.1
+do not emit two required attributes (@samp{DW_AT_call_file} and
+@samp{DW_AT_call_line}); @value{GDBN} does not display inlined
+function calls with earlier versions of @value{NGCC}. It instead
+displays the arguments and local variables of inlined functions as
+local variables in the caller.
+
+The body of an inlined function is directly included at its call site;
+unlike a non-inlined function, there are no instructions devoted to
+the call. @value{GDBN} still pretends that the call site and the
+start of the inlined function are different instructions. Stepping to
+the call site shows the call site, and then stepping again shows
+the first line of the inlined function, even though no additional
+instructions are executed.
+
+This makes source-level debugging much clearer; you can see both the
+context of the call and then the effect of the call. Only stepping by
+a single instruction using @code{stepi} or @code{nexti} does not do
+this; single instruction steps always show the inlined body.
+
+There are some ways that @value{GDBN} does not pretend that inlined
+function calls are the same as normal calls:
+
+@itemize @bullet
+@item
+You cannot set breakpoints on inlined functions. @value{GDBN}
+either reports that there is no symbol with that name, or else sets the
+breakpoint only on non-inlined copies of the function. This limitation
+will be removed in a future version of @value{GDBN}; until then,
+set a breakpoint by line number on the first line of the inlined
+function instead.
+
+@item
+Setting breakpoints at the call site of an inlined function may not
+work, because the call site does not contain any code. @value{GDBN}
+may incorrectly move the breakpoint to the next line of the enclosing
+function, after the call. This limitation will be removed in a future
+version of @value{GDBN}; until then, set a breakpoint on an earlier line
+or inside the inlined function instead.
+
+@item
+@value{GDBN} cannot locate the return value of inlined calls after
+using the @code{finish} command. This is a limitation of compiler-generated
+debugging information; after @code{finish}, you can step to the next line
+and print a variable where your program stored the return value.
+
+@end itemize
+
+
@node Macros
@chapter C Preprocessor Macros
@cindex definition, showing a macro's
@item info macro @var{macro}
Show the definition of the macro named @var{macro}, and describe the
-source location where that definition was established.
+source location or compiler command-line where that definition was established.
@kindex macro define
@cindex user-defined macros
(@value{GDBP})
@end smallexample
+In addition to source files, macros can be defined on the compilation command
+line using the @option{-D@var{name}=@var{value}} syntax. For macros defined in
+such a way, @value{GDBN} displays the location of their definition as line zero
+of the source file submitted to the compiler.
+
+@smallexample
+(@value{GDBP}) info macro __STDC__
+Defined at /home/jimb/gdb/macros/play/sample.c:0
+-D__STDC__=1
+(@value{GDBP})
+@end smallexample
+
@node Tracepoints
@chapter Tracepoints
@section Commands to Set Tracepoints
Before running such a @dfn{trace experiment}, an arbitrary number of
-tracepoints can be set. Like a breakpoint (@pxref{Set Breaks}), a
-tracepoint has a number assigned to it by @value{GDBN}. Like with
-breakpoints, tracepoint numbers are successive integers starting from
-one. Many of the commands associated with tracepoints take the
-tracepoint number as their argument, to identify which tracepoint to
-work on.
+tracepoints can be set. A tracepoint is actually a special type of
+breakpoint (@pxref{Set Breaks}), so you can manipulate it using
+standard breakpoint commands. For instance, as with breakpoints,
+tracepoint numbers are successive integers starting from one, and many
+of the commands associated with tracepoints take the tracepoint number
+as their argument, to identify which tracepoint to work on.
For each tracepoint, you can specify, in advance, some arbitrary set
of data that you want the target to collect in the trace buffer when
commands to examine the values these data had at the time the
tracepoint was hit.
+Tracepoints do not support every breakpoint feature. Conditional
+expressions and ignore counts on tracepoints have no effect, and
+tracepoints cannot run @value{GDBN} commands when they are
+hit. Tracepoints may not be thread-specific either.
+
This section describes commands to set tracepoints and associated
conditions and actions.
@table @code
@cindex set tracepoint
@kindex trace
-@item trace
+@item trace @var{location}
The @code{trace} command is very similar to the @code{break} command.
-Its argument can be a source line, a function name, or an address in
-the target program. @xref{Set Breaks}. The @code{trace} command
-defines a tracepoint, which is a point in the target program where the
-debugger will briefly stop, collect some data, and then allow the
-program to continue. Setting a tracepoint or changing its commands
-doesn't take effect until the next @code{tstart} command; thus, you
-cannot change the tracepoint attributes once a trace experiment is
-running.
+Its argument @var{location} can be a source line, a function name, or
+an address in the target program. @xref{Specify Location}. The
+@code{trace} command defines a tracepoint, which is a point in the
+target program where the debugger will briefly stop, collect some
+data, and then allow the program to continue. Setting a tracepoint or
+changing its actions doesn't take effect until the next @code{tstart}
+command, and once a trace experiment is running, further changes will
+not have any effect until the next trace experiment starts.
Here are some examples of using the @code{trace} command:
@cindex tracepoint deletion
@item delete tracepoint @r{[}@var{num}@r{]}
Permanently delete one or more tracepoints. With no argument, the
-default is to delete all tracepoints.
+default is to delete all tracepoints. Note that the regular
+@code{delete} command can remove tracepoints also.
Examples:
@node Enable and Disable Tracepoints
@subsection Enable and Disable Tracepoints
+These commands are deprecated; they are equivalent to plain @code{disable} and @code{enable}.
+
@table @code
@kindex disable tracepoint
@item disable tracepoint @r{[}@var{num}@r{]}
@kindex info tp
@cindex information about tracepoints
@item info tracepoints @r{[}@var{num}@r{]}
-Display information about the tracepoint @var{num}. If you don't specify
-a tracepoint number, displays information about all the tracepoints
-defined so far. For each tracepoint, the following information is
-shown:
+Display information about the tracepoint @var{num}. If you don't
+specify a tracepoint number, displays information about all the
+tracepoints defined so far. The format is similar to that used for
+@code{info breakpoints}; in fact, @code{info tracepoints} is the same
+command, simply restricting itself to tracepoints.
+
+A tracepoint's listing may include additional information specific to
+tracing:
@itemize @bullet
@item
-its number
-@item
-whether it is enabled or disabled
-@item
-its address
-@item
its passcount as given by the @code{passcount @var{n}} command
@item
its step count as given by the @code{while-stepping @var{n}} command
@item
-where in the source files is the tracepoint set
-@item
-its action list as given by the @code{actions} command
+its action list as given by the @code{actions} command. The actions
+are prefixed with an @samp{A} so as to distinguish them from commands.
@end itemize
@smallexample
(@value{GDBP}) @b{info trace}
-Num Enb Address PassC StepC What
-1 y 0x002117c4 0 0 <gdb_asm>
-2 y 0x0020dc64 0 0 in g_test at g_test.c:1375
-3 y 0x0020b1f4 0 0 in get_data at ../foo.c:41
+Num Type Disp Enb Address What
+1 tracepoint keep y 0x0804ab57 in foo() at main.cxx:7
+ pass count 1200
+ step count 20
+ A while-stepping 20
+ A collect globfoo, $regs
+ A end
+ A collect globfoo2
+ A end
(@value{GDBP})
@end smallexample
@vindex colon-colon@r{, in Modula-2}
@c Info cannot handle :: but TeX can.
@end ifinfo
-@iftex
+@ifnotinfo
@vindex ::@r{, in Modula-2}
-@end iftex
+@end ifnotinfo
There are a few subtle differences between the Modula-2 scope operator
(@code{.}) and the @value{GDBN} scope operator (@code{::}). The two have
permitted only on the right sides of assignments, as in these examples:
@smallexample
-set An_Array := (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
-set An_Array := (1, others => 0)
-set An_Array := (0|4 => 1, 1..3 => 2, 5 => 6)
-set A_2D_Array := ((1, 2, 3), (4, 5, 6), (7, 8, 9))
-set A_Record := (1, "Peter", True);
-set A_Record := (Name => "Peter", Id => 1, Alive => True)
+(@value{GDBP}) set An_Array := (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
+(@value{GDBP}) set An_Array := (1, others => 0)
+(@value{GDBP}) set An_Array := (0|4 => 1, 1..3 => 2, 5 => 6)
+(@value{GDBP}) set A_2D_Array := ((1, 2, 3), (4, 5, 6), (7, 8, 9))
+(@value{GDBP}) set A_Record := (1, "Peter", True);
+(@value{GDBP}) set A_Record := (Name => "Peter", Id => 1, Alive => True)
@end smallexample
Changing a
assignments:
@smallexample
-set A_Rec.Len := 4
-set A_Rec := (Id => 42, Vals => (1, 2, 3, 4))
+(@value{GDBP}) set A_Rec.Len := 4
+(@value{GDBP}) set A_Rec := (Id => 42, Vals => (1, 2, 3, 4))
@end smallexample
As this example also illustrates, @value{GDBN} is very loose about the usual
its right-hand operand as its value. Thus, you may enter
@smallexample
-set x := y + 3
-print A(tmp := y + 1)
+(@value{GDBP}) set x := y + 3
+(@value{GDBP}) print A(tmp := y + 1)
@end smallexample
@item
complex conditional breaks:
@smallexample
-break f
-condition 1 (report(i); k += 1; A(k) > 100)
+(@value{GDBP}) break f
+(@value{GDBP}) condition 1 (report(i); k += 1; A(k) > 100)
@end smallexample
@item
to write
@smallexample
-print 'max(x, y)
+(@value{GDBP}) print 'max(x, y)
@end smallexample
@item
enclose them in angle brackets to avoid the lower-case mapping.
For example,
@smallexample
-@value{GDBP} print <JMPBUF_SAVE>[0]
+(@value{GDBP}) print <JMPBUF_SAVE>[0]
@end smallexample
@item
1 8088000 0 15 Child Activation Wait main_task
2 80a4000 1 15 Accept Statement b
3 809a800 1 15 Child Activation Wait a
-* 4 80ae800 3 15 Running c
+* 4 80ae800 3 15 Runnable c
@end smallexample
The task has been created but has not been activated. It cannot be
executing.
-@item Running
-The task currently running.
-
@item Runnable
The task is not blocked for any reason known to Ada. (It may be waiting
for a mutex, though.) It is conceptually "executing" in normal mode.
(@value{GDBP}) info tasks
ID TID P-ID Pri State Name
1 8077880 0 15 Child Activation Wait main_task
-* 2 807c468 1 15 Running task_1
+* 2 807c468 1 15 Runnable task_1
(@value{GDBP}) info task 2
Ada Task: 0x807c468
Name: task_1
(@value{GDBP}) info tasks
ID TID P-ID Pri State Name
1 8077870 0 15 Child Activation Wait main_task
-* 2 807c458 1 15 Running t
+* 2 807c458 1 15 Runnable t
(@value{GDBP}) task
[Current task is 2]
@end smallexample
(@value{GDBP}) info tasks
ID TID P-ID Pri State Name
1 8077870 0 15 Child Activation Wait main_task
-* 2 807c458 1 15 Running t
+* 2 807c458 1 15 Runnable t
(@value{GDBP}) task 1
[Switching to task 1]
#0 0x8067726 in pthread_cond_wait ()
#4 0x804aacc in un () at un.adb:5
@end smallexample
+@item break @var{linespec} task @var{taskno}
+@itemx break @var{linespec} task @var{taskno} if @dots{}
+@cindex breakpoints and tasks, in Ada
+@cindex task breakpoints, in Ada
+@kindex break @dots{} task @var{taskno}@r{ (Ada)}
+These commands are like the @code{break @dots{} thread @dots{}}
+command (@pxref{Thread Stops}).
+@var{linespec} specifies source lines, as described
+in @ref{Specify Location}.
+
+Use the qualifier @samp{task @var{taskno}} with a breakpoint command
+to specify that you only want @value{GDBN} to stop the program when a
+particular Ada task reaches this breakpoint. @var{taskno} is one of the
+numeric task identifiers assigned by @value{GDBN}, shown in the first
+column of the @samp{info tasks} display.
+
+If you do not specify @samp{task @var{taskno}} when you set a
+breakpoint, the breakpoint applies to @emph{all} tasks of your
+program.
+
+You can use the @code{task} qualifier on conditional breakpoints as
+well; in this case, place @samp{task @var{taskno}} before the
+breakpoint condition (before the @code{if}).
+
+For example,
+
+@smallexample
+@iftex
+@leftskip=0.5cm
+@end iftex
+(@value{GDBP}) info tasks
+ ID TID P-ID Pri State Name
+ 1 140022020 0 15 Child Activation Wait main_task
+ 2 140045060 1 15 Accept/Select Wait t2
+ 3 140044840 1 15 Runnable t1
+* 4 140056040 1 15 Runnable t3
+(@value{GDBP}) b 15 task 2
+Breakpoint 5 at 0x120044cb0: file test_task_debug.adb, line 15.
+(@value{GDBP}) cont
+Continuing.
+task # 1 running
+task # 2 running
+
+Breakpoint 5, test_task_debug () at test_task_debug.adb:15
+15 flush;
+(@value{GDBP}) info tasks
+ ID TID P-ID Pri State Name
+ 1 140022020 0 15 Child Activation Wait main_task
+* 2 140045060 1 15 Runnable t2
+ 3 140044840 1 15 Runnable t1
+ 4 140056040 1 15 Delay Sleep t3
+@end smallexample
@end table
@node Ada Tasks and Core Files
floating-point arithmetic, and may give results that only approximate those on
the host machine.
-@item
-The type of the @t{'Address} attribute may not be @code{System.Address}.
-
@item
The GNAT compiler never generates the prefix @code{Standard} for any of
the standard symbols defined by the Ada language. @value{GDBN} knows about
and Stepping, ,Continuing and Stepping}) resumes execution until the
selected stack frame returns naturally.
+@value{GDBN} needs to know how the @var{expression} argument should be set for
+the inferior. The concrete registers assignment depends on the OS ABI and the
+type being returned by the selected stack frame. For example it is common for
+OS ABI to return floating point values in FPU registers while integer values in
+CPU registers. Still some ABIs return even floating point values in CPU
+registers. Larger integer widths (such as @code{long long int}) also have
+specific placement rules. @value{GDBN} already knows the OS ABI from its
+current target so it needs to find out also the type being returned to make the
+assignment into the right register(s).
+
+Normally, the selected stack frame has debug info. @value{GDBN} will always
+use the debug info instead of the implicit type of @var{expression} when the
+debug info is available. For example, if you type @kbd{return -1}, and the
+function in the current stack frame is declared to return a @code{long long
+int}, @value{GDBN} transparently converts the implicit @code{int} value of -1
+into a @code{long long int}:
+
+@smallexample
+Breakpoint 1, func () at gdb.base/return-nodebug.c:29
+29 return 31;
+(@value{GDBP}) return -1
+Make func return now? (y or n) y
+#0 0x004004f6 in main () at gdb.base/return-nodebug.c:43
+43 printf ("result=%lld\n", func ());
+(@value{GDBP})
+@end smallexample
+
+However, if the selected stack frame does not have a debug info, e.g., if the
+function was compiled without debug info, @value{GDBN} has to find out the type
+to return from user. Specifying a different type by mistake may set the value
+in different inferior registers than the caller code expects. For example,
+typing @kbd{return -1} with its implicit type @code{int} would set only a part
+of a @code{long long int} result for a debug info less function (on 32-bit
+architectures). Therefore the user is required to specify the return type by
+an appropriate cast explicitly:
+
+@smallexample
+Breakpoint 2, 0x0040050b in func ()
+(@value{GDBP}) return -1
+Return value type not available for selected stack frame.
+Please use an explicit cast of the value to return.
+(@value{GDBP}) return (long long int) -1
+Make selected stack frame return now? (y or n) y
+#0 0x00400526 in main ()
+(@value{GDBP})
+@end smallexample
+
@node Calling
@section Calling Program Functions
the function, or if you passed it incorrect arguments). What happens
in that case is controlled by the @code{set unwindonsignal} command.
+Similarly, with a C@t{++} program it is possible for the function you
+call via the @code{print} or @code{call} command to generate an
+exception that is not handled due to the constraints of the dummy
+frame. In this case, any exception that is raised in the frame, but has
+an out-of-frame exception handler will not be found. GDB builds a
+dummy-frame for the inferior function call, and the unwinder cannot
+seek for exception handlers outside of this dummy-frame. What happens
+in that case is controlled by the
+@code{set unwind-on-terminating-exception} command.
+
@table @code
@item set unwindonsignal
@kindex set unwindonsignal
@kindex show unwindonsignal
Show the current setting of stack unwinding in the functions called by
@value{GDBN}.
+
+@item set unwind-on-terminating-exception
+@kindex set unwind-on-terminating-exception
+@cindex unwind stack in called functions with unhandled exceptions
+@cindex call dummy stack unwinding on unhandled exception.
+Set unwinding of the stack if a C@t{++} exception is raised, but left
+unhandled while in a function that @value{GDBN} called in the program being
+debugged. If set to on (the default), @value{GDBN} unwinds the stack
+it created for the call and restores the context to what it was before
+the call. If set to off, @value{GDBN} the exception is delivered to
+the default C@t{++} exception handler and the inferior terminated.
+
+@item show unwind-on-terminating-exception
+@kindex show unwind-on-terminating-exception
+Show the current setting of stack unwinding in the functions called by
+@value{GDBN}.
+
@end table
@cindex weak alias functions
* Files:: Commands to specify files
* Separate Debug Files:: Debugging information in separate files
* Symbol Errors:: Errors reading symbol files
+* Data Files:: GDB data files
@end menu
@node Files
@end table
+@node Data Files
+@section GDB Data Files
+
+@cindex prefix for data files
+@value{GDBN} will sometimes read an auxiliary data file. These files
+are kept in a directory known as the @dfn{data directory}.
+
+You can set the data directory's name, and view the name @value{GDBN}
+is currently using.
+
+@table @code
+@kindex set data-directory
+@item set data-directory @var{directory}
+Set the directory which @value{GDBN} searches for auxiliary data files
+to @var{directory}.
+
+@kindex show data-directory
+@item show data-directory
+Show the directory @value{GDBN} searches for auxiliary data files.
+@end table
+
+@cindex default data directory
+@cindex @samp{--with-gdb-datadir}
+You can set the default data directory by using the configure-time
+@samp{--with-gdb-datadir} option. If the data directory is inside
+@value{GDBN}'s configured binary prefix (set with @samp{--prefix} or
+@samp{--exec-prefix}), then the default data directory will be updated
+automatically if the installed @value{GDBN} is moved to a new
+location.
+
@node Targets
@chapter Specifying a Debugging Target
@subsubsection Other Command-Line Arguments for @code{gdbserver}
-You can include @option{--debug} on the @code{gdbserver} command line.
-@code{gdbserver} will display extra status information about the debugging
-process. This option is intended for @code{gdbserver} development and
-for bug reports to the developers.
+The @option{--debug} option tells @code{gdbserver} to display extra
+status information about the debugging process. The
+@option{--remote-debug} option tells @code{gdbserver} to display
+remote protocol debug output. These options are intended for
+@code{gdbserver} development and for bug reports to the developers.
The @option{--wrapper} option specifies a wrapper to launch programs
for debugging. The option should be followed by the name of the
extended-remote}. This should be set to a filename valid on the
target system. If it is not set, the target will use a default
filename (e.g.@: the last program run).
+
+@kindex set tcp
+@kindex show tcp
+@item set tcp auto-retry on
+@cindex auto-retry, for remote TCP target
+Enable auto-retry for remote TCP connections. This is useful if the remote
+debugging agent is launched in parallel with @value{GDBN}; there is a race
+condition because the agent may not become ready to accept the connection
+before @value{GDBN} attempts to connect. When auto-retry is
+enabled, if the initial attempt to connect fails, @value{GDBN} reattempts
+to establish the connection using the timeout specified by
+@code{set tcp connect-timeout}.
+
+@item set tcp auto-retry off
+Do not auto-retry failed TCP connections.
+
+@item show tcp auto-retry
+Show the current auto-retry setting.
+
+@item set tcp connect-timeout @var{seconds}
+@cindex connection timeout, for remote TCP target
+@cindex timeout, for remote target connection
+Set the timeout for establishing a TCP connection to the remote target to
+@var{seconds}. The timeout affects both polling to retry failed connections
+(enabled by @code{set tcp auto-retry on}) and waiting for connections
+that are merely slow to complete, and represents an approximate cumulative
+value.
+
+@item show tcp connect-timeout
+Show the current connection timeout setting.
@end table
@cindex remote packets, enabling and disabling
@tab @code{qXfer:spu:write}
@tab @code{info spu}
+@item @code{read-siginfo-object}
+@tab @code{qXfer:siginfo:read}
+@tab @code{print $_siginfo}
+
+@item @code{write-siginfo-object}
+@tab @code{qXfer:siginfo:write}
+@tab @code{set $_siginfo}
+
@item @code{get-thread-local-@*storage-address}
@tab @code{qGetTLSAddr}
@tab Displaying @code{__thread} variables
@item @code{osdata}
@tab @code{qXfer:osdata:read}
@tab @code{info os}
+
+@item @code{query-attached}
+@tab @code{qAttached}
+@tab Querying remote process attach state.
@end multitable
@node Remote Stub
@item show debug frame
Displays the current state of displaying @value{GDBN} frame debugging
info.
+@item set debug gnu-nat
+@cindex @sc{gnu}/Hurd debug messages
+Turns on or off debugging messages from the @sc{gnu}/Hurd debug support.
+@item show debug gnu-nat
+Show the current state of @sc{gnu}/Hurd debugging messages.
@item set debug infrun
@cindex inferior debugging info
Turns on or off display of @value{GDBN} debugging info for running the inferior.
@item define @var{commandname}
Define a command named @var{commandname}. If there is already a command
by that name, you are asked to confirm that you want to redefine it.
+@var{commandname} may be a bare command name consisting of letters,
+numbers, dashes, and underscores. It may also start with any predefined
+prefix command. For example, @samp{define target my-target} creates
+a user-defined @samp{target my-target} command.
The definition of the command is made up of other @value{GDBN} command lines,
which are given following the @code{define} command. The end of these
name, e.g.@: @code{backtrace} rather than @code{bt}.
@c FIXME! So how does Joe User discover whether a command is an alias
@c or not?
+You can hook a multi-word command by adding @code{hook-} or
+@code{hookpost-} to the last word of the command, e.g.@:
+@samp{define target hook-remote} to add a hook to @samp{target remote}.
+
If an error occurs during the execution of your hook, execution of
@value{GDBN} commands stops and @value{GDBN} issues a prompt
(before the command that you actually typed had a chance to run).
@menu
* Basic Python:: Basic Python Functions.
* Exception Handling::
+* Auto-loading:: Automatically loading Python code.
* Values From Inferior::
+* Types In Python:: Python representation of types.
+* Pretty Printing:: Pretty-printing values.
+* Selecting Pretty-Printers:: How GDB chooses a pretty-printer.
+* Commands In Python:: Implementing new commands in Python.
+* Functions In Python:: Writing new convenience functions.
+* Objfiles In Python:: Object files.
+* Frames In Python:: Acessing inferior stack frames from Python.
@end menu
@node Basic Python
use in all scripts evaluated by the @code{python} command.
@findex gdb.execute
-@defun execute command
+@defun execute command [from_tty]
Evaluate @var{command}, a string, as a @value{GDBN} CLI command.
If a GDB exception happens while @var{command} runs, it is
translated as described in @ref{Exception Handling,,Exception Handling}.
If no exceptions occur, this function returns @code{None}.
+
+@var{from_tty} specifies whether @value{GDBN} ought to consider this
+command as having originated from the user invoking it interactively.
+It must be a boolean value. If omitted, it defaults to @code{False}.
@end defun
-@findex gdb.get_parameter
-@defun get_parameter parameter
+@findex gdb.parameter
+@defun parameter parameter
Return the value of a @value{GDBN} parameter. @var{parameter} is a
string naming the parameter to look up; @var{parameter} may contain
spaces if the parameter has a multi-part name. For example,
a Python value of the appropriate type, and returned.
@end defun
+@findex gdb.history
+@defun history number
+Return a value from @value{GDBN}'s value history (@pxref{Value
+History}). @var{number} indicates which history element to return.
+If @var{number} is negative, then @value{GDBN} will take its absolute value
+and count backward from the last element (i.e., the most recent element) to
+find the value to return. If @var{number} is zero, then @value{GDBN} will
+return the most recent element. If the element specified by @var{number}
+doesn't exist in the value history, a @code{RuntimeError} exception will be
+raised.
+
+If no exception is raised, the return value is always an instance of
+@code{gdb.Value} (@pxref{Values From Inferior}).
+@end defun
+
@findex gdb.write
@defun write string
Print a string to @value{GDBN}'s paginated standard output stream.
Python statement closest to where the @value{GDBN} error occured as the
traceback.
+@node Auto-loading
+@subsubsection Auto-loading
+@cindex auto-loading, Python
+
+When a new object file is read (for example, due to the @code{file}
+command, or because the inferior has loaded a shared library),
+@value{GDBN} will look for a file named @file{@var{objfile}-gdb.py},
+where @var{objfile} is the object file's real name, formed by ensuring
+that the file name is absolute, following all symlinks, and resolving
+@code{.} and @code{..} components. If this file exists and is
+readable, @value{GDBN} will evaluate it as a Python script.
+
+If this file does not exist, and if the parameter
+@code{debug-file-directory} is set (@pxref{Separate Debug Files}),
+then @value{GDBN} will use the file named
+@file{@var{debug-file-directory}/@var{real-name}}, where
+@var{real-name} is the object file's real name, as described above.
+
+Finally, if this file does not exist, then @value{GDBN} will look for
+a file named @file{@var{data-directory}/python/auto-load/@var{real-name}}, where
+@var{data-directory} is @value{GDBN}'s data directory (available via
+@code{show data-directory}, @pxref{Data Files}), and @var{real-name}
+is the object file's real name, as described above.
+
+When reading an auto-loaded file, @value{GDBN} sets the ``current
+objfile''. This is available via the @code{gdb.current_objfile}
+function (@pxref{Objfiles In Python}). This can be useful for
+registering objfile-specific pretty-printers.
+
+The auto-loading feature is useful for supplying application-specific
+debugging commands and scripts. You can enable or disable this
+feature, and view its current state.
+
+@table @code
+@kindex maint set python auto-load
+@item maint set python auto-load [yes|no]
+Enable or disable the Python auto-loading feature.
+
+@kindex show python auto-load
+@item show python auto-load
+Show whether Python auto-loading is enabled or disabled.
+@end table
+
+@value{GDBN} does not track which files it has already auto-loaded.
+So, your @samp{-gdb.py} file should take care to ensure that it may be
+evaluated multiple times without error.
+
@node Values From Inferior
@subsubsection Values From Inferior
@cindex values from inferior, with Python
Again, @code{bar} will also be a @code{gdb.Value} object.
-For pointer data types, @code{gdb.Value} provides a method for
-dereferencing the pointer to obtain the object it points to.
+The following attributes are provided:
+
+@table @code
+@defivar Value address
+If this object is addressable, this read-only attribute holds a
+@code{gdb.Value} object representing the address. Otherwise,
+this attribute holds @code{None}.
+@end defivar
+
+@cindex optimized out value in Python
+@defivar Value is_optimized_out
+This read-only boolean attribute is true if the compiler optimized out
+this value, thus it is not available for fetching from the inferior.
+@end defivar
+
+@defivar Value type
+The type of this @code{gdb.Value}. The value of this attribute is a
+@code{gdb.Type} object.
+@end defivar
+@end table
+The following methods are provided:
+
+@table @code
@defmethod Value dereference
-This method returns a new @code{gdb.Value} object whose contents is
-the object pointed to by the pointer. For example, if @code{foo} is
-a C pointer to an @code{int}, declared in your C program as
+For pointer data types, this method returns a new @code{gdb.Value} object
+whose contents is the object pointed to by the pointer. For example, if
+@code{foo} is a C pointer to an @code{int}, declared in your C program as
@smallexample
int *foo;
value pointed to by @code{foo}.
@end defmethod
-@node Interpreters
-@chapter Command Interpreters
+@defmethod Value string @r{[}encoding@r{]} @r{[}errors@r{]}
+If this @code{gdb.Value} represents a string, then this method
+converts the contents to a Python string. Otherwise, this method will
+throw an exception.
+
+Strings are recognized in a language-specific way; whether a given
+@code{gdb.Value} represents a string is determined by the current
+language.
+
+For C-like languages, a value is a string if it is a pointer to or an
+array of characters or ints. The string is assumed to be terminated
+by a zero of the appropriate width.
+
+If the optional @var{encoding} argument is given, it must be a string
+naming the encoding of the string in the @code{gdb.Value}, such as
+@code{"ascii"}, @code{"iso-8859-6"} or @code{"utf-8"}. It accepts
+the same encodings as the corresponding argument to Python's
+@code{string.decode} method, and the Python codec machinery will be used
+to convert the string. If @var{encoding} is not given, or if
+@var{encoding} is the empty string, then either the @code{target-charset}
+(@pxref{Character Sets}) will be used, or a language-specific encoding
+will be used, if the current language is able to supply one.
+
+The optional @var{errors} argument is the same as the corresponding
+argument to Python's @code{string.decode} method.
+@end defmethod
+@end table
+
+@node Types In Python
+@subsubsection Types In Python
+@cindex types in Python
+@cindex Python, working with types
+
+@tindex gdb.Type
+@value{GDBN} represents types from the inferior using the class
+@code{gdb.Type}.
+
+The following type-related functions are available in the @code{gdb}
+module:
+
+@findex gdb.lookup_type
+@defun lookup_type name [block]
+This function looks up a type by name. @var{name} is the name of the
+type to look up. It must be a string.
+
+Ordinarily, this function will return an instance of @code{gdb.Type}.
+If the named type cannot be found, it will throw an exception.
+@end defun
+
+An instance of @code{Type} has the following attributes:
+
+@table @code
+@defivar Type code
+The type code for this type. The type code will be one of the
+@code{TYPE_CODE_} constants defined below.
+@end defivar
+
+@defivar Type sizeof
+The size of this type, in target @code{char} units. Usually, a
+target's @code{char} type will be an 8-bit byte. However, on some
+unusual platforms, this type may have a different size.
+@end defivar
+
+@defivar Type tag
+The tag name for this type. The tag name is the name after
+@code{struct}, @code{union}, or @code{enum} in C and C@t{++}; not all
+languages have this concept. If this type has no tag name, then
+@code{None} is returned.
+@end defivar
+@end table
+
+The following methods are provided:
+
+@table @code
+@defmethod Type fields
+For structure and union types, this method returns the fields. Range
+types have two fields, the minimum and maximum values. Enum types
+have one field per enum constant. Function and method types have one
+field per parameter. The base types of C@t{++} classes are also
+represented as fields. If the type has no fields, or does not fit
+into one of these categories, an empty sequence will be returned.
+
+Each field is an object, with some pre-defined attributes:
+@table @code
+@item bitpos
+This attribute is not available for @code{static} fields (as in
+C@t{++} or Java). For non-@code{static} fields, the value is the bit
+position of the field.
+
+@item name
+The name of the field, or @code{None} for anonymous fields.
+
+@item artificial
+This is @code{True} if the field is artificial, usually meaning that
+it was provided by the compiler and not the user. This attribute is
+always provided, and is @code{False} if the field is not artificial.
+
+@item bitsize
+If the field is packed, or is a bitfield, then this will have a
+non-zero value, which is the size of the field in bits. Otherwise,
+this will be zero; in this case the field's size is given by its type.
+
+@item type
+The type of the field. This is usually an instance of @code{Type},
+but it can be @code{None} in some situations.
+@end table
+@end defmethod
+
+@defmethod Type const
+Return a new @code{gdb.Type} object which represents a
+@code{const}-qualified variant of this type.
+@end defmethod
+
+@defmethod Type volatile
+Return a new @code{gdb.Type} object which represents a
+@code{volatile}-qualified variant of this type.
+@end defmethod
+
+@defmethod Type unqualified
+Return a new @code{gdb.Type} object which represents an unqualified
+variant of this type. That is, the result is neither @code{const} nor
+@code{volatile}.
+@end defmethod
+
+@defmethod Type reference
+Return a new @code{gdb.Type} object which represents a reference to this
+type.
+@end defmethod
+
+@defmethod Type strip_typedefs
+Return a new @code{gdb.Type} that represents the real type,
+after removing all layers of typedefs.
+@end defmethod
+
+@defmethod Type target
+Return a new @code{gdb.Type} object which represents the target type
+of this type.
+
+For a pointer type, the target type is the type of the pointed-to
+object. For an array type (meaning C-like arrays), the target type is
+the type of the elements of the array. For a function or method type,
+the target type is the type of the return value. For a complex type,
+the target type is the type of the elements. For a typedef, the
+target type is the aliased type.
+
+If the type does not have a target, this method will throw an
+exception.
+@end defmethod
+
+@defmethod Type template_argument n
+If this @code{gdb.Type} is an instantiation of a template, this will
+return a new @code{gdb.Type} which represents the type of the
+@var{n}th template argument.
+
+If this @code{gdb.Type} is not a template type, this will throw an
+exception. Ordinarily, only C@t{++} code will have template types.
+
+@var{name} is searched for globally.
+@end defmethod
+@end table
+
+
+Each type has a code, which indicates what category this type falls
+into. The available type categories are represented by constants
+defined in the @code{gdb} module:
+
+@table @code
+@findex TYPE_CODE_PTR
+@findex gdb.TYPE_CODE_PTR
+@item TYPE_CODE_PTR
+The type is a pointer.
+
+@findex TYPE_CODE_ARRAY
+@findex gdb.TYPE_CODE_ARRAY
+@item TYPE_CODE_ARRAY
+The type is an array.
+
+@findex TYPE_CODE_STRUCT
+@findex gdb.TYPE_CODE_STRUCT
+@item TYPE_CODE_STRUCT
+The type is a structure.
+
+@findex TYPE_CODE_UNION
+@findex gdb.TYPE_CODE_UNION
+@item TYPE_CODE_UNION
+The type is a union.
+
+@findex TYPE_CODE_ENUM
+@findex gdb.TYPE_CODE_ENUM
+@item TYPE_CODE_ENUM
+The type is an enum.
+
+@findex TYPE_CODE_FLAGS
+@findex gdb.TYPE_CODE_FLAGS
+@item TYPE_CODE_FLAGS
+A bit flags type, used for things such as status registers.
+
+@findex TYPE_CODE_FUNC
+@findex gdb.TYPE_CODE_FUNC
+@item TYPE_CODE_FUNC
+The type is a function.
+
+@findex TYPE_CODE_INT
+@findex gdb.TYPE_CODE_INT
+@item TYPE_CODE_INT
+The type is an integer type.
+
+@findex TYPE_CODE_FLT
+@findex gdb.TYPE_CODE_FLT
+@item TYPE_CODE_FLT
+A floating point type.
+
+@findex TYPE_CODE_VOID
+@findex gdb.TYPE_CODE_VOID
+@item TYPE_CODE_VOID
+The special type @code{void}.
+
+@findex TYPE_CODE_SET
+@findex gdb.TYPE_CODE_SET
+@item TYPE_CODE_SET
+A Pascal set type.
+
+@findex TYPE_CODE_RANGE
+@findex gdb.TYPE_CODE_RANGE
+@item TYPE_CODE_RANGE
+A range type, that is, an integer type with bounds.
+
+@findex TYPE_CODE_STRING
+@findex gdb.TYPE_CODE_STRING
+@item TYPE_CODE_STRING
+A string type. Note that this is only used for certain languages with
+language-defined string types; C strings are not represented this way.
+
+@findex TYPE_CODE_BITSTRING
+@findex gdb.TYPE_CODE_BITSTRING
+@item TYPE_CODE_BITSTRING
+A string of bits.
+
+@findex TYPE_CODE_ERROR
+@findex gdb.TYPE_CODE_ERROR
+@item TYPE_CODE_ERROR
+An unknown or erroneous type.
+
+@findex TYPE_CODE_METHOD
+@findex gdb.TYPE_CODE_METHOD
+@item TYPE_CODE_METHOD
+A method type, as found in C@t{++} or Java.
+
+@findex TYPE_CODE_METHODPTR
+@findex gdb.TYPE_CODE_METHODPTR
+@item TYPE_CODE_METHODPTR
+A pointer-to-member-function.
+
+@findex TYPE_CODE_MEMBERPTR
+@findex gdb.TYPE_CODE_MEMBERPTR
+@item TYPE_CODE_MEMBERPTR
+A pointer-to-member.
+
+@findex TYPE_CODE_REF
+@findex gdb.TYPE_CODE_REF
+@item TYPE_CODE_REF
+A reference type.
+
+@findex TYPE_CODE_CHAR
+@findex gdb.TYPE_CODE_CHAR
+@item TYPE_CODE_CHAR
+A character type.
+
+@findex TYPE_CODE_BOOL
+@findex gdb.TYPE_CODE_BOOL
+@item TYPE_CODE_BOOL
+A boolean type.
+
+@findex TYPE_CODE_COMPLEX
+@findex gdb.TYPE_CODE_COMPLEX
+@item TYPE_CODE_COMPLEX
+A complex float type.
+
+@findex TYPE_CODE_TYPEDEF
+@findex gdb.TYPE_CODE_TYPEDEF
+@item TYPE_CODE_TYPEDEF
+A typedef to some other type.
+
+@findex TYPE_CODE_NAMESPACE
+@findex gdb.TYPE_CODE_NAMESPACE
+@item TYPE_CODE_NAMESPACE
+A C@t{++} namespace.
+
+@findex TYPE_CODE_DECFLOAT
+@findex gdb.TYPE_CODE_DECFLOAT
+@item TYPE_CODE_DECFLOAT
+A decimal floating point type.
+
+@findex TYPE_CODE_INTERNAL_FUNCTION
+@findex gdb.TYPE_CODE_INTERNAL_FUNCTION
+@item TYPE_CODE_INTERNAL_FUNCTION
+A function internal to @value{GDBN}. This is the type used to represent
+convenience functions.
+@end table
+
+@node Pretty Printing
+@subsubsection Pretty Printing
+
+@value{GDBN} provides a mechanism to allow pretty-printing of values
+using Python code. The pretty-printer API allows application-specific
+code to greatly simplify the display of complex objects. This
+mechanism works for both MI and the CLI.
+
+For example, here is how a C@t{++} @code{std::string} looks without a
+pretty-printer:
+
+@smallexample
+(@value{GDBP}) print s
+$1 = @{
+ static npos = 4294967295,
+ _M_dataplus = @{
+ <std::allocator<char>> = @{
+ <__gnu_cxx::new_allocator<char>> = @{<No data fields>@}, <No data fields>@},
+ members of std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::_Alloc_hider:
+ _M_p = 0x804a014 "abcd"
+ @}
+@}
+@end smallexample
+
+After a pretty-printer for @code{std::string} has been installed, only
+the contents are printed:
+
+@smallexample
+(@value{GDBP}) print s
+$2 = "abcd"
+@end smallexample
+
+A pretty-printer is just an object that holds a value and implements a
+specific interface, defined here.
+
+@defop Operation {pretty printer} children (self)
+@value{GDBN} will call this method on a pretty-printer to compute the
+children of the pretty-printer's value.
+
+This method must return an object conforming to the Python iterator
+protocol. Each item returned by the iterator must be a tuple holding
+two elements. The first element is the ``name'' of the child; the
+second element is the child's value. The value can be any Python
+object which is convertible to a @value{GDBN} value.
+
+This method is optional. If it does not exist, @value{GDBN} will act
+as though the value has no children.
+@end defop
+
+@defop Operation {pretty printer} display_hint (self)
+The CLI may call this method and use its result to change the
+formatting of a value. The result will also be supplied to an MI
+consumer as a @samp{displayhint} attribute of the variable being
+printed.
+
+This method is optional. If it does exist, this method must return a
+string.
+
+Some display hints are predefined by @value{GDBN}:
+
+@table @samp
+@item array
+Indicate that the object being printed is ``array-like''. The CLI
+uses this to respect parameters such as @code{set print elements} and
+@code{set print array}.
+
+@item map
+Indicate that the object being printed is ``map-like'', and that the
+children of this value can be assumed to alternate between keys and
+values.
+
+@item string
+Indicate that the object being printed is ``string-like''. If the
+printer's @code{to_string} method returns a Python string of some
+kind, then @value{GDBN} will call its internal language-specific
+string-printing function to format the string. For the CLI this means
+adding quotation marks, possibly escaping some characters, respecting
+@code{set print elements}, and the like.
+@end table
+@end defop
+
+@defop Operation {pretty printer} to_string (self)
+@value{GDBN} will call this method to display the string
+representation of the value passed to the object's constructor.
+
+When printing from the CLI, if the @code{to_string} method exists,
+then @value{GDBN} will prepend its result to the values returned by
+@code{children}. Exactly how this formatting is done is dependent on
+the display hint, and may change as more hints are added. Also,
+depending on the print settings (@pxref{Print Settings}), the CLI may
+print just the result of @code{to_string} in a stack trace, omitting
+the result of @code{children}.
+
+If this method returns a string, it is printed verbatim.
+
+Otherwise, if this method returns an instance of @code{gdb.Value},
+then @value{GDBN} prints this value. This may result in a call to
+another pretty-printer.
+
+If instead the method returns a Python value which is convertible to a
+@code{gdb.Value}, then @value{GDBN} performs the conversion and prints
+the resulting value. Again, this may result in a call to another
+pretty-printer. Python scalars (integers, floats, and booleans) and
+strings are convertible to @code{gdb.Value}; other types are not.
+
+If the result is not one of these types, an exception is raised.
+@end defop
+
+@node Selecting Pretty-Printers
+@subsubsection Selecting Pretty-Printers
+
+The Python list @code{gdb.pretty_printers} contains an array of
+functions that have been registered via addition as a pretty-printer.
+Each @code{gdb.Objfile} also contains a @code{pretty_printers}
+attribute.
+
+A function on one of these lists is passed a single @code{gdb.Value}
+argument and should return a pretty-printer object conforming to the
+interface definition above (@pxref{Pretty Printing}). If a function
+cannot create a pretty-printer for the value, it should return
+@code{None}.
+
+@value{GDBN} first checks the @code{pretty_printers} attribute of each
+@code{gdb.Objfile} and iteratively calls each function in the list for
+that @code{gdb.Objfile} until it receives a pretty-printer object.
+After these lists have been exhausted, it tries the global
+@code{gdb.pretty-printers} list, again calling each function until an
+object is returned.
+
+The order in which the objfiles are searched is not specified. For a
+given list, functions are always invoked from the head of the list,
+and iterated over sequentially until the end of the list, or a printer
+object is returned.
+
+Here is an example showing how a @code{std::string} printer might be
+written:
+
+@smallexample
+class StdStringPrinter:
+ "Print a std::string"
+
+ def __init__ (self, val):
+ self.val = val
+
+ def to_string (self):
+ return self.val['_M_dataplus']['_M_p']
+
+ def display_hint (self):
+ return 'string'
+@end smallexample
+
+And here is an example showing how a lookup function for the printer
+example above might be written.
+
+@smallexample
+def str_lookup_function (val):
+
+ lookup_tag = val.type.tag
+ regex = re.compile ("^std::basic_string<char,.*>$")
+ if lookup_tag == None:
+ return None
+ if regex.match (lookup_tag):
+ return StdStringPrinter (val)
+
+ return None
+@end smallexample
+
+The example lookup function extracts the value's type, and attempts to
+match it to a type that it can pretty-print. If it is a type the
+printer can pretty-print, it will return a printer object. If not, it
+returns @code{None}.
+
+We recommend that you put your core pretty-printers into a Python
+package. If your pretty-printers are for use with a library, we
+further recommend embedding a version number into the package name.
+This practice will enable @value{GDBN} to load multiple versions of
+your pretty-printers at the same time, because they will have
+different names.
+
+You should write auto-loaded code (@pxref{Auto-loading}) such that it
+can be evaluated multiple times without changing its meaning. An
+ideal auto-load file will consist solely of @code{import}s of your
+printer modules, followed by a call to a register pretty-printers with
+the current objfile.
+
+Taken as a whole, this approach will scale nicely to multiple
+inferiors, each potentially using a different library version.
+Embedding a version number in the Python package name will ensure that
+@value{GDBN} is able to load both sets of printers simultaneously.
+Then, because the search for pretty-printers is done by objfile, and
+because your auto-loaded code took care to register your library's
+printers with a specific objfile, @value{GDBN} will find the correct
+printers for the specific version of the library used by each
+inferior.
+
+To continue the @code{std::string} example (@pxref{Pretty Printing}),
+this code might appear in @code{gdb.libstdcxx.v6}:
+
+@smallexample
+def register_printers (objfile):
+ objfile.pretty_printers.add (str_lookup_function)
+@end smallexample
+
+@noindent
+And then the corresponding contents of the auto-load file would be:
+
+@smallexample
+import gdb.libstdcxx.v6
+gdb.libstdcxx.v6.register_printers (gdb.current_objfile ())
+@end smallexample
+
+@node Commands In Python
+@subsubsection Commands In Python
+
+@cindex commands in python
+@cindex python commands
+You can implement new @value{GDBN} CLI commands in Python. A CLI
+command is implemented using an instance of the @code{gdb.Command}
+class, most commonly using a subclass.
+
+@defmethod Command __init__ name @var{command_class} @r{[}@var{completer_class}@r{]} @r{[}@var{prefix}@r{]}
+The object initializer for @code{Command} registers the new command
+with @value{GDBN}. This initializer is normally invoked from the
+subclass' own @code{__init__} method.
+
+@var{name} is the name of the command. If @var{name} consists of
+multiple words, then the initial words are looked for as prefix
+commands. In this case, if one of the prefix commands does not exist,
+an exception is raised.
+
+There is no support for multi-line commands.
+
+@var{command_class} should be one of the @samp{COMMAND_} constants
+defined below. This argument tells @value{GDBN} how to categorize the
+new command in the help system.
+
+@var{completer_class} is an optional argument. If given, it should be
+one of the @samp{COMPLETE_} constants defined below. This argument
+tells @value{GDBN} how to perform completion for this command. If not
+given, @value{GDBN} will attempt to complete using the object's
+@code{complete} method (see below); if no such method is found, an
+error will occur when completion is attempted.
+
+@var{prefix} is an optional argument. If @code{True}, then the new
+command is a prefix command; sub-commands of this command may be
+registered.
+
+The help text for the new command is taken from the Python
+documentation string for the command's class, if there is one. If no
+documentation string is provided, the default value ``This command is
+not documented.'' is used.
+@end defmethod
+
+@cindex don't repeat Python command
+@defmethod Command dont_repeat
+By default, a @value{GDBN} command is repeated when the user enters a
+blank line at the command prompt. A command can suppress this
+behavior by invoking the @code{dont_repeat} method. This is similar
+to the user command @code{dont-repeat}, see @ref{Define, dont-repeat}.
+@end defmethod
+
+@defmethod Command invoke argument from_tty
+This method is called by @value{GDBN} when this command is invoked.
+
+@var{argument} is a string. It is the argument to the command, after
+leading and trailing whitespace has been stripped.
+
+@var{from_tty} is a boolean argument. When true, this means that the
+command was entered by the user at the terminal; when false it means
+that the command came from elsewhere.
+
+If this method throws an exception, it is turned into a @value{GDBN}
+@code{error} call. Otherwise, the return value is ignored.
+@end defmethod
+
+@cindex completion of Python commands
+@defmethod Command complete text word
+This method is called by @value{GDBN} when the user attempts
+completion on this command. All forms of completion are handled by
+this method, that is, the @key{TAB} and @key{M-?} key bindings
+(@pxref{Completion}), and the @code{complete} command (@pxref{Help,
+complete}).
+
+The arguments @var{text} and @var{word} are both strings. @var{text}
+holds the complete command line up to the cursor's location.
+@var{word} holds the last word of the command line; this is computed
+using a word-breaking heuristic.
+
+The @code{complete} method can return several values:
+@itemize @bullet
+@item
+If the return value is a sequence, the contents of the sequence are
+used as the completions. It is up to @code{complete} to ensure that the
+contents actually do complete the word. A zero-length sequence is
+allowed, it means that there were no completions available. Only
+string elements of the sequence are used; other elements in the
+sequence are ignored.
+
+@item
+If the return value is one of the @samp{COMPLETE_} constants defined
+below, then the corresponding @value{GDBN}-internal completion
+function is invoked, and its result is used.
+
+@item
+All other results are treated as though there were no available
+completions.
+@end itemize
+@end defmethod
+
+When a new command is registered, it must be declared as a member of
+some general class of commands. This is used to classify top-level
+commands in the on-line help system; note that prefix commands are not
+listed under their own category but rather that of their top-level
+command. The available classifications are represented by constants
+defined in the @code{gdb} module:
+
+@table @code
+@findex COMMAND_NONE
+@findex gdb.COMMAND_NONE
+@item COMMAND_NONE
+The command does not belong to any particular class. A command in
+this category will not be displayed in any of the help categories.
+
+@findex COMMAND_RUNNING
+@findex gdb.COMMAND_RUNNING
+@item COMMAND_RUNNING
+The command is related to running the inferior. For example,
+@code{start}, @code{step}, and @code{continue} are in this category.
+Type @kbd{help running} at the @value{GDBN} prompt to see a list of
+commands in this category.
+
+@findex COMMAND_DATA
+@findex gdb.COMMAND_DATA
+@item COMMAND_DATA
+The command is related to data or variables. For example,
+@code{call}, @code{find}, and @code{print} are in this category. Type
+@kbd{help data} at the @value{GDBN} prompt to see a list of commands
+in this category.
+
+@findex COMMAND_STACK
+@findex gdb.COMMAND_STACK
+@item COMMAND_STACK
+The command has to do with manipulation of the stack. For example,
+@code{backtrace}, @code{frame}, and @code{return} are in this
+category. Type @kbd{help stack} at the @value{GDBN} prompt to see a
+list of commands in this category.
+
+@findex COMMAND_FILES
+@findex gdb.COMMAND_FILES
+@item COMMAND_FILES
+This class is used for file-related commands. For example,
+@code{file}, @code{list} and @code{section} are in this category.
+Type @kbd{help files} at the @value{GDBN} prompt to see a list of
+commands in this category.
+
+@findex COMMAND_SUPPORT
+@findex gdb.COMMAND_SUPPORT
+@item COMMAND_SUPPORT
+This should be used for ``support facilities'', generally meaning
+things that are useful to the user when interacting with @value{GDBN},
+but not related to the state of the inferior. For example,
+@code{help}, @code{make}, and @code{shell} are in this category. Type
+@kbd{help support} at the @value{GDBN} prompt to see a list of
+commands in this category.
+
+@findex COMMAND_STATUS
+@findex gdb.COMMAND_STATUS
+@item COMMAND_STATUS
+The command is an @samp{info}-related command, that is, related to the
+state of @value{GDBN} itself. For example, @code{info}, @code{macro},
+and @code{show} are in this category. Type @kbd{help status} at the
+@value{GDBN} prompt to see a list of commands in this category.
+
+@findex COMMAND_BREAKPOINTS
+@findex gdb.COMMAND_BREAKPOINTS
+@item COMMAND_BREAKPOINTS
+The command has to do with breakpoints. For example, @code{break},
+@code{clear}, and @code{delete} are in this category. Type @kbd{help
+breakpoints} at the @value{GDBN} prompt to see a list of commands in
+this category.
+
+@findex COMMAND_TRACEPOINTS
+@findex gdb.COMMAND_TRACEPOINTS
+@item COMMAND_TRACEPOINTS
+The command has to do with tracepoints. For example, @code{trace},
+@code{actions}, and @code{tfind} are in this category. Type
+@kbd{help tracepoints} at the @value{GDBN} prompt to see a list of
+commands in this category.
+
+@findex COMMAND_OBSCURE
+@findex gdb.COMMAND_OBSCURE
+@item COMMAND_OBSCURE
+The command is only used in unusual circumstances, or is not of
+general interest to users. For example, @code{checkpoint},
+@code{fork}, and @code{stop} are in this category. Type @kbd{help
+obscure} at the @value{GDBN} prompt to see a list of commands in this
+category.
+
+@findex COMMAND_MAINTENANCE
+@findex gdb.COMMAND_MAINTENANCE
+@item COMMAND_MAINTENANCE
+The command is only useful to @value{GDBN} maintainers. The
+@code{maintenance} and @code{flushregs} commands are in this category.
+Type @kbd{help internals} at the @value{GDBN} prompt to see a list of
+commands in this category.
+@end table
+
+A new command can use a predefined completion function, either by
+specifying it via an argument at initialization, or by returning it
+from the @code{complete} method. These predefined completion
+constants are all defined in the @code{gdb} module:
+
+@table @code
+@findex COMPLETE_NONE
+@findex gdb.COMPLETE_NONE
+@item COMPLETE_NONE
+This constant means that no completion should be done.
+
+@findex COMPLETE_FILENAME
+@findex gdb.COMPLETE_FILENAME
+@item COMPLETE_FILENAME
+This constant means that filename completion should be performed.
+
+@findex COMPLETE_LOCATION
+@findex gdb.COMPLETE_LOCATION
+@item COMPLETE_LOCATION
+This constant means that location completion should be done.
+@xref{Specify Location}.
+
+@findex COMPLETE_COMMAND
+@findex gdb.COMPLETE_COMMAND
+@item COMPLETE_COMMAND
+This constant means that completion should examine @value{GDBN}
+command names.
+
+@findex COMPLETE_SYMBOL
+@findex gdb.COMPLETE_SYMBOL
+@item COMPLETE_SYMBOL
+This constant means that completion should be done using symbol names
+as the source.
+@end table
+
+The following code snippet shows how a trivial CLI command can be
+implemented in Python:
+
+@smallexample
+class HelloWorld (gdb.Command):
+ """Greet the whole world."""
+
+ def __init__ (self):
+ super (HelloWorld, self).__init__ ("hello-world", gdb.COMMAND_OBSCURE)
+
+ def invoke (self, arg, from_tty):
+ print "Hello, World!"
+
+HelloWorld ()
+@end smallexample
+
+The last line instantiates the class, and is necessary to trigger the
+registration of the command with @value{GDBN}. Depending on how the
+Python code is read into @value{GDBN}, you may need to import the
+@code{gdb} module explicitly.
+
+@node Functions In Python
+@subsubsection Writing new convenience functions
+
+@cindex writing convenience functions
+@cindex convenience functions in python
+@cindex python convenience functions
+@tindex gdb.Function
+@tindex Function
+You can implement new convenience functions (@pxref{Convenience Vars})
+in Python. A convenience function is an instance of a subclass of the
+class @code{gdb.Function}.
+
+@defmethod Function __init__ name
+The initializer for @code{Function} registers the new function with
+@value{GDBN}. The argument @var{name} is the name of the function,
+a string. The function will be visible to the user as a convenience
+variable of type @code{internal function}, whose name is the same as
+the given @var{name}.
+
+The documentation for the new function is taken from the documentation
+string for the new class.
+@end defmethod
+
+@defmethod Function invoke @var{*args}
+When a convenience function is evaluated, its arguments are converted
+to instances of @code{gdb.Value}, and then the function's
+@code{invoke} method is called. Note that @value{GDBN} does not
+predetermine the arity of convenience functions. Instead, all
+available arguments are passed to @code{invoke}, following the
+standard Python calling convention. In particular, a convenience
+function can have default values for parameters without ill effect.
+
+The return value of this method is used as its value in the enclosing
+expression. If an ordinary Python value is returned, it is converted
+to a @code{gdb.Value} following the usual rules.
+@end defmethod
+
+The following code snippet shows how a trivial convenience function can
+be implemented in Python:
+
+@smallexample
+class Greet (gdb.Function):
+ """Return string to greet someone.
+Takes a name as argument."""
+
+ def __init__ (self):
+ super (Greet, self).__init__ ("greet")
+
+ def invoke (self, name):
+ return "Hello, %s!" % name.string ()
+
+Greet ()
+@end smallexample
+
+The last line instantiates the class, and is necessary to trigger the
+registration of the function with @value{GDBN}. Depending on how the
+Python code is read into @value{GDBN}, you may need to import the
+@code{gdb} module explicitly.
+
+@node Objfiles In Python
+@subsubsection Objfiles In Python
+
+@cindex objfiles in python
+@tindex gdb.Objfile
+@tindex Objfile
+@value{GDBN} loads symbols for an inferior from various
+symbol-containing files (@pxref{Files}). These include the primary
+executable file, any shared libraries used by the inferior, and any
+separate debug info files (@pxref{Separate Debug Files}).
+@value{GDBN} calls these symbol-containing files @dfn{objfiles}.
+
+The following objfile-related functions are available in the
+@code{gdb} module:
+
+@findex gdb.current_objfile
+@defun current_objfile
+When auto-loading a Python script (@pxref{Auto-loading}), @value{GDBN}
+sets the ``current objfile'' to the corresponding objfile. This
+function returns the current objfile. If there is no current objfile,
+this function returns @code{None}.
+@end defun
+
+@findex gdb.objfiles
+@defun objfiles
+Return a sequence of all the objfiles current known to @value{GDBN}.
+@xref{Objfiles In Python}.
+@end defun
+
+Each objfile is represented by an instance of the @code{gdb.Objfile}
+class.
+
+@defivar Objfile filename
+The file name of the objfile as a string.
+@end defivar
+
+@defivar Objfile pretty_printers
+The @code{pretty_printers} attribute is a list of functions. It is
+used to look up pretty-printers. A @code{Value} is passed to each
+function in order; if the function returns @code{None}, then the
+search continues. Otherwise, the return value should be an object
+which is used to format the value. @xref{Pretty Printing}, for more
+information.
+@end defivar
+
+@node Frames In Python
+@subsubsection Acessing inferior stack frames from Python.
+
+@cindex frames in python
+When the debugged program stops, @value{GDBN} is able to analyze its call
+stack (@pxref{Frames,,Stack frames}). The @code{gdb.Frame} class
+represents a frame in the stack. A @code{gdb.Frame} object is only valid
+while its corresponding frame exists in the inferior's stack. If you try
+to use an invalid frame object, @value{GDBN} will throw a @code{RuntimeError}
+exception.
+
+Two @code{gdb.Frame} objects can be compared for equality with the @code{==}
+operator, like:
+
+@smallexample
+(@value{GDBP}) python print gdb.newest_frame() == gdb.selected_frame ()
+True
+@end smallexample
+
+The following frame-related functions are available in the @code{gdb} module:
+
+@findex gdb.selected_frame
+@defun selected_frame
+Return the selected frame object. (@pxref{Selection,,Selecting a Frame}).
+@end defun
+
+@defun frame_stop_reason_string reason
+Return a string explaining the reason why @value{GDBN} stopped unwinding
+frames, as expressed by the given @var{reason} code (an integer, see the
+@code{unwind_stop_reason} method further down in this section).
+@end defun
+
+A @code{gdb.Frame} object has the following methods:
+
+@table @code
+@defmethod Frame is_valid
+Returns true if the @code{gdb.Frame} object is valid, false if not.
+A frame object can become invalid if the frame it refers to doesn't
+exist anymore in the inferior. All @code{gdb.Frame} methods will throw
+an exception if it is invalid at the time the method is called.
+@end defmethod
+
+@defmethod Frame name
+Returns the function name of the frame, or @code{None} if it can't be
+obtained.
+@end defmethod
+
+@defmethod Frame type
+Returns the type of the frame. The value can be one of
+@code{gdb.NORMAL_FRAME}, @code{gdb.DUMMY_FRAME}, @code{gdb.SIGTRAMP_FRAME}
+or @code{gdb.SENTINEL_FRAME}.
+@end defmethod
+
+@defmethod Frame unwind_stop_reason
+Return an integer representing the reason why it's not possible to find
+more frames toward the outermost frame. Use
+@code{gdb.frame_stop_reason_string} to convert the value returned by this
+function to a string.
+@end defmethod
+
+@defmethod Frame pc
+Returns the frame's resume address.
+@end defmethod
+
+@defmethod Frame older
+Return the frame that called this frame.
+@end defmethod
+
+@defmethod Frame newer
+Return the frame called by this frame.
+@end defmethod
+
+@defmethod Frame read_var variable
+Return the value of the given variable in this frame. @var{variable} must
+be a string.
+@end defmethod
+@end table
+
+@node Interpreters
+@chapter Command Interpreters
@cindex command interpreters
@value{GDBN} supports multiple command interpreters, and some command
@end ignore
@menu
+* GDB/MI General Design::
* GDB/MI Command Syntax::
* GDB/MI Compatibility with CLI::
* GDB/MI Development and Front Ends::
* GDB/MI Miscellaneous Commands::
@end menu
+@c %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% SECTION %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+@node GDB/MI General Design
+@section @sc{gdb/mi} General Design
+@cindex GDB/MI General Design
+
+Interaction of a @sc{GDB/MI} frontend with @value{GDBN} involves three
+parts---commands sent to @value{GDBN}, responses to those commands
+and notifications. Each command results in exactly one response,
+indicating either successful completion of the command, or an error.
+For the commands that do not resume the target, the response contains the
+requested information. For the commands that resume the target, the
+response only indicates whether the target was successfully resumed.
+Notifications is the mechanism for reporting changes in the state of the
+target, or in @value{GDBN} state, that cannot conveniently be associated with
+a command and reported as part of that command response.
+
+The important examples of notifications are:
+@itemize @bullet
+
+@item
+Exec notifications. These are used to report changes in
+target state---when a target is resumed, or stopped. It would not
+be feasible to include this information in response of resuming
+commands, because one resume commands can result in multiple events in
+different threads. Also, quite some time may pass before any event
+happens in the target, while a frontend needs to know whether the resuming
+command itself was successfully executed.
+
+@item
+Console output, and status notifications. Console output
+notifications are used to report output of CLI commands, as well as
+diagnostics for other commands. Status notifications are used to
+report the progress of a long-running operation. Naturally, including
+this information in command response would mean no output is produced
+until the command is finished, which is undesirable.
+
+@item
+General notifications. Commands may have various side effects on
+the @value{GDBN} or target state beyond their official purpose. For example,
+a command may change the selected thread. Although such changes can
+be included in command response, using notification allows for more
+orthogonal frontend design.
+
+@end itemize
+
+There's no guarantee that whenever an MI command reports an error,
+@value{GDBN} or the target are in any specific state, and especially,
+the state is not reverted to the state before the MI command was
+processed. Therefore, whenever an MI command results in an error,
+we recommend that the frontend refreshes all the information shown in
+the user interface.
+
+
+@menu
+* Context management::
+* Asynchronous and non-stop modes::
+* Thread groups::
+@end menu
+
+@node Context management
+@subsection Context management
+
+In most cases when @value{GDBN} accesses the target, this access is
+done in context of a specific thread and frame (@pxref{Frames}).
+Often, even when accessing global data, the target requires that a thread
+be specified. The CLI interface maintains the selected thread and frame,
+and supplies them to target on each command. This is convenient,
+because a command line user would not want to specify that information
+explicitly on each command, and because user interacts with
+@value{GDBN} via a single terminal, so no confusion is possible as
+to what thread and frame are the current ones.
+
+In the case of MI, the concept of selected thread and frame is less
+useful. First, a frontend can easily remember this information
+itself. Second, a graphical frontend can have more than one window,
+each one used for debugging a different thread, and the frontend might
+want to access additional threads for internal purposes. This
+increases the risk that by relying on implicitly selected thread, the
+frontend may be operating on a wrong one. Therefore, each MI command
+should explicitly specify which thread and frame to operate on. To
+make it possible, each MI command accepts the @samp{--thread} and
+@samp{--frame} options, the value to each is @value{GDBN} identifier
+for thread and frame to operate on.
+
+Usually, each top-level window in a frontend allows the user to select
+a thread and a frame, and remembers the user selection for further
+operations. However, in some cases @value{GDBN} may suggest that the
+current thread be changed. For example, when stopping on a breakpoint
+it is reasonable to switch to the thread where breakpoint is hit. For
+another example, if the user issues the CLI @samp{thread} command via
+the frontend, it is desirable to change the frontend's selected thread to the
+one specified by user. @value{GDBN} communicates the suggestion to
+change current thread using the @samp{=thread-selected} notification.
+No such notification is available for the selected frame at the moment.
+
+Note that historically, MI shares the selected thread with CLI, so
+frontends used the @code{-thread-select} to execute commands in the
+right context. However, getting this to work right is cumbersome. The
+simplest way is for frontend to emit @code{-thread-select} command
+before every command. This doubles the number of commands that need
+to be sent. The alternative approach is to suppress @code{-thread-select}
+if the selected thread in @value{GDBN} is supposed to be identical to the
+thread the frontend wants to operate on. However, getting this
+optimization right can be tricky. In particular, if the frontend
+sends several commands to @value{GDBN}, and one of the commands changes the
+selected thread, then the behaviour of subsequent commands will
+change. So, a frontend should either wait for response from such
+problematic commands, or explicitly add @code{-thread-select} for
+all subsequent commands. No frontend is known to do this exactly
+right, so it is suggested to just always pass the @samp{--thread} and
+@samp{--frame} options.
+
+@node Asynchronous and non-stop modes
+@subsection Asynchronous command execution and non-stop mode
+
+On some targets, @value{GDBN} is capable of processing MI commands
+even while the target is running. This is called @dfn{asynchronous
+command execution} (@pxref{Background Execution}). The frontend may
+specify a preferrence for asynchronous execution using the
+@code{-gdb-set target-async 1} command, which should be emitted before
+either running the executable or attaching to the target. After the
+frontend has started the executable or attached to the target, it can
+find if asynchronous execution is enabled using the
+@code{-list-target-features} command.
+
+Even if @value{GDBN} can accept a command while target is running,
+many commands that access the target do not work when the target is
+running. Therefore, asynchronous command execution is most useful
+when combined with non-stop mode (@pxref{Non-Stop Mode}). Then,
+it is possible to examine the state of one thread, while other threads
+are running.
+
+When a given thread is running, MI commands that try to access the
+target in the context of that thread may not work, or may work only on
+some targets. In particular, commands that try to operate on thread's
+stack will not work, on any target. Commands that read memory, or
+modify breakpoints, may work or not work, depending on the target. Note
+that even commands that operate on global state, such as @code{print},
+@code{set}, and breakpoint commands, still access the target in the
+context of a specific thread, so frontend should try to find a
+stopped thread and perform the operation on that thread (using the
+@samp{--thread} option).
+
+Which commands will work in the context of a running thread is
+highly target dependent. However, the two commands
+@code{-exec-interrupt}, to stop a thread, and @code{-thread-info},
+to find the state of a thread, will always work.
+
+@node Thread groups
+@subsection Thread groups
+@value{GDBN} may be used to debug several processes at the same time.
+On some platfroms, @value{GDBN} may support debugging of several
+hardware systems, each one having several cores with several different
+processes running on each core. This section describes the MI
+mechanism to support such debugging scenarios.
+
+The key observation is that regardless of the structure of the
+target, MI can have a global list of threads, because most commands that
+accept the @samp{--thread} option do not need to know what process that
+thread belongs to. Therefore, it is not necessary to introduce
+neither additional @samp{--process} option, nor an notion of the
+current process in the MI interface. The only strictly new feature
+that is required is the ability to find how the threads are grouped
+into processes.
+
+To allow the user to discover such grouping, and to support arbitrary
+hierarchy of machines/cores/processes, MI introduces the concept of a
+@dfn{thread group}. Thread group is a collection of threads and other
+thread groups. A thread group always has a string identifier, a type,
+and may have additional attributes specific to the type. A new
+command, @code{-list-thread-groups}, returns the list of top-level
+thread groups, which correspond to processes that @value{GDBN} is
+debugging at the moment. By passing an identifier of a thread group
+to the @code{-list-thread-groups} command, it is possible to obtain
+the members of specific thread group.
+
+To allow the user to easily discover processes, and other objects, he
+wishes to debug, a concept of @dfn{available thread group} is
+introduced. Available thread group is an thread group that
+@value{GDBN} is not debugging, but that can be attached to, using the
+@code{-target-attach} command. The list of available top-level thread
+groups can be obtained using @samp{-list-thread-groups --available}.
+In general, the content of a thread group may be only retrieved only
+after attaching to that thread group.
+
@c %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% SECTION %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
@node GDB/MI Command Syntax
@section @sc{gdb/mi} Command Syntax
* GDB/MI Result Records::
* GDB/MI Stream Records::
* GDB/MI Async Records::
+* GDB/MI Frame Information::
@end menu
@node GDB/MI Result Records
all threads together, or even for a single thread, if the thread must
be stepped though some code before letting it run freely.
-@item *stopped,reason="@var{reason}"
+@item *stopped,reason="@var{reason}",thread-id="@var{id}",stopped-threads="@var{stopped}"
The target has stopped. The @var{reason} field can have one of the
following values:
A signal was received by the inferior.
@end table
-@item =thread-created,id="@var{id}"
-@itemx =thread-exited,id="@var{id}"
+The @var{id} field identifies the thread that directly caused the stop
+-- for example by hitting a breakpoint. Depending on whether all-stop
+mode is in effect (@pxref{All-Stop Mode}), @value{GDBN} may either
+stop all threads, or only the thread that directly triggered the stop.
+If all threads are stopped, the @var{stopped} field will have the
+value of @code{"all"}. Otherwise, the value of the @var{stopped}
+field will be a list of thread identifiers. Presently, this list will
+always include a single thread, but frontend should be prepared to see
+several threads in the list.
+
+@item =thread-group-created,id="@var{id}"
+@itemx =thread-group-exited,id="@var{id}"
+A thread thread group either was attached to, or has exited/detached
+from. The @var{id} field contains the @value{GDBN} identifier of the
+thread group.
+
+@item =thread-created,id="@var{id}",group-id="@var{gid}"
+@itemx =thread-exited,id="@var{id}",group-id="@var{gid}"
A thread either was created, or has exited. The @var{id} field
-contains the @value{GDBN} identifier of the thread.
+contains the @value{GDBN} identifier of the thread. The @var{gid}
+field identifies the thread group this thread belongs to.
@item =thread-selected,id="@var{id}"
Informs that the selected thread was changed as result of the last
highlight the selected thread and cause subsequent commands to apply to
that thread.
+@item =library-loaded,...
+Reports that a new library file was loaded by the program. This
+notification has 4 fields---@var{id}, @var{target-name},
+@var{host-name}, and @var{symbols-loaded}. The @var{id} field is an
+opaque identifier of the library. For remote debugging case,
+@var{target-name} and @var{host-name} fields give the name of the
+library file on the target, and on the host respectively. For native
+debugging, both those fields have the same value. The
+@var{symbols-loaded} field reports if the debug symbols for this
+library are loaded.
+
+@item =library-unloaded,...
+Reports that a library was unloaded by the program. This notification
+has 3 fields---@var{id}, @var{target-name} and @var{host-name} with
+the same meaning as for the @code{=library-loaded} notification
+
@end table
+@node GDB/MI Frame Information
+@subsection @sc{gdb/mi} Frame Information
+
+Response from many MI commands includes an information about stack
+frame. This information is a tuple that may have the following
+fields:
+
+@table @code
+@item level
+The level of the stack frame. The innermost frame has the level of
+zero. This field is always present.
+
+@item func
+The name of the function corresponding to the frame. This field may
+be absent if @value{GDBN} is unable to determine the function name.
+
+@item addr
+The code address for the frame. This field is always present.
+
+@item file
+The name of the source files that correspond to the frame's code
+address. This field may be absent.
+
+@item line
+The source line corresponding to the frames' code address. This field
+may be absent.
+
+@item from
+The name of the binary file (either executable or shared library) the
+corresponds to the frame's code address. This field may be absent.
+
+@end table
@c %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% SECTION %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
@subsubheading Synopsis
@smallexample
- -break-insert [ -t ] [ -h ] [ -f ]
+ -break-insert [ -t ] [ -h ] [ -f ] [ -d ]
[ -c @var{condition} ] [ -i @var{ignore-count} ]
[ -p @var{thread} ] [ @var{location} ]
@end smallexample
breakpoint. Without this flag, @value{GDBN} will report
an error, and won't create a breakpoint, if @var{location}
cannot be parsed.
+@item -d
+Create a disabled breakpoint.
@end table
@subsubheading Result
-thread-info
^done,threads=[
@{id="2",target-id="Thread 0xb7e14b90 (LWP 21257)",
- frame=@{level="0",addr="0xffffe410",func="__kernel_vsyscall",args=[]@},
+ 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"@}@}],
+ file="/tmp/a.c",fullname="/tmp/a.c",line="158"@},state="running"@}],
current-thread-id="1"
(gdb)
@end smallexample
+The @samp{state} field may have the following values:
+
+@table @code
+@item stopped
+The thread is stopped. Frame information is available for stopped
+threads.
+
+@item running
+The thread is running. There's no frame information for running
+threads.
+
+@end table
+
@subheading The @code{-thread-list-ids} Command
@findex -thread-list-ids
Produces a list of the currently known @value{GDBN} thread ids. At the
end of the list it also prints the total number of such threads.
+This command is retained for historical reasons, the
+@code{-thread-info} command should be used instead.
+
@subsubheading @value{GDBN} Command
Part of @samp{info threads} supplies the same information.
@subsubheading Example
-No threads present, besides the main process:
-
-@smallexample
-(gdb)
--thread-list-ids
-^done,thread-ids=@{@},number-of-threads="0"
-(gdb)
-@end smallexample
-
-
-Several threads:
-
@smallexample
(gdb)
-thread-list-ids
^done,thread-ids=@{thread-id="3",thread-id="2",thread-id="1"@},
-number-of-threads="3"
+current-thread-id="1",number-of-threads="3"
(gdb)
@end smallexample
Make @var{threadnum} the current thread. It prints the number of the new
current thread, and the topmost frame for that thread.
+This command is deprecated in favor of explicitly using the
+@samp{--thread} option to each command.
+
@subsubheading @value{GDBN} Command
The corresponding @value{GDBN} command is @samp{thread}.
@subsubheading Synopsis
@smallexample
- -exec-continue
+ -exec-continue [--all|--thread-group N]
@end smallexample
Resumes the execution of the inferior program until a breakpoint is
-encountered, or until the inferior exits.
+encountered, or until the inferior exits. In all-stop mode
+(@pxref{All-Stop Mode}), may resume only one thread, or all threads,
+depending on the value of the @samp{scheduler-locking} variable. In
+non-stop mode (@pxref{Non-Stop Mode}), if the @samp{--all} is not
+specified, only the thread specified with the @samp{--thread} option
+(or current thread, if no @samp{--thread} is provided) is resumed. If
+@samp{--all} is specified, all threads will be resumed. The
+@samp{--all} option is ignored in all-stop mode. If the
+@samp{--thread-group} options is specified, then all threads in that
+thread group are resumed.
@subsubheading @value{GDBN} Command
@subsubheading Synopsis
@smallexample
- -exec-interrupt
+ -exec-interrupt [--all|--thread-group N]
@end smallexample
Interrupts the background execution of the target. Note how the token
appears in the @samp{^done} output. If the user is trying to
interrupt a non-running program, an error message will be printed.
+Note that when asynchronous execution is enabled, this command is
+asynchronous just like other execution commands. That is, first the
+@samp{^done} response will be printed, and the target stop will be
+reported after that using the @samp{*stopped} notification.
+
+In non-stop mode, only the context thread is interrupted by default.
+All threads will be interrupted if the @samp{--all} option is
+specified. If the @samp{--thread-group} option is specified, all
+threads in that group will be interrupted.
+
@subsubheading @value{GDBN} Command
The corresponding @value{GDBN} command is @samp{interrupt}.
(gdb)
@end smallexample
+@subheading The @code{-exec-jump} Command
+@findex -exec-jump
+
+@subsubheading Synopsis
+
+@smallexample
+ -exec-jump @var{location}
+@end smallexample
+
+Resumes execution of the inferior program at the location specified by
+parameter. @xref{Specify Location}, for a description of the
+different forms of @var{location}.
+
+@subsubheading @value{GDBN} Command
+
+The corresponding @value{GDBN} command is @samp{jump}.
+
+@subsubheading Example
+
+@smallexample
+-exec-jump foo.c:10
+*running,thread-id="all"
+^running
+@end smallexample
+
@subheading The @code{-exec-next} Command
@findex -exec-next
Change the selected frame. Select a different frame @var{framenum} on
the stack.
+This command in deprecated in favor of passing the @samp{--frame}
+option to every command.
+
@subsubheading @value{GDBN} Command
The corresponding @value{GDBN} commands are @samp{frame}, @samp{up},
called ``frozen variable objects''. Such variable objects are never
implicitly updated.
+Variable objects can be either @dfn{fixed} or @dfn{floating}. For the
+fixed variable object, the expression is parsed when the variable
+object is created, including associating identifiers to specific
+variables. The meaning of expression never changes. For a floating
+variable object the values of variables whose names appear in the
+expressions are re-evaluated every time in the context of the current
+frame. Consider this example:
+
+@smallexample
+void do_work(...)
+@{
+ struct work_state state;
+
+ if (...)
+ do_work(...);
+@}
+@end smallexample
+
+If a fixed variable object for the @code{state} variable is created in
+this function, and we enter the recursive call, the the variable
+object will report the value of @code{state} in the top-level
+@code{do_work} invocation. On the other hand, a floating variable
+object will report the value of @code{state} in the current frame.
+
+If an expression specified when creating a fixed variable object
+refers to a local variable, the variable object becomes bound to the
+thread and frame in which the variable object is created. When such
+variable object is updated, @value{GDBN} makes sure that the
+thread/frame combination the variable object is bound to still exists,
+and re-evaluates the variable object in context of that thread/frame.
+
The following is the complete set of @sc{gdb/mi} operations defined to
access this functionality:
@smallexample
-var-create @{@var{name} | "-"@}
- @{@var{frame-addr} | "*"@} @var{expression}
+ @{@var{frame-addr} | "*" | "@@"@} @var{expression}
@end smallexample
This operation creates a variable object, which allows the monitoring of
The @var{name} parameter is the string by which the object can be
referenced. It must be unique. If @samp{-} is specified, the varobj
system will generate a string ``varNNNNNN'' automatically. It will be
-unique provided that one does not specify @var{name} on that format.
+unique provided that one does not specify @var{name} of that format.
The command fails if a duplicate name is found.
The frame under which the expression should be evaluated can be
specified by @var{frame-addr}. A @samp{*} indicates that the current
-frame should be used.
+frame should be used. A @samp{@@} indicates that a floating variable
+object must be created.
@var{expression} is any expression valid on the current language set (must not
begin with a @samp{*}), or one of the following:
This operation returns the name, number of children and the type of the
object created. Type is returned as a string as the ones generated by
-the @value{GDBN} CLI:
+the @value{GDBN} CLI. If a fixed variable object is bound to a
+specific thread, the thread is is also printed:
@smallexample
- name="@var{name}",numchild="N",type="@var{type}"
+ name="@var{name}",numchild="@var{N}",type="@var{type}",thread-id="@var{M}"
@end smallexample
recommended to use the @samp{--all-values} option, to reduce the
number of MI commands needed on each program stop.
+With the @samp{*} parameter, if a variable object is bound to a
+currently running thread, it will not be updated, without any
+diagnostic.
@subsubheading Example
(gdb)
@end smallexample
+@subheading The @code{-var-set-visualizer} command
+@findex -var-set-visualizer
+@anchor{-var-set-visualizer}
+
+@subsubheading Synopsis
+
+@smallexample
+ -var-set-visualizer @var{name} @var{visualizer}
+@end smallexample
+
+Set a visualizer for the variable object @var{name}.
+
+@var{visualizer} is the visualizer to use. The special value
+@samp{None} means to disable any visualizer in use.
+
+If not @samp{None}, @var{visualizer} must be a Python expression.
+This expression must evaluate to a callable object which accepts a
+single argument. @value{GDBN} will call this object with the value of
+the varobj @var{name} as an argument (this is done so that the same
+Python pretty-printing code can be used for both the CLI and MI).
+When called, this object must return an object which conforms to the
+pretty-printing interface (@pxref{Pretty Printing}).
+
+The pre-defined function @code{gdb.default_visualizer} may be used to
+select a visualizer by following the built-in process
+(@pxref{Selecting Pretty-Printers}). This is done automatically when
+a varobj is created, and so ordinarily is not needed.
+
+This feature is only available if Python support is enabled. The MI
+command @code{-list-features} (@pxref{GDB/MI Miscellaneous Commands})
+can be used to check this.
+
+@subsubheading Example
+
+Resetting the visualizer:
+
+@smallexample
+(gdb)
+-var-set-visualizer V None
+^done
+@end smallexample
+
+Reselecting the default (type-based) visualizer:
+
+@smallexample
+(gdb)
+-var-set-visualizer V gdb.default_visualizer
+^done
+@end smallexample
+
+Suppose @code{SomeClass} is a visualizer class. A lambda expression
+can be used to instantiate this class for a varobj:
+
+@smallexample
+(gdb)
+-var-set-visualizer V "lambda val: SomeClass()"
+^done
+@end smallexample
@c %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% SECTION %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
@node GDB/MI Data Manipulation
@subsubheading Synopsis
@smallexample
- -target-attach @var{pid} | @var{file}
+ -target-attach @var{pid} | @var{gid} | @var{file}
@end smallexample
-Attach to a process @var{pid} or a file @var{file} outside of @value{GDBN}.
+Attach to a process @var{pid} or a file @var{file} outside of
+@value{GDBN}, or a thread group @var{gid}. If attaching to a thread
+group, the id previously returned by
+@samp{-list-thread-groups --available} must be used.
@subsubheading @value{GDBN} Command
@subsubheading Synopsis
@smallexample
- -target-detach
+ -target-detach [ @var{pid} | @var{gid} ]
@end smallexample
Detach from the remote target which normally resumes its execution.
-There's no output.
+If either @var{pid} or @var{gid} is specified, detaches from either
+the specified process, or specified thread group. There's no output.
@subsubheading @value{GDBN} Command
of @code{-varobj-create}.
@item pending-breakpoints
Indicates presence of the @option{-f} option to the @code{-break-insert} command.
+@item python
+Indicates presence of Python scripting support, Python-based
+pretty-printing commands, and possible presence of the
+@samp{display_hint} field in the output of @code{-var-list-children}
@item thread-info
Indicates presence of the @code{-thread-info} command.
@end table
+@subheading The @code{-list-thread-groups} Command
+@findex -list-thread-groups
+
+@subheading Synopsis
+
+@smallexample
+-list-thread-groups [ --available ] [ @var{group} ]
+@end smallexample
+
+When used without the @var{group} parameter, lists top-level thread
+groups that are being debugged. When used with the @var{group}
+parameter, the children of the specified group are listed. The
+children can be either threads, or other groups. At present,
+@value{GDBN} will not report both threads and groups as children at
+the same time, but it may change in future.
+
+With the @samp{--available} option, instead of reporting groups that
+are been debugged, GDB will report all thread groups available on the
+target. Using the @samp{--available} option together with @var{group}
+is not allowed.
+
+@subheading Example
+
+@smallexample
+@value{GDBP}
+-list-thread-groups
+^done,groups=[@{id="17",type="process",pid="yyy",num_children="2"@}]
+-list-thread-groups 17
+^done,threads=[@{id="2",target-id="Thread 0xb7e14b90 (LWP 21257)",
+ 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"@}]]
+@end smallexample
@subheading The @code{-interpreter-exec} Command
@findex -interpreter-exec
* Separate Objdir:: Compiling @value{GDBN} in another directory
* Config Names:: Specifying names for hosts and targets
* Configure Options:: Summary of options for configure
+* System-wide configuration:: Having a system-wide init file
@end menu
@node Requirements
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}.
+
+On systems with @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
There are many other options available as well, but they are generally
needed for special purposes only.
+@node System-wide configuration
+@section System-wide configuration and settings
+@cindex system-wide init file
+
+@value{GDBN} can be configured to have a system-wide init file;
+this file will be read and executed at startup (@pxref{Startup, , What
+@value{GDBN} does during startup}).
+
+Here is the corresponding configure option:
+
+@table @code
+@item --with-system-gdbinit=@var{file}
+Specify that the default location of the system-wide init file is
+@var{file}.
+@end table
+
+If @value{GDBN} has been configured with the option @option{--prefix=$prefix},
+it may be subject to relocation. Two possible cases:
+
+@itemize @bullet
+@item
+If the default location of this init file contains @file{$prefix},
+it will be subject to relocation. Suppose that the configure options
+are @option{--prefix=$prefix --with-system-gdbinit=$prefix/etc/gdbinit};
+if @value{GDBN} is moved from @file{$prefix} to @file{$install}, the system
+init file is looked for as @file{$install/etc/gdbinit} instead of
+@file{$prefix/etc/gdbinit}.
+
+@item
+By contrast, if the default location does not contain the prefix,
+it will not be relocated. E.g.@: if @value{GDBN} has been configured with
+@option{--prefix=/usr/local --with-system-gdbinit=/usr/share/gdb/gdbinit},
+then @value{GDBN} will always look for @file{/usr/share/gdb/gdbinit},
+wherever @value{GDBN} is installed.
+@end itemize
+
@node Maintenance Commands
@appendix Maintenance Commands
@cindex maintenance commands
(@value{GDBP})
@end smallexample
+@cindex @value{GDBN} internal error
+@cindex internal errors, control of @value{GDBN} behavior
+
+@kindex maint set internal-error
+@kindex maint show internal-error
+@kindex maint set internal-warning
+@kindex maint show internal-warning
+@item maint set internal-error @var{action} [ask|yes|no]
+@itemx maint show internal-error @var{action}
+@itemx maint set internal-warning @var{action} [ask|yes|no]
+@itemx maint show internal-warning @var{action}
+When @value{GDBN} reports an internal problem (error or warning) it
+gives the user the opportunity to both quit @value{GDBN} and create a
+core file of the current @value{GDBN} session. These commands let you
+override the default behaviour for each particular @var{action},
+described in the table below.
+
+@table @samp
+@item quit
+You can specify that @value{GDBN} should always (yes) or never (no)
+quit. The default is to ask the user what to do.
+
+@item corefile
+You can specify that @value{GDBN} should always (yes) or never (no)
+create a core file. The default is to ask the user what to do.
+@end table
+
@kindex maint packet
@item maint packet @var{text}
If @value{GDBN} is talking to an inferior via the serial protocol,
Configuring with @samp{--enable-profiling} arranges for @value{GDBN} to be
compiled with the @samp{-pg} compiler option.
-@kindex maint set linux-async
-@kindex maint show linux-async
-@cindex asynchronous support
-@item maint set linux-async
-@itemx maint show linux-async
-Control the GNU/Linux native asynchronous support
-(@pxref{Background Execution}) of @value{GDBN}.
-
-GNU/Linux native asynchronous support will be disabled until you use
-the @samp{maint set linux-async} command to enable it.
-
-@kindex maint set remote-async
-@kindex maint show remote-async
-@cindex asynchronous support
-@item maint set remote-async
-@itemx maint show remote-async
-Control the remote asynchronous support
-(@pxref{Background Execution}) of @value{GDBN}.
-
-Remote asynchronous support will be disabled until you use
-the @samp{maint set remote-async} command to enable it.
-
-@kindex maint show-debug-regs
-@cindex x86 hardware debug registers
-@item maint show-debug-regs
-Control whether to show variables that mirror the x86 hardware debug
+@kindex maint set show-debug-regs
+@kindex maint show show-debug-regs
+@cindex hardware debug registers
+@item maint set show-debug-regs
+@itemx maint show show-debug-regs
+Control whether to show variables that mirror the hardware debug
registers. Use @code{ON} to enable, @code{OFF} to disable. If
enabled, the debug registers values are shown when @value{GDBN} inserts or
removes a hardware breakpoint or watchpoint, and when the inferior
@tab @samp{-}
@tab Yes
+@item @samp{qXfer:siginfo:read}
+@tab No
+@tab @samp{-}
+@tab Yes
+
+@item @samp{qXfer:siginfo:write}
+@tab No
+@tab @samp{-}
+@tab Yes
+
@item @samp{QNonStop}
@tab No
@tab @samp{-}
The remote stub understands the @samp{qXfer:spu:write} packet
(@pxref{qXfer spu write}).
+@item qXfer:siginfo:read
+The remote stub understands the @samp{qXfer:siginfo:read} packet
+(@pxref{qXfer siginfo read}).
+
+@item qXfer:siginfo:write
+The remote stub understands the @samp{qXfer:siginfo:write} packet
+(@pxref{qXfer siginfo write}).
+
@item QNonStop
The remote stub understands the @samp{QNonStop} packet
(@pxref{QNonStop}).
This packet is not probed by default; the remote stub must request it,
by supplying an appropriate @samp{qSupported} response (@pxref{qSupported}).
+@item qXfer:siginfo:read::@var{offset},@var{length}
+@anchor{qXfer siginfo read}
+Read contents of the extra signal information on the target
+system. The annex part of the generic @samp{qXfer} packet must be
+empty (@pxref{qXfer read}).
+
+This packet is not probed by default; the remote stub must request it,
+by supplying an appropriate @samp{qSupported} response
+(@pxref{qSupported}).
+
@item qXfer:spu:read:@var{annex}:@var{offset},@var{length}
@anchor{qXfer spu read}
Read contents of an @code{spufs} file on the target system. The
@item qXfer:@var{object}:write:@var{annex}:@var{offset}:@var{data}@dots{}
@cindex write data into object, remote request
+@anchor{qXfer write}
Write uninterpreted bytes into the target's special data area
identified by the keyword @var{object}, starting at @var{offset} bytes
into the data. @var{data}@dots{} is the binary-encoded data
formats, listed below.
@table @samp
-@item qXfer:@var{spu}:write:@var{annex}:@var{offset}:@var{data}@dots{}
+@item qXfer:siginfo:write::@var{offset}:@var{data}@dots{}
+@anchor{qXfer siginfo write}
+Write @var{data} to the extra signal information on the target system.
+The annex part of the generic @samp{qXfer} packet must be
+empty (@pxref{qXfer write}).
+
+This packet is not probed by default; the remote stub must request it,
+by supplying an appropriate @samp{qSupported} response
+(@pxref{qSupported}).
+
+@item qXfer:spu:write:@var{annex}:@var{offset}:@var{data}@dots{}
@anchor{qXfer spu write}
Write @var{data} to an @code{spufs} file on the target system. The
annex specifies which file to write; it must be of the form
@var{object} does not recognize the @var{operation} keyword, the stub
must respond with an empty packet.
+@item qAttached:@var{pid}
+@cindex query attached, remote request
+@cindex @samp{qAttached} packet
+Return an indication of whether the remote server attached to an
+existing process or created a new process. When the multiprocess
+protocol extensions are supported (@pxref{multiprocess extensions}),
+@var{pid} is an integer in hexadecimal format identifying the target
+process. Otherwise, @value{GDBN} will omit the @var{pid} field and
+the query packet will be simplified as @samp{qAttached}.
+
+This query is used, for example, to know whether the remote process
+should be detached or killed when a @value{GDBN} session is ended with
+the @code{quit} command.
+
+Reply:
+@table @samp
+@item 1
+The remote server attached to an existing process.
+@item 0
+The remote server created a new process.
+@item E @var{NN}
+A badly formed request or an error was encountered.
+@end table
+
@end table
@node Register Packet Format
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