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<h1><a class="header" href="#gdb1" id="gdb1">gdb(1)</a></h1>
<h1><a class="header" href="#cli" id="cli">CLI</a></h1>
<pre><code class="language-markdown"> gdb [opts] [prg [-c coredump | -p pid]]
gdb [opts] --args prg <prg-args>
opts:
-p <pid> attach to pid
-c <coredump> use <coredump>
-x <file> execute script <file> before prompt
-ex <cmd> execute command <cmd> before prompt
--tty <tty> 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 <tty>
Set <tty> as tty for debugee.
Make sure nobody reads from target tty, easiest is to spawn a shell
and run following in target tty:
> while true; do sleep 1024; done
sharedlibrary [<regex>]
Load symbols of shared libs loaded by debugee. Optionally use <regex>
to filter libs for symbol loading.
display [/FMT] <expr>
Print <expr> every time debugee stops. Eg print next instr, see
examples below.
undisplay [<num>]
Delete display expressions either all or one referenced by <num>.
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] <sym> thread <tnum>
Set a breakpoint only for a specific thread.
-qualified: Treat <sym> as fully qualified symbol (quiet handy to set
breakpoints on C symbols in C++ contexts)
break <sym> if <cond>
Set conditional breakpoint (see examples below).
delete [<num>]
Delete breakpoint either all or one referenced by <num>.
info break
List breakpoints.
cond <bp> <cond>
Make existing breakpoint <bp> conditional with <cond>.
tbreak
Set temporary breakpoint, will be deleted when hit.
Same syntax as `break`.
rbreak <regex>
Set breakpoints matching <regex>, where matching internally is done
on: .*<regex>.*
command [<bp_list>]
Define commands to run after breakpoint hit. If <bp_list> is not
specified attach command to last created breakpoint. Command block
terminated with 'end' token.
<bp_list>: Space separates list, eg 'command 2 5-8' to run command
for breakpoints: 2,5,6,7,8.
</code></pre>
<h2><a class="header" href="#inspection" id="inspection">Inspection</a></h2>
<pre><code class="language-markdown"> info functions [<regex>]
List functions matching <regex>. List all functions if no <regex>
provided.
info variables [<regex>]
List variables matching <regex>. List all variables if no <regex>
provided.
</code></pre>
<h2><a class="header" href="#signal-handling" id="signal-handling">Signal handling</a></h2>
<pre><code class="language-markdown"> info handle [<signal>]
Print how to handle <signal>. If no <signal> specified print for all
signals.
handle <signal> <action>
Configure how gdb handles <signal> sent to debugee.
<action>:
stop/nostop Catch signal in gdb and break.
print/noprint Print message when gdb catches signal.
pass/nopass Pass signal down to debugee.
catch signal <signal>
Create a catchpoint for <signal>.
</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 <path>
Add <path> to the beginning of the searh path for source files.
show dir
Show current search path.
set substitute-path <from> <to>
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 <child | parent>
Specify which process to follow when debuggee makes a fork(2)
syscall.
set pagination <on | off>
Turn on/off gdb's pagination.
set breakpoint pending <on | off | auto>
on: always set pending breakpoints.
off: error when trying to set pending breakpoints.
auto: interatively query user to set breakpoint.
set print pretty <on | off>
Turn on/off pertty printing of structures.
set logging <on | off>
Enable output logging to file (default gdb.txt).
set logging file <fname>
Change output log file to <fname>
set logging redirect <on/off>
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 & document user commands as follows:</p>
<pre><code class="language-markdown"> define <cmd>
# cmds
end
document <cmd>
# docu
end
</code></pre>
<p>To get all user commands or documentations one can use:</p>
<pre><code class="language-markdown"> help user-defined
help <cmd>
</code></pre>
<h1><a class="header" href="#hooks" id="hooks">Hooks</a></h1>
<p>Gdb allows to create two types of command <code>hooks</code></p>
<ul>
<li><code>hook-</code> will be run before <code><cmd></code></li>
<li><code>hookpost-</code> will be run after <code><cmd></code></li>
</ul>
<pre><code class="language-markdown"> define hook-<cmd>
# cmds
end
define hookpost-<cmd>
# cmds
end
</code></pre>
<h1><a class="header" href="#examples" id="examples">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>
<pre><code class="language-markdown"> catch signal SIGSEGV
command
bt
c
end
</code></pre>
<h2><a class="header" href="#run-backtrace-on-thread-1-batch-mode" id="run-backtrace-on-thread-1-batch-mode">Run <code>backtrace</code> on thread 1 (batch mode)</a></h2>
<pre><code class="language-markdown"> gdb --batch -ex 'thread 1' -ex 'bt' -p <pid>
</code></pre>
<h2><a class="header" href="#script-gdb-for-automating-debugging-sessions" id="script-gdb-for-automating-debugging-sessions">Script gdb for automating debugging sessions</a></h2>
<p>To script gdb add commands into a file and pass it to gdb via <code>-x</code>.
For example create <code>run.gdb</code>:</p>
<pre><code class="language-markdown"> set pagination off
break mmap
command
info reg rdi rsi rdx
bt
c
end
#initial drop
c
</code></pre>
<p>This script can be used as:</p>
<pre><code class="language-markdown"> gdb --batch -x ./run.gdb -p <pid>
</code></pre>
<h1><a class="header" href="#know-bugs" id="know-bugs">Know Bugs</a></h1>
<h2><a class="header" href="#workaround-command--finish-bug" id="workaround-command--finish-bug">Workaround <code>command + finish</code> bug</a></h2>
<p>When using <code>finish</code> inside a <code>command</code> block, commands after <code>finish</code> are not
executed. To workaround that bug one can create a wrapper function which calls
<code>finish</code>.</p>
<pre><code class="language-markdown"> define handler
bt
finish
info reg rax
end
command
handler
end
</code></pre>
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