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RE: multithreaded remote debugging


> -----Original Message-----
> From: gdb-owner@sources.redhat.com
> [mailto:gdb-owner@sources.redhat.com]On Behalf Of Daniel Jacobowitz
> Sent: vrijdag 17 januari 2003 14:54
> To: Frank van Eijkelenburg
> Cc: Gnu Debugger mailing list
> Subject: Re: multithreaded remote debugging
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 12:29:16PM +0100, Frank van Eijkelenburg wrote:
> > Hi, I'm new to gdb. I try to remote debug an application:
> >
> > I have a linux machine with redhat installed (2.4.7-10), this
> is the host.
> > On the target an ARM processor is running with linux kernel 2.4.16. I
> > compiled gdb on the host (with target arm-linux). I also cross-compiled
> > gdbserver. My application (which I want to debug) is compiled
> with compiler
> > option -g. I can start the gdbserver on the target and gdb on
> the host and
> > have a connection by tcp/ip. The application is multithreaded
> and uses the
> > libpthread library. If I ignore the SIG32 signal (with "handle
> SIG32 nostop"
> > and "handle SIG32 noprint") I can run the application. However,
> if I try to
> > execute "info threads" I only get information about one thread (the main
> > thread??). I can put breakpoints in the main thread and step through the
> > code, but if I put a breakpoint in another thread, the debugger
> will stop,
> > but I cannot step through the code:
> >
> > Program received signal SIGTRAP, Trace/breakpoint trap.
> > 0x400ab2e4 in ?? ()
> > (gdb) n
> > Cannot find bounds of current function
> >
> > What do I wrong or is it not possible to step through the code of other
> > threads beside the main thread?
>
> You neglected to say what version you're using.  We only got support
> for remote thread debugging between GDB 5.2 and 5.3; if you aren't
> using 5.3, you should try it.
>

Sorry about that. I am using GDB version 5.3 with the above described
problems.


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