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Is break execution available in GDB under the remote protocol?
- To: GDB <gdb at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
- Subject: Is break execution available in GDB under the remote protocol?
- From: Stephen Smith <ischis2 at home dot com>
- Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 10:06:18 -0700
I just received and email wondering there is an easy way to cause a process under test to be easily halted. For
example, let's say that I have a
fragment of code:
{
SomeOtherDevelopersCode();
/* my code that I want to debug starts here*/
for( i = 0; i < 23; i++ )
{
/* I will set my breakpoint on the next line */
DoSomethingHere( i );
}
}
The problem is that the other developer may have made a change (and in this case did) that causes
SomeOtherDevelopersCode() to go into a tight loop.
In this case assume (it is true) that SomeOtherDevelopersCode() is multithreaded and so just tracing in isn't practical.
Is there a command I can run (at the console is fine) that well suspend the process under test so that I can see were
the code is executing easily.
As the user said: " ... This reminded me of a feature that is in the much hated Microsoft Visual Studio debugger called
break execution"
Stephen