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authorjohannst <johannst@users.noreply.github.com>2021-02-17 22:45:32 +0000
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@@ -1388,25 +1388,49 @@ gpg --verify &lt;file&gt;.asc &lt;file&gt;
--tty &lt;tty&gt; set I/O tty for debugee
</code></pre>
<h1><a class="header" href="#interactive-usage" id="interactive-usage">Interactive usage</a></h1>
+<h2><a class="header" href="#misc" id="misc">Misc</a></h2>
<pre><code class="language-markdown"> tty &lt;tty&gt;
Set &lt;tty&gt; as tty for debugee.
Make sure nobody reads from target tty, easiest is to spawn a shell
and run following in target tty:
&gt; while true; do sleep 1024; done
- set follow-fork-mode &lt;child | parent&gt;
- Specify which process to follow when debuggee makes a fork(2)
- syscall.
-
sharedlibrary [&lt;regex&gt;]
Load symbols of shared libs loaded by debugee. Optionally use &lt;regex&gt;
to filter libs for symbol loading.
- break [-qualified] &lt;sym&gt; thread &lt;tnum&gt;
+ display [/FMT] &lt;expr&gt;
+ Print &lt;expr&gt; every time debugee stops. Eg print next instr, see
+ examples below.
+
+ undisplay [&lt;num&gt;]
+ Delete display expressions either all or one referenced by &lt;num&gt;.
+
+ info display
+ List display expressions.
+</code></pre>
+<h2><a class="header" href="#breakpoints" id="breakpoints">Breakpoints</a></h2>
+<pre><code class="language-markdown"> break [-qualified] &lt;sym&gt; thread &lt;tnum&gt;
Set a breakpoint only for a specific thread.
- -qualified: Tred &lt;sym&gt; as fully qualified symbol (quiet handy to set
+ -qualified: Treat &lt;sym&gt; as fully qualified symbol (quiet handy to set
breakpoints on C symbols in C++ contexts)
+ break &lt;sym&gt; if &lt;cond&gt;
+ Set conditional breakpoint (see examples below).
+
+ delete [&lt;num&gt;]
+ Delete breakpoint either all or one referenced by &lt;num&gt;.
+
+ info break
+ List breakpoints.
+
+ cond &lt;bp&gt; &lt;cond&gt;
+ Make existing breakpoint &lt;bp&gt; conditional with &lt;cond&gt;.
+
+ tbreak
+ Set temporary breakpoint, will be deleted when hit.
+ Same syntax as `break`.
+
rbreak &lt;regex&gt;
Set breakpoints matching &lt;regex&gt;, where matching internally is done
on: .*&lt;regex&gt;.*
@@ -1418,16 +1442,18 @@ gpg --verify &lt;file&gt;.asc &lt;file&gt;
&lt;bp_list&gt;: Space separates list, eg 'command 2 5-8' to run command
for breakpoints: 2,5,6,7,8.
-
- info functions [&lt;regex&gt;]
+</code></pre>
+<h2><a class="header" href="#inspection-1" id="inspection-1">Inspection</a></h2>
+<pre><code class="language-markdown"> info functions [&lt;regex&gt;]
List functions matching &lt;regex&gt;. List all functions if no &lt;regex&gt;
provided.
info variables [&lt;regex&gt;]
List variables matching &lt;regex&gt;. List all variables if no &lt;regex&gt;
provided.
-
- info handle [&lt;signal&gt;]
+</code></pre>
+<h2><a class="header" href="#signal-handling" id="signal-handling">Signal handling</a></h2>
+<pre><code class="language-markdown"> info handle [&lt;signal&gt;]
Print how to handle &lt;signal&gt;. If no &lt;signal&gt; specified print for all
signals.
@@ -1441,6 +1467,45 @@ gpg --verify &lt;file&gt;.asc &lt;file&gt;
catch signal &lt;signal&gt;
Create a catchpoint for &lt;signal&gt;.
</code></pre>
+<h2><a class="header" href="#source-file-locations" id="source-file-locations">Source file locations</a></h2>
+<pre><code class="language-markdown"> dir &lt;path&gt;
+ Add &lt;path&gt; to the beginning of the searh path for source files.
+
+ show dir
+ Show current search path.
+
+ set substitute-path &lt;from&gt; &lt;to&gt;
+ Add substitution rule checked during source file lookup.
+
+ show substitute-path
+ Show current substitution rules.
+</code></pre>
+<h2><a class="header" href="#configuration" id="configuration">Configuration</a></h2>
+<pre><code class="language-markdown"> set follow-fork-mode &lt;child | parent&gt;
+ Specify which process to follow when debuggee makes a fork(2)
+ syscall.
+
+ set pagination &lt;on | off&gt;
+ Turn on/off gdb's pagination.
+
+ set breakpoint pending &lt;on | off | auto&gt;
+ on: always set pending breakpoints.
+ off: error when trying to set pending breakpoints.
+ auto: interatively query user to set breakpoint.
+
+ set print pretty &lt;on | off&gt;
+ Turn on/off pertty printing of structures.
+
+ set logging &lt;on | off&gt;
+ Enable output logging to file (default gdb.txt).
+
+ set logging file &lt;fname&gt;
+ Change output log file to &lt;fname&gt;
+
+ set logging redirect &lt;on/off&gt;
+ on: only log to file.
+ off: log to file and tty.
+</code></pre>
<h1><a class="header" href="#user-commands-macros" id="user-commands-macros">User commands (macros)</a></h1>
<p>Gdb allows to create &amp; document user commands as follows:</p>
<pre><code class="language-markdown"> define &lt;cmd&gt;
@@ -1470,6 +1535,24 @@ gpg --verify &lt;file&gt;.asc &lt;file&gt;
end
</code></pre>
<h1><a class="header" href="#examples-1" id="examples-1">Examples</a></h1>
+<h2><a class="header" href="#automatically-print-next-instr" id="automatically-print-next-instr">Automatically print next instr</a></h2>
+<p>When ever the debugee stops automatically print the memory at the current
+instruction pointer (<code>$rip</code> x86) and format as instruction <code>/i</code>.</p>
+<pre><code class="language-markdown"> # rip - x86
+ display /i $rip
+
+ # step instruction, after the step the next instruction is automatically printed
+ si
+</code></pre>
+<h2><a class="header" href="#conditional-breakpoints" id="conditional-breakpoints">Conditional breakpoints</a></h2>
+<p>Create conditional breakpoints for a function <code>void foo(int i)</code> in the debugee.</p>
+<pre><code class="language-markdown"> # Create conditional breakpoint
+ b foo if i == 42
+
+ b foo # would create bp 2
+ # Make existing breakpoint conditional
+ cond 2 if i == 7
+</code></pre>
<h2><a class="header" href="#catch-sigsegv-and-execute-commands" id="catch-sigsegv-and-execute-commands">Catch SIGSEGV and execute commands</a></h2>
<p>This creates a <code>catchpoint</code> for the <code>SIGSEGV</code> signal and attached the <code>command</code>
to it.</p>