From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 23295 invoked by alias); 22 Jul 2010 18:07:32 -0000 Received: (qmail 23260 invoked by uid 22791); 22 Jul 2010 18:07:31 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-6.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,SPF_HELO_PASS,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (209.132.183.28) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:07:26 +0000 Received: from int-mx05.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx05.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.18]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o6MI7PaH032203 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:07:25 -0400 Received: from host1.dyn.jankratochvil.net (ovpn01.gateway.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.9.1]) by int-mx05.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o6MI3Tk4021054 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:07:24 -0400 Received: from host1.dyn.jankratochvil.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by host1.dyn.jankratochvil.net (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id o6MI1s25023056; Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:01:55 +0200 Received: (from jkratoch@localhost) by host1.dyn.jankratochvil.net (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id o6MI101r022990; Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:01:00 +0200 Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:07:00 -0000 From: Jan Kratochvil To: Mathew Yeates Cc: Michael Snyder , "gdb@sourceware.org" Subject: Re: help with loading core files Message-ID: <20100722180100.GA3927@host1.dyn.jankratochvil.net> References: <4C487AD8.7030203@vmware.com> <4C487F33.1030807@vmware.com> <4C48800B.1030100@vmware.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-12-10) X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2010-07/txt/msg00090.txt.bz2 On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:55:03 +0200, Mathew Yeates wrote: > How do people deal with running to a breakpoint that takes 10 minutes > to get to? It would be great if I could run to the breakpoint once, > save some info, and in the future just return to the breakpoint and > keep running from there. See info '(gdb)Checkpoint/Restart' but it does not work with threads and it is not a commonly used feature (at least I have never used it myself). Regards, Jan