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Re: A problem debugging libraries
- From: Simon Marchi <simon dot marchi at ericsson dot com>
- To: Tommi Höynälänmaa <tommi dot hoynalanmaa at gmail dot com>, <gdb at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2017 14:56:44 -0400
- Subject: Re: A problem debugging libraries
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On 17-03-17 09:35 AM, Tommi Höynälänmaa wrote:
> I'm writing software using libraries liboctave, LAPACK, and BLAS.
> I added function dnrm2alt1 to blas and changed lapack to use that
> instead of dnrm2. When I try to debug a program using blas "break
> dnrm2_" works in gdb but "break dnrm2alt1_" does not. Gdb can't find
> function dnrm2alt1_. Can anybody tell what is wrong?
>
> Here are outputs of some commands:
>
> ---cut here---
> tohoyn@tohoyn-laptop:~/tyo/omat/aallokkeet/libinterp3d1$
> update-alternatives --config libblas.so.3
> There are 2 choices for the alternative libblas.so.3 (providing
> /usr/lib/libblas.so.3).
>
> Selection Path Priority Status
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> 0 /usr/lib/atlas-base/atlas/libblas.so.3 35 auto mode
> 1 /usr/lib/atlas-base/atlas/libblas.so.3 35
> manual mode
> * 2 /usr/lib/libblas/libblas.so.3 10 manual
> mode
>
> Press enter to keep the current choice[*], or type selection number:
> tohoyn@tohoyn-laptop:~/tyo/omat/aallokkeet/libinterp3d1$
> ---cut here---
> ---cut here---
> tohoyn@tohoyn-laptop:~/tyo/omat/aallokkeet/libinterp3d1$
> update-alternatives --config liblapack.so.3
> There are 2 choices for the alternative liblapack.so.3 (providing
> /usr/lib/liblapack.so.3).
>
> Selection Path Priority Status
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> * 0 /usr/lib/lapack/liblapack.so.3 10 auto
> mode
> 1 /usr/lib/atlas-base/atlas/liblapack.so.3 5
> manual mode
> 2 /usr/lib/lapack/liblapack.so.3 10
> manual mode
>
> Press enter to keep the current choice[*], or type selection number:
> tohoyn@tohoyn-laptop:~/tyo/omat/aallokkeet/libinterp3d1$
> ---cut here---
> ---cut here---
> tohoyn@tohoyn-laptop:/usr/lib/libblas$ objdump -T libblas.so.3.0 | grep
> -i dnrm2
> 0000000000040320 g DF .text 0000000000000011 Base dnrm2sub_
> 000000000000fd50 g DF .text 000000000000002b Base cblas_dnrm2
> 0000000000040220 g DF .text 000000000000006b Base dnrm2_
> 0000000000040290 g DF .text 0000000000000084 Base dnrm2alt1_
> tohoyn@tohoyn-laptop:/usr/lib/libblas$
> ---cut here---
> ---cut here---
> tohoyn@tohoyn-laptop:/usr/lib/lapack$ objdump -T liblapack.so.3.0 | grep
> -i dnrm2
> 0000000000000000 DF *UND* 0000000000000000 dnrm2alt1_
> tohoyn@tohoyn-laptop:/usr/lib/lapack$
> ---cut here---
>
> - Tommi H.
>
Hi Tommi,
You can try to use "info shared" to see which library is effectively loaded in your
program and see if it matches your expectations. You can also type "reak dnrm2" and
<tab> to see what symbols GDB knows about.
Simon