Re: GDB and thread

[Brian Inglis <Brian.Inglis@SystematicSw.ab.ca>]

On 2019-12-28 15:28, Marco Atzeri wrote:
> Am 28.12.2019 um 23:03 schrieb Ken Brown:
>> On 12/28/2019 4:27 PM, Marco Atzeri wrote:
>>> I am trying to debug the libuv test failures,
>>> but it seems I am not able to convince GDB on stopping
>>> just before the failure.
>>>
>>> Is "thread apply all" working on Cygwin ?
>>> The fact that produces no output in comparison to
>>> a normal break command is a bit strange
>>>
>>> (gdb) break test-dlerror.c:34
>>> Breakpoint 1 at 0x10040b0b0: file /pub/devel/libuv/libuv-1.34.0/test/test-dlerro
>>> r.c, line 34.
>>> (gdb) thread apply all break test-dlerror.c:34
>>
>> Others know this better than I do, but I seem to recall that a break command
>> automatically applies to all threads.  In other words, "thread apply all" is
>> redundant.
> 
> It seems to ignore any break for what I see.
> thread apply all was a tentative after simple break was ineffective

>>> Any hint will be appreciated
>>
>> Might this be related to optimization?  That could change the order in which
>> lines of code are executed.  Have you tried building without optimization?
> 
> Already thought, but it is built with -ggdb -O0
Recommended to use at least -Og nowadays for better debugging:

	$ info gcc inv debug

"With no '-O' option at all, some compiler passes that collect information
useful for debugging do not run at all, so that '-Og' may result in a better
debugging experience."

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