* Debugging software including background processes
@ 2015-07-28 20:50 SF Markus Elfring
2015-07-28 21:27 ` Breazeal, Don
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From: SF Markus Elfring @ 2015-07-28 20:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: gdb
Hello,
I would like to debug specific software occasionally which uses also
background processes (on my openSUSE Tumbleweed system).
* Can the tool "gdb 7.9-3.1" be configured to start detailed debugging
if another background process will be started?
* How can a corresponding backtrace be collected and analysed if a subprocess
might have failed by a segmentation fault for example?
Regards,
Markus
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* RE: Debugging software including background processes
2015-07-28 20:50 Debugging software including background processes SF Markus Elfring
@ 2015-07-28 21:27 ` Breazeal, Don
2015-07-29 5:32 ` SF Markus Elfring
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From: Breazeal, Don @ 2015-07-28 21:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: SF Markus Elfring, gdb
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> From: gdb-owner@sourceware.org [mailto:gdb-owner@sourceware.org] On
> Behalf Of SF Markus Elfring
> Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2015 1:51 PM
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> Subject: Debugging software including background processes
>
> Hello,
>
> I would like to debug specific software occasionally which uses also
> background processes (on my openSUSE Tumbleweed system).
>
> * Can the tool "gdb 7.9-3.1" be configured to start detailed debugging
> if another background process will be started?
>
> * How can a corresponding backtrace be collected and analysed if a
> subprocess
> might have failed by a segmentation fault for example?
Markus,
The GDB manual's sections on debugging forks(https://sourceware.org/gdb/onlinedocs/gdb/Forks.html) and on debugging multiple programs (https://sourceware.org/gdb/onlinedocs/gdb/Inferiors-and-Programs.html#Inferiors-and-Programs) should help with this. The Linux core(5) man page has information on naming core files that might also help.
--Don
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* Re: Debugging software including background processes
2015-07-28 21:27 ` Breazeal, Don
@ 2015-07-29 5:32 ` SF Markus Elfring
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From: SF Markus Elfring @ 2015-07-29 5:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Breazeal, Don; +Cc: gdb
> The GDB manual's sections on debugging forks … and on debugging multiple programs … should help with this.
Thanks for your hint.
Are there any attempts to make the debugging of child processes
and several inferiors a bit more convenient by dedicated user interfaces?
Do you know if any scripts can be reused to collect corresponding data
inferiors and child processes in an easier way?
Regards,
Markus
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