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/* Copyright (C) 2021-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
gdb: use libbacktrace to create a better backtrace for fatal signals GDB recently gained the ability to print a backtrace when a fatal signal is encountered. This backtrace is produced using the backtrace and backtrace_symbols_fd API available in glibc. However, in order for this API to actually map addresses to symbol names it is required that the application (GDB) be compiled with -rdynamic, which GDB is not by default. As a result, the backtrace produced often looks like this: Fatal signal: Bus error ----- Backtrace ----- ./gdb/gdb[0x80ec00] ./gdb/gdb[0x80ed56] /lib64/libc.so.6(+0x3c6b0)[0x7fc2ce1936b0] /lib64/libc.so.6(__poll+0x4f)[0x7fc2ce24da5f] ./gdb/gdb[0x15495ba] ./gdb/gdb[0x15489b8] ./gdb/gdb[0x9b794d] ./gdb/gdb[0x9b7a6d] ./gdb/gdb[0x9b943b] ./gdb/gdb[0x9b94a1] ./gdb/gdb[0x4175dd] /lib64/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf3)[0x7fc2ce17e1a3] ./gdb/gdb[0x4174de] --------------------- This is OK if you have access to the exact same build of GDB, you can manually map the addresses back to symbols, however, it is next to useless if all you have is a backtrace copied into a bug report. GCC uses libbacktrace for printing a backtrace when it encounters an error. In recent commits I added this library into the binutils-gdb repository, and in this commit I allow this library to be used by GDB. Now (when GDB is compiled with debug information) the backtrace looks like this: ----- Backtrace ----- 0x80ee08 gdb_internal_backtrace ../../src/gdb/event-top.c:989 0x80ef0b handle_fatal_signal ../../src/gdb/event-top.c:1036 0x7f24539dd6af ??? 0x7f2453a97a5f ??? 0x154976f gdb_wait_for_event ../../src/gdbsupport/event-loop.cc:613 0x1548b6d _Z16gdb_do_one_eventv ../../src/gdbsupport/event-loop.cc:237 0x9b7b02 start_event_loop ../../src/gdb/main.c:421 0x9b7c22 captured_command_loop ../../src/gdb/main.c:481 0x9b95f0 captured_main ../../src/gdb/main.c:1353 0x9b9656 _Z8gdb_mainP18captured_main_args ../../src/gdb/main.c:1368 0x4175ec main ../../src/gdb/gdb.c:32 --------------------- Which seems much more useful. Use of libbacktrace is optional. If GDB is configured with --disable-libbacktrace then the libbacktrace directory will not be built, and GDB will not try to use this library. In this case GDB would try to use the old backtrace and backtrace_symbols_fd API. All of the functions related to writing the backtrace of GDB itself have been moved into the new files gdb/by-utils.{c,h}.
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This file is part of GDB.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
#include "bt-utils.h"
#include "command.h"
#include "cli/cli-cmds.h"
#include "ui.h"
gdb: use libbacktrace to create a better backtrace for fatal signals GDB recently gained the ability to print a backtrace when a fatal signal is encountered. This backtrace is produced using the backtrace and backtrace_symbols_fd API available in glibc. However, in order for this API to actually map addresses to symbol names it is required that the application (GDB) be compiled with -rdynamic, which GDB is not by default. As a result, the backtrace produced often looks like this: Fatal signal: Bus error ----- Backtrace ----- ./gdb/gdb[0x80ec00] ./gdb/gdb[0x80ed56] /lib64/libc.so.6(+0x3c6b0)[0x7fc2ce1936b0] /lib64/libc.so.6(__poll+0x4f)[0x7fc2ce24da5f] ./gdb/gdb[0x15495ba] ./gdb/gdb[0x15489b8] ./gdb/gdb[0x9b794d] ./gdb/gdb[0x9b7a6d] ./gdb/gdb[0x9b943b] ./gdb/gdb[0x9b94a1] ./gdb/gdb[0x4175dd] /lib64/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf3)[0x7fc2ce17e1a3] ./gdb/gdb[0x4174de] --------------------- This is OK if you have access to the exact same build of GDB, you can manually map the addresses back to symbols, however, it is next to useless if all you have is a backtrace copied into a bug report. GCC uses libbacktrace for printing a backtrace when it encounters an error. In recent commits I added this library into the binutils-gdb repository, and in this commit I allow this library to be used by GDB. Now (when GDB is compiled with debug information) the backtrace looks like this: ----- Backtrace ----- 0x80ee08 gdb_internal_backtrace ../../src/gdb/event-top.c:989 0x80ef0b handle_fatal_signal ../../src/gdb/event-top.c:1036 0x7f24539dd6af ??? 0x7f2453a97a5f ??? 0x154976f gdb_wait_for_event ../../src/gdbsupport/event-loop.cc:613 0x1548b6d _Z16gdb_do_one_eventv ../../src/gdbsupport/event-loop.cc:237 0x9b7b02 start_event_loop ../../src/gdb/main.c:421 0x9b7c22 captured_command_loop ../../src/gdb/main.c:481 0x9b95f0 captured_main ../../src/gdb/main.c:1353 0x9b9656 _Z8gdb_mainP18captured_main_args ../../src/gdb/main.c:1368 0x4175ec main ../../src/gdb/gdb.c:32 --------------------- Which seems much more useful. Use of libbacktrace is optional. If GDB is configured with --disable-libbacktrace then the libbacktrace directory will not be built, and GDB will not try to use this library. In this case GDB would try to use the old backtrace and backtrace_symbols_fd API. All of the functions related to writing the backtrace of GDB itself have been moved into the new files gdb/by-utils.{c,h}.
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#include "cli/cli-decode.h"
/* See bt-utils.h. */
void
gdb_internal_backtrace_set_cmd (const char *args, int from_tty,
cmd_list_element *c)
{
gdb_assert (c->type == set_cmd);
gdb: Introduce setting construct within cmd_list_element cmd_list_element can contain a pointer to data that can be set and / or shown. This is achieved with the void* VAR member which points to the data that can be accessed, while the VAR_TYPE member (of type enum var_types) indicates how to interpret the data pointed to. With this pattern, the user of the cmd_list_element needs to know what is the storage type associated with a given VAR_TYPES in order to do the proper casting. No automatic safeguard is available to prevent miss-use of the pointer. Client code typically looks something like: switch (c->var_type) { case var_zuinteger: unsigned int v = *(unsigned int*) c->var; ... break; case var_boolean: bool v = *(bool *) c->var; ... break; ... } This patch proposes to add an abstraction around the var_types and void* pointer pair. The abstraction is meant to prevent the user from having to handle the cast and verify that the data is read or written as a type that is coherent with the setting's var_type. This is achieved by introducing the struct setting which exposes a set of templated get / set member functions. The template parameter is the type of the variable that holds the referred variable. Using those accessors allows runtime checks to be inserted in order to ensure that the data pointed to has the expected type. For example, instantiating the member functions with bool will yield something similar to: const bool &get<bool> () const { gdb_assert (m_var_type == var_boolean); gdb_assert (m_var != nullptr); return *static_cast<bool *> (m_var); } void set<bool> (const bool &var) { gdb_assert (m_var_type == var_boolean); gdb_assert (m_var != nullptr); *static_cast<bool *> (m_var) = var; } Using the new abstraction, our initial example becomes: switch (c->var_type) { case var_zuinteger: unsigned int v = c->var->get<unsigned int> (); ... break; case var_boolean: bool v = c->var->get<bool> (); ... break; ... } While the call site is still similar, the introduction of runtime checks help ensure correct usage of the data. In order to avoid turning the bulk of add_setshow_cmd_full into a templated function, and following a suggestion from Pedro Alves, a setting can be constructed from a pre validated type erased reference to a variable. This is what setting::erased_args is used for. Introducing an opaque abstraction to describe a setting will also make it possible to use callbacks to retrieve or set the value of the setting on the fly instead of pointing to a static chunk of memory. This will be done added in a later commit. Given that a cmd_list_element may or may not reference a setting, the VAR and VAR_TYPES members of the struct are replaced with a gdb::optional<setting> named VAR. Few internal function signatures have been modified to take into account this new abstraction: -The functions value_from_setting, str_value_from_setting and get_setshow_command_value_string used to have a 'cmd_list_element *' parameter but only used it for the VAR and VAR_TYPE member. They now take a 'const setting &' parameter instead. - Similarly, the 'void *' and a 'enum var_types' parameters of pascm_param_value and gdbpy_parameter_value have been replaced with a 'const setting &' parameter. No user visible change is expected after this patch. Tested on GNU/Linux x86_64, with no regression noticed. Co-authored-by: Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@polymtl.ca> Change-Id: Ie1d08c3ceb8b30b3d7bf1efe036eb8acffcd2f34
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gdb_assert (c->var.has_value ());
gdb_assert (c->var->type () == var_boolean);
gdb: use libbacktrace to create a better backtrace for fatal signals GDB recently gained the ability to print a backtrace when a fatal signal is encountered. This backtrace is produced using the backtrace and backtrace_symbols_fd API available in glibc. However, in order for this API to actually map addresses to symbol names it is required that the application (GDB) be compiled with -rdynamic, which GDB is not by default. As a result, the backtrace produced often looks like this: Fatal signal: Bus error ----- Backtrace ----- ./gdb/gdb[0x80ec00] ./gdb/gdb[0x80ed56] /lib64/libc.so.6(+0x3c6b0)[0x7fc2ce1936b0] /lib64/libc.so.6(__poll+0x4f)[0x7fc2ce24da5f] ./gdb/gdb[0x15495ba] ./gdb/gdb[0x15489b8] ./gdb/gdb[0x9b794d] ./gdb/gdb[0x9b7a6d] ./gdb/gdb[0x9b943b] ./gdb/gdb[0x9b94a1] ./gdb/gdb[0x4175dd] /lib64/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf3)[0x7fc2ce17e1a3] ./gdb/gdb[0x4174de] --------------------- This is OK if you have access to the exact same build of GDB, you can manually map the addresses back to symbols, however, it is next to useless if all you have is a backtrace copied into a bug report. GCC uses libbacktrace for printing a backtrace when it encounters an error. In recent commits I added this library into the binutils-gdb repository, and in this commit I allow this library to be used by GDB. Now (when GDB is compiled with debug information) the backtrace looks like this: ----- Backtrace ----- 0x80ee08 gdb_internal_backtrace ../../src/gdb/event-top.c:989 0x80ef0b handle_fatal_signal ../../src/gdb/event-top.c:1036 0x7f24539dd6af ??? 0x7f2453a97a5f ??? 0x154976f gdb_wait_for_event ../../src/gdbsupport/event-loop.cc:613 0x1548b6d _Z16gdb_do_one_eventv ../../src/gdbsupport/event-loop.cc:237 0x9b7b02 start_event_loop ../../src/gdb/main.c:421 0x9b7c22 captured_command_loop ../../src/gdb/main.c:481 0x9b95f0 captured_main ../../src/gdb/main.c:1353 0x9b9656 _Z8gdb_mainP18captured_main_args ../../src/gdb/main.c:1368 0x4175ec main ../../src/gdb/gdb.c:32 --------------------- Which seems much more useful. Use of libbacktrace is optional. If GDB is configured with --disable-libbacktrace then the libbacktrace directory will not be built, and GDB will not try to use this library. In this case GDB would try to use the old backtrace and backtrace_symbols_fd API. All of the functions related to writing the backtrace of GDB itself have been moved into the new files gdb/by-utils.{c,h}.
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#ifndef GDB_PRINT_INTERNAL_BACKTRACE
gdb: Introduce setting construct within cmd_list_element cmd_list_element can contain a pointer to data that can be set and / or shown. This is achieved with the void* VAR member which points to the data that can be accessed, while the VAR_TYPE member (of type enum var_types) indicates how to interpret the data pointed to. With this pattern, the user of the cmd_list_element needs to know what is the storage type associated with a given VAR_TYPES in order to do the proper casting. No automatic safeguard is available to prevent miss-use of the pointer. Client code typically looks something like: switch (c->var_type) { case var_zuinteger: unsigned int v = *(unsigned int*) c->var; ... break; case var_boolean: bool v = *(bool *) c->var; ... break; ... } This patch proposes to add an abstraction around the var_types and void* pointer pair. The abstraction is meant to prevent the user from having to handle the cast and verify that the data is read or written as a type that is coherent with the setting's var_type. This is achieved by introducing the struct setting which exposes a set of templated get / set member functions. The template parameter is the type of the variable that holds the referred variable. Using those accessors allows runtime checks to be inserted in order to ensure that the data pointed to has the expected type. For example, instantiating the member functions with bool will yield something similar to: const bool &get<bool> () const { gdb_assert (m_var_type == var_boolean); gdb_assert (m_var != nullptr); return *static_cast<bool *> (m_var); } void set<bool> (const bool &var) { gdb_assert (m_var_type == var_boolean); gdb_assert (m_var != nullptr); *static_cast<bool *> (m_var) = var; } Using the new abstraction, our initial example becomes: switch (c->var_type) { case var_zuinteger: unsigned int v = c->var->get<unsigned int> (); ... break; case var_boolean: bool v = c->var->get<bool> (); ... break; ... } While the call site is still similar, the introduction of runtime checks help ensure correct usage of the data. In order to avoid turning the bulk of add_setshow_cmd_full into a templated function, and following a suggestion from Pedro Alves, a setting can be constructed from a pre validated type erased reference to a variable. This is what setting::erased_args is used for. Introducing an opaque abstraction to describe a setting will also make it possible to use callbacks to retrieve or set the value of the setting on the fly instead of pointing to a static chunk of memory. This will be done added in a later commit. Given that a cmd_list_element may or may not reference a setting, the VAR and VAR_TYPES members of the struct are replaced with a gdb::optional<setting> named VAR. Few internal function signatures have been modified to take into account this new abstraction: -The functions value_from_setting, str_value_from_setting and get_setshow_command_value_string used to have a 'cmd_list_element *' parameter but only used it for the VAR and VAR_TYPE member. They now take a 'const setting &' parameter instead. - Similarly, the 'void *' and a 'enum var_types' parameters of pascm_param_value and gdbpy_parameter_value have been replaced with a 'const setting &' parameter. No user visible change is expected after this patch. Tested on GNU/Linux x86_64, with no regression noticed. Co-authored-by: Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@polymtl.ca> Change-Id: Ie1d08c3ceb8b30b3d7bf1efe036eb8acffcd2f34
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if (c->var->get<bool> ())
gdb: use libbacktrace to create a better backtrace for fatal signals GDB recently gained the ability to print a backtrace when a fatal signal is encountered. This backtrace is produced using the backtrace and backtrace_symbols_fd API available in glibc. However, in order for this API to actually map addresses to symbol names it is required that the application (GDB) be compiled with -rdynamic, which GDB is not by default. As a result, the backtrace produced often looks like this: Fatal signal: Bus error ----- Backtrace ----- ./gdb/gdb[0x80ec00] ./gdb/gdb[0x80ed56] /lib64/libc.so.6(+0x3c6b0)[0x7fc2ce1936b0] /lib64/libc.so.6(__poll+0x4f)[0x7fc2ce24da5f] ./gdb/gdb[0x15495ba] ./gdb/gdb[0x15489b8] ./gdb/gdb[0x9b794d] ./gdb/gdb[0x9b7a6d] ./gdb/gdb[0x9b943b] ./gdb/gdb[0x9b94a1] ./gdb/gdb[0x4175dd] /lib64/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf3)[0x7fc2ce17e1a3] ./gdb/gdb[0x4174de] --------------------- This is OK if you have access to the exact same build of GDB, you can manually map the addresses back to symbols, however, it is next to useless if all you have is a backtrace copied into a bug report. GCC uses libbacktrace for printing a backtrace when it encounters an error. In recent commits I added this library into the binutils-gdb repository, and in this commit I allow this library to be used by GDB. Now (when GDB is compiled with debug information) the backtrace looks like this: ----- Backtrace ----- 0x80ee08 gdb_internal_backtrace ../../src/gdb/event-top.c:989 0x80ef0b handle_fatal_signal ../../src/gdb/event-top.c:1036 0x7f24539dd6af ??? 0x7f2453a97a5f ??? 0x154976f gdb_wait_for_event ../../src/gdbsupport/event-loop.cc:613 0x1548b6d _Z16gdb_do_one_eventv ../../src/gdbsupport/event-loop.cc:237 0x9b7b02 start_event_loop ../../src/gdb/main.c:421 0x9b7c22 captured_command_loop ../../src/gdb/main.c:481 0x9b95f0 captured_main ../../src/gdb/main.c:1353 0x9b9656 _Z8gdb_mainP18captured_main_args ../../src/gdb/main.c:1368 0x4175ec main ../../src/gdb/gdb.c:32 --------------------- Which seems much more useful. Use of libbacktrace is optional. If GDB is configured with --disable-libbacktrace then the libbacktrace directory will not be built, and GDB will not try to use this library. In this case GDB would try to use the old backtrace and backtrace_symbols_fd API. All of the functions related to writing the backtrace of GDB itself have been moved into the new files gdb/by-utils.{c,h}.
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{
gdb: Introduce setting construct within cmd_list_element cmd_list_element can contain a pointer to data that can be set and / or shown. This is achieved with the void* VAR member which points to the data that can be accessed, while the VAR_TYPE member (of type enum var_types) indicates how to interpret the data pointed to. With this pattern, the user of the cmd_list_element needs to know what is the storage type associated with a given VAR_TYPES in order to do the proper casting. No automatic safeguard is available to prevent miss-use of the pointer. Client code typically looks something like: switch (c->var_type) { case var_zuinteger: unsigned int v = *(unsigned int*) c->var; ... break; case var_boolean: bool v = *(bool *) c->var; ... break; ... } This patch proposes to add an abstraction around the var_types and void* pointer pair. The abstraction is meant to prevent the user from having to handle the cast and verify that the data is read or written as a type that is coherent with the setting's var_type. This is achieved by introducing the struct setting which exposes a set of templated get / set member functions. The template parameter is the type of the variable that holds the referred variable. Using those accessors allows runtime checks to be inserted in order to ensure that the data pointed to has the expected type. For example, instantiating the member functions with bool will yield something similar to: const bool &get<bool> () const { gdb_assert (m_var_type == var_boolean); gdb_assert (m_var != nullptr); return *static_cast<bool *> (m_var); } void set<bool> (const bool &var) { gdb_assert (m_var_type == var_boolean); gdb_assert (m_var != nullptr); *static_cast<bool *> (m_var) = var; } Using the new abstraction, our initial example becomes: switch (c->var_type) { case var_zuinteger: unsigned int v = c->var->get<unsigned int> (); ... break; case var_boolean: bool v = c->var->get<bool> (); ... break; ... } While the call site is still similar, the introduction of runtime checks help ensure correct usage of the data. In order to avoid turning the bulk of add_setshow_cmd_full into a templated function, and following a suggestion from Pedro Alves, a setting can be constructed from a pre validated type erased reference to a variable. This is what setting::erased_args is used for. Introducing an opaque abstraction to describe a setting will also make it possible to use callbacks to retrieve or set the value of the setting on the fly instead of pointing to a static chunk of memory. This will be done added in a later commit. Given that a cmd_list_element may or may not reference a setting, the VAR and VAR_TYPES members of the struct are replaced with a gdb::optional<setting> named VAR. Few internal function signatures have been modified to take into account this new abstraction: -The functions value_from_setting, str_value_from_setting and get_setshow_command_value_string used to have a 'cmd_list_element *' parameter but only used it for the VAR and VAR_TYPE member. They now take a 'const setting &' parameter instead. - Similarly, the 'void *' and a 'enum var_types' parameters of pascm_param_value and gdbpy_parameter_value have been replaced with a 'const setting &' parameter. No user visible change is expected after this patch. Tested on GNU/Linux x86_64, with no regression noticed. Co-authored-by: Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@polymtl.ca> Change-Id: Ie1d08c3ceb8b30b3d7bf1efe036eb8acffcd2f34
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c->var->set<bool> (false);
gdb: use libbacktrace to create a better backtrace for fatal signals GDB recently gained the ability to print a backtrace when a fatal signal is encountered. This backtrace is produced using the backtrace and backtrace_symbols_fd API available in glibc. However, in order for this API to actually map addresses to symbol names it is required that the application (GDB) be compiled with -rdynamic, which GDB is not by default. As a result, the backtrace produced often looks like this: Fatal signal: Bus error ----- Backtrace ----- ./gdb/gdb[0x80ec00] ./gdb/gdb[0x80ed56] /lib64/libc.so.6(+0x3c6b0)[0x7fc2ce1936b0] /lib64/libc.so.6(__poll+0x4f)[0x7fc2ce24da5f] ./gdb/gdb[0x15495ba] ./gdb/gdb[0x15489b8] ./gdb/gdb[0x9b794d] ./gdb/gdb[0x9b7a6d] ./gdb/gdb[0x9b943b] ./gdb/gdb[0x9b94a1] ./gdb/gdb[0x4175dd] /lib64/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf3)[0x7fc2ce17e1a3] ./gdb/gdb[0x4174de] --------------------- This is OK if you have access to the exact same build of GDB, you can manually map the addresses back to symbols, however, it is next to useless if all you have is a backtrace copied into a bug report. GCC uses libbacktrace for printing a backtrace when it encounters an error. In recent commits I added this library into the binutils-gdb repository, and in this commit I allow this library to be used by GDB. Now (when GDB is compiled with debug information) the backtrace looks like this: ----- Backtrace ----- 0x80ee08 gdb_internal_backtrace ../../src/gdb/event-top.c:989 0x80ef0b handle_fatal_signal ../../src/gdb/event-top.c:1036 0x7f24539dd6af ??? 0x7f2453a97a5f ??? 0x154976f gdb_wait_for_event ../../src/gdbsupport/event-loop.cc:613 0x1548b6d _Z16gdb_do_one_eventv ../../src/gdbsupport/event-loop.cc:237 0x9b7b02 start_event_loop ../../src/gdb/main.c:421 0x9b7c22 captured_command_loop ../../src/gdb/main.c:481 0x9b95f0 captured_main ../../src/gdb/main.c:1353 0x9b9656 _Z8gdb_mainP18captured_main_args ../../src/gdb/main.c:1368 0x4175ec main ../../src/gdb/gdb.c:32 --------------------- Which seems much more useful. Use of libbacktrace is optional. If GDB is configured with --disable-libbacktrace then the libbacktrace directory will not be built, and GDB will not try to use this library. In this case GDB would try to use the old backtrace and backtrace_symbols_fd API. All of the functions related to writing the backtrace of GDB itself have been moved into the new files gdb/by-utils.{c,h}.
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error (_("support for this feature is not compiled into GDB"));
}
#endif
}
#ifdef GDB_PRINT_INTERNAL_BACKTRACE
gdb: use libbacktrace to create a better backtrace for fatal signals GDB recently gained the ability to print a backtrace when a fatal signal is encountered. This backtrace is produced using the backtrace and backtrace_symbols_fd API available in glibc. However, in order for this API to actually map addresses to symbol names it is required that the application (GDB) be compiled with -rdynamic, which GDB is not by default. As a result, the backtrace produced often looks like this: Fatal signal: Bus error ----- Backtrace ----- ./gdb/gdb[0x80ec00] ./gdb/gdb[0x80ed56] /lib64/libc.so.6(+0x3c6b0)[0x7fc2ce1936b0] /lib64/libc.so.6(__poll+0x4f)[0x7fc2ce24da5f] ./gdb/gdb[0x15495ba] ./gdb/gdb[0x15489b8] ./gdb/gdb[0x9b794d] ./gdb/gdb[0x9b7a6d] ./gdb/gdb[0x9b943b] ./gdb/gdb[0x9b94a1] ./gdb/gdb[0x4175dd] /lib64/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf3)[0x7fc2ce17e1a3] ./gdb/gdb[0x4174de] --------------------- This is OK if you have access to the exact same build of GDB, you can manually map the addresses back to symbols, however, it is next to useless if all you have is a backtrace copied into a bug report. GCC uses libbacktrace for printing a backtrace when it encounters an error. In recent commits I added this library into the binutils-gdb repository, and in this commit I allow this library to be used by GDB. Now (when GDB is compiled with debug information) the backtrace looks like this: ----- Backtrace ----- 0x80ee08 gdb_internal_backtrace ../../src/gdb/event-top.c:989 0x80ef0b handle_fatal_signal ../../src/gdb/event-top.c:1036 0x7f24539dd6af ??? 0x7f2453a97a5f ??? 0x154976f gdb_wait_for_event ../../src/gdbsupport/event-loop.cc:613 0x1548b6d _Z16gdb_do_one_eventv ../../src/gdbsupport/event-loop.cc:237 0x9b7b02 start_event_loop ../../src/gdb/main.c:421 0x9b7c22 captured_command_loop ../../src/gdb/main.c:481 0x9b95f0 captured_main ../../src/gdb/main.c:1353 0x9b9656 _Z8gdb_mainP18captured_main_args ../../src/gdb/main.c:1368 0x4175ec main ../../src/gdb/gdb.c:32 --------------------- Which seems much more useful. Use of libbacktrace is optional. If GDB is configured with --disable-libbacktrace then the libbacktrace directory will not be built, and GDB will not try to use this library. In this case GDB would try to use the old backtrace and backtrace_symbols_fd API. All of the functions related to writing the backtrace of GDB itself have been moved into the new files gdb/by-utils.{c,h}.
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#ifdef GDB_PRINT_INTERNAL_BACKTRACE_USING_LIBBACKTRACE
/* Callback used by libbacktrace if it encounters an error. */
static void
libbacktrace_error (void *data, const char *errmsg, int errnum)
{
/* A negative errnum indicates no debug info was available, just
skip printing a backtrace in this case. */
if (errnum < 0)
return;
const auto sig_write = [] (const char *msg) -> void
{
gdb_stderr->write_async_safe (msg, strlen (msg));
};
sig_write ("error creating backtrace: ");
sig_write (errmsg);
if (errnum > 0)
{
char buf[20];
snprintf (buf, sizeof (buf), ": %d", errnum);
buf[sizeof (buf) - 1] = '\0';
sig_write (buf);
}
sig_write ("\n");
}
/* Callback used by libbacktrace to print a single stack frame. */
static int
libbacktrace_print (void *data, uintptr_t pc, const char *filename,
int lineno, const char *function)
{
const auto sig_write = [] (const char *msg) -> void
{
gdb_stderr->write_async_safe (msg, strlen (msg));
};
/* Buffer to print addresses and line numbers into. An 8-byte address
with '0x' prefix and a null terminator requires 20 characters. This
also feels like it should be enough to represent line numbers in most
files. We are also careful to ensure we don't overflow this buffer. */
char buf[20];
snprintf (buf, sizeof (buf), "0x%" PRIxPTR " ", pc);
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buf[sizeof (buf) - 1] = '\0';
sig_write (buf);
sig_write (function == nullptr ? "???" : function);
if (filename != nullptr)
{
sig_write ("\n\t");
sig_write (filename);
sig_write (":");
snprintf (buf, sizeof (buf), "%d", lineno);
buf[sizeof (buf) - 1] = '\0';
sig_write (buf);
}
sig_write ("\n");
return function != nullptr && strcmp (function, "main") == 0;
}
/* Write a backtrace to GDB's stderr in an async safe manner. This is a
gdb: use libbacktrace to create a better backtrace for fatal signals GDB recently gained the ability to print a backtrace when a fatal signal is encountered. This backtrace is produced using the backtrace and backtrace_symbols_fd API available in glibc. However, in order for this API to actually map addresses to symbol names it is required that the application (GDB) be compiled with -rdynamic, which GDB is not by default. As a result, the backtrace produced often looks like this: Fatal signal: Bus error ----- Backtrace ----- ./gdb/gdb[0x80ec00] ./gdb/gdb[0x80ed56] /lib64/libc.so.6(+0x3c6b0)[0x7fc2ce1936b0] /lib64/libc.so.6(__poll+0x4f)[0x7fc2ce24da5f] ./gdb/gdb[0x15495ba] ./gdb/gdb[0x15489b8] ./gdb/gdb[0x9b794d] ./gdb/gdb[0x9b7a6d] ./gdb/gdb[0x9b943b] ./gdb/gdb[0x9b94a1] ./gdb/gdb[0x4175dd] /lib64/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf3)[0x7fc2ce17e1a3] ./gdb/gdb[0x4174de] --------------------- This is OK if you have access to the exact same build of GDB, you can manually map the addresses back to symbols, however, it is next to useless if all you have is a backtrace copied into a bug report. GCC uses libbacktrace for printing a backtrace when it encounters an error. In recent commits I added this library into the binutils-gdb repository, and in this commit I allow this library to be used by GDB. Now (when GDB is compiled with debug information) the backtrace looks like this: ----- Backtrace ----- 0x80ee08 gdb_internal_backtrace ../../src/gdb/event-top.c:989 0x80ef0b handle_fatal_signal ../../src/gdb/event-top.c:1036 0x7f24539dd6af ??? 0x7f2453a97a5f ??? 0x154976f gdb_wait_for_event ../../src/gdbsupport/event-loop.cc:613 0x1548b6d _Z16gdb_do_one_eventv ../../src/gdbsupport/event-loop.cc:237 0x9b7b02 start_event_loop ../../src/gdb/main.c:421 0x9b7c22 captured_command_loop ../../src/gdb/main.c:481 0x9b95f0 captured_main ../../src/gdb/main.c:1353 0x9b9656 _Z8gdb_mainP18captured_main_args ../../src/gdb/main.c:1368 0x4175ec main ../../src/gdb/gdb.c:32 --------------------- Which seems much more useful. Use of libbacktrace is optional. If GDB is configured with --disable-libbacktrace then the libbacktrace directory will not be built, and GDB will not try to use this library. In this case GDB would try to use the old backtrace and backtrace_symbols_fd API. All of the functions related to writing the backtrace of GDB itself have been moved into the new files gdb/by-utils.{c,h}.
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backtrace of GDB, not any running inferior, and is to be used when GDB
crashes or hits some other error condition. */
static void
gdb_internal_backtrace_1 ()
{
static struct backtrace_state *state = nullptr;
if (state == nullptr)
state = backtrace_create_state (nullptr, 0, libbacktrace_error, nullptr);
backtrace_full (state, 0, libbacktrace_print, libbacktrace_error, nullptr);
}
#elif defined GDB_PRINT_INTERNAL_BACKTRACE_USING_EXECINFO
/* See the comment on previous version of this function. */
static void
gdb_internal_backtrace_1 ()
{
const auto sig_write = [] (const char *msg) -> void
{
gdb_stderr->write_async_safe (msg, strlen (msg));
};
/* Allow up to 25 frames of backtrace. */
void *buffer[25];
int frames = backtrace (buffer, ARRAY_SIZE (buffer));
backtrace_symbols_fd (buffer, frames, gdb_stderr->fd ());
if (frames == ARRAY_SIZE (buffer))
sig_write (_("Backtrace might be incomplete.\n"));
}
#else
#error "unexpected internal backtrace policy"
gdb: use libbacktrace to create a better backtrace for fatal signals GDB recently gained the ability to print a backtrace when a fatal signal is encountered. This backtrace is produced using the backtrace and backtrace_symbols_fd API available in glibc. However, in order for this API to actually map addresses to symbol names it is required that the application (GDB) be compiled with -rdynamic, which GDB is not by default. As a result, the backtrace produced often looks like this: Fatal signal: Bus error ----- Backtrace ----- ./gdb/gdb[0x80ec00] ./gdb/gdb[0x80ed56] /lib64/libc.so.6(+0x3c6b0)[0x7fc2ce1936b0] /lib64/libc.so.6(__poll+0x4f)[0x7fc2ce24da5f] ./gdb/gdb[0x15495ba] ./gdb/gdb[0x15489b8] ./gdb/gdb[0x9b794d] ./gdb/gdb[0x9b7a6d] ./gdb/gdb[0x9b943b] ./gdb/gdb[0x9b94a1] ./gdb/gdb[0x4175dd] /lib64/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf3)[0x7fc2ce17e1a3] ./gdb/gdb[0x4174de] --------------------- This is OK if you have access to the exact same build of GDB, you can manually map the addresses back to symbols, however, it is next to useless if all you have is a backtrace copied into a bug report. GCC uses libbacktrace for printing a backtrace when it encounters an error. In recent commits I added this library into the binutils-gdb repository, and in this commit I allow this library to be used by GDB. Now (when GDB is compiled with debug information) the backtrace looks like this: ----- Backtrace ----- 0x80ee08 gdb_internal_backtrace ../../src/gdb/event-top.c:989 0x80ef0b handle_fatal_signal ../../src/gdb/event-top.c:1036 0x7f24539dd6af ??? 0x7f2453a97a5f ??? 0x154976f gdb_wait_for_event ../../src/gdbsupport/event-loop.cc:613 0x1548b6d _Z16gdb_do_one_eventv ../../src/gdbsupport/event-loop.cc:237 0x9b7b02 start_event_loop ../../src/gdb/main.c:421 0x9b7c22 captured_command_loop ../../src/gdb/main.c:481 0x9b95f0 captured_main ../../src/gdb/main.c:1353 0x9b9656 _Z8gdb_mainP18captured_main_args ../../src/gdb/main.c:1368 0x4175ec main ../../src/gdb/gdb.c:32 --------------------- Which seems much more useful. Use of libbacktrace is optional. If GDB is configured with --disable-libbacktrace then the libbacktrace directory will not be built, and GDB will not try to use this library. In this case GDB would try to use the old backtrace and backtrace_symbols_fd API. All of the functions related to writing the backtrace of GDB itself have been moved into the new files gdb/by-utils.{c,h}.
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#endif
static const char *str_backtrace = "----- Backtrace -----\n";
static const char *str_backtrace_unavailable = "Backtrace unavailable\n";
#endif /* GDB_PRINT_INTERNAL_BACKTRACE */
gdb: use libbacktrace to create a better backtrace for fatal signals GDB recently gained the ability to print a backtrace when a fatal signal is encountered. This backtrace is produced using the backtrace and backtrace_symbols_fd API available in glibc. However, in order for this API to actually map addresses to symbol names it is required that the application (GDB) be compiled with -rdynamic, which GDB is not by default. As a result, the backtrace produced often looks like this: Fatal signal: Bus error ----- Backtrace ----- ./gdb/gdb[0x80ec00] ./gdb/gdb[0x80ed56] /lib64/libc.so.6(+0x3c6b0)[0x7fc2ce1936b0] /lib64/libc.so.6(__poll+0x4f)[0x7fc2ce24da5f] ./gdb/gdb[0x15495ba] ./gdb/gdb[0x15489b8] ./gdb/gdb[0x9b794d] ./gdb/gdb[0x9b7a6d] ./gdb/gdb[0x9b943b] ./gdb/gdb[0x9b94a1] ./gdb/gdb[0x4175dd] /lib64/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf3)[0x7fc2ce17e1a3] ./gdb/gdb[0x4174de] --------------------- This is OK if you have access to the exact same build of GDB, you can manually map the addresses back to symbols, however, it is next to useless if all you have is a backtrace copied into a bug report. GCC uses libbacktrace for printing a backtrace when it encounters an error. In recent commits I added this library into the binutils-gdb repository, and in this commit I allow this library to be used by GDB. Now (when GDB is compiled with debug information) the backtrace looks like this: ----- Backtrace ----- 0x80ee08 gdb_internal_backtrace ../../src/gdb/event-top.c:989 0x80ef0b handle_fatal_signal ../../src/gdb/event-top.c:1036 0x7f24539dd6af ??? 0x7f2453a97a5f ??? 0x154976f gdb_wait_for_event ../../src/gdbsupport/event-loop.cc:613 0x1548b6d _Z16gdb_do_one_eventv ../../src/gdbsupport/event-loop.cc:237 0x9b7b02 start_event_loop ../../src/gdb/main.c:421 0x9b7c22 captured_command_loop ../../src/gdb/main.c:481 0x9b95f0 captured_main ../../src/gdb/main.c:1353 0x9b9656 _Z8gdb_mainP18captured_main_args ../../src/gdb/main.c:1368 0x4175ec main ../../src/gdb/gdb.c:32 --------------------- Which seems much more useful. Use of libbacktrace is optional. If GDB is configured with --disable-libbacktrace then the libbacktrace directory will not be built, and GDB will not try to use this library. In this case GDB would try to use the old backtrace and backtrace_symbols_fd API. All of the functions related to writing the backtrace of GDB itself have been moved into the new files gdb/by-utils.{c,h}.
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/* See bt-utils.h. */
void
gdb_internal_backtrace_init_str ()
{
#ifdef GDB_PRINT_INTERNAL_BACKTRACE
str_backtrace = _("----- Backtrace -----\n");
str_backtrace_unavailable = _("Backtrace unavailable\n");
#endif
}
/* See bt-utils.h. */
gdb: use libbacktrace to create a better backtrace for fatal signals GDB recently gained the ability to print a backtrace when a fatal signal is encountered. This backtrace is produced using the backtrace and backtrace_symbols_fd API available in glibc. However, in order for this API to actually map addresses to symbol names it is required that the application (GDB) be compiled with -rdynamic, which GDB is not by default. As a result, the backtrace produced often looks like this: Fatal signal: Bus error ----- Backtrace ----- ./gdb/gdb[0x80ec00] ./gdb/gdb[0x80ed56] /lib64/libc.so.6(+0x3c6b0)[0x7fc2ce1936b0] /lib64/libc.so.6(__poll+0x4f)[0x7fc2ce24da5f] ./gdb/gdb[0x15495ba] ./gdb/gdb[0x15489b8] ./gdb/gdb[0x9b794d] ./gdb/gdb[0x9b7a6d] ./gdb/gdb[0x9b943b] ./gdb/gdb[0x9b94a1] ./gdb/gdb[0x4175dd] /lib64/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf3)[0x7fc2ce17e1a3] ./gdb/gdb[0x4174de] --------------------- This is OK if you have access to the exact same build of GDB, you can manually map the addresses back to symbols, however, it is next to useless if all you have is a backtrace copied into a bug report. GCC uses libbacktrace for printing a backtrace when it encounters an error. In recent commits I added this library into the binutils-gdb repository, and in this commit I allow this library to be used by GDB. Now (when GDB is compiled with debug information) the backtrace looks like this: ----- Backtrace ----- 0x80ee08 gdb_internal_backtrace ../../src/gdb/event-top.c:989 0x80ef0b handle_fatal_signal ../../src/gdb/event-top.c:1036 0x7f24539dd6af ??? 0x7f2453a97a5f ??? 0x154976f gdb_wait_for_event ../../src/gdbsupport/event-loop.cc:613 0x1548b6d _Z16gdb_do_one_eventv ../../src/gdbsupport/event-loop.cc:237 0x9b7b02 start_event_loop ../../src/gdb/main.c:421 0x9b7c22 captured_command_loop ../../src/gdb/main.c:481 0x9b95f0 captured_main ../../src/gdb/main.c:1353 0x9b9656 _Z8gdb_mainP18captured_main_args ../../src/gdb/main.c:1368 0x4175ec main ../../src/gdb/gdb.c:32 --------------------- Which seems much more useful. Use of libbacktrace is optional. If GDB is configured with --disable-libbacktrace then the libbacktrace directory will not be built, and GDB will not try to use this library. In this case GDB would try to use the old backtrace and backtrace_symbols_fd API. All of the functions related to writing the backtrace of GDB itself have been moved into the new files gdb/by-utils.{c,h}.
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void
gdb_internal_backtrace ()
{
if (current_ui == nullptr)
return;
#ifdef GDB_PRINT_INTERNAL_BACKTRACE
gdb: use libbacktrace to create a better backtrace for fatal signals GDB recently gained the ability to print a backtrace when a fatal signal is encountered. This backtrace is produced using the backtrace and backtrace_symbols_fd API available in glibc. However, in order for this API to actually map addresses to symbol names it is required that the application (GDB) be compiled with -rdynamic, which GDB is not by default. As a result, the backtrace produced often looks like this: Fatal signal: Bus error ----- Backtrace ----- ./gdb/gdb[0x80ec00] ./gdb/gdb[0x80ed56] /lib64/libc.so.6(+0x3c6b0)[0x7fc2ce1936b0] /lib64/libc.so.6(__poll+0x4f)[0x7fc2ce24da5f] ./gdb/gdb[0x15495ba] ./gdb/gdb[0x15489b8] ./gdb/gdb[0x9b794d] ./gdb/gdb[0x9b7a6d] ./gdb/gdb[0x9b943b] ./gdb/gdb[0x9b94a1] ./gdb/gdb[0x4175dd] /lib64/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf3)[0x7fc2ce17e1a3] ./gdb/gdb[0x4174de] --------------------- This is OK if you have access to the exact same build of GDB, you can manually map the addresses back to symbols, however, it is next to useless if all you have is a backtrace copied into a bug report. GCC uses libbacktrace for printing a backtrace when it encounters an error. In recent commits I added this library into the binutils-gdb repository, and in this commit I allow this library to be used by GDB. Now (when GDB is compiled with debug information) the backtrace looks like this: ----- Backtrace ----- 0x80ee08 gdb_internal_backtrace ../../src/gdb/event-top.c:989 0x80ef0b handle_fatal_signal ../../src/gdb/event-top.c:1036 0x7f24539dd6af ??? 0x7f2453a97a5f ??? 0x154976f gdb_wait_for_event ../../src/gdbsupport/event-loop.cc:613 0x1548b6d _Z16gdb_do_one_eventv ../../src/gdbsupport/event-loop.cc:237 0x9b7b02 start_event_loop ../../src/gdb/main.c:421 0x9b7c22 captured_command_loop ../../src/gdb/main.c:481 0x9b95f0 captured_main ../../src/gdb/main.c:1353 0x9b9656 _Z8gdb_mainP18captured_main_args ../../src/gdb/main.c:1368 0x4175ec main ../../src/gdb/gdb.c:32 --------------------- Which seems much more useful. Use of libbacktrace is optional. If GDB is configured with --disable-libbacktrace then the libbacktrace directory will not be built, and GDB will not try to use this library. In this case GDB would try to use the old backtrace and backtrace_symbols_fd API. All of the functions related to writing the backtrace of GDB itself have been moved into the new files gdb/by-utils.{c,h}.
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const auto sig_write = [] (const char *msg) -> void
{
gdb_stderr->write_async_safe (msg, strlen (msg));
};
sig_write (str_backtrace);
gdb: use libbacktrace to create a better backtrace for fatal signals GDB recently gained the ability to print a backtrace when a fatal signal is encountered. This backtrace is produced using the backtrace and backtrace_symbols_fd API available in glibc. However, in order for this API to actually map addresses to symbol names it is required that the application (GDB) be compiled with -rdynamic, which GDB is not by default. As a result, the backtrace produced often looks like this: Fatal signal: Bus error ----- Backtrace ----- ./gdb/gdb[0x80ec00] ./gdb/gdb[0x80ed56] /lib64/libc.so.6(+0x3c6b0)[0x7fc2ce1936b0] /lib64/libc.so.6(__poll+0x4f)[0x7fc2ce24da5f] ./gdb/gdb[0x15495ba] ./gdb/gdb[0x15489b8] ./gdb/gdb[0x9b794d] ./gdb/gdb[0x9b7a6d] ./gdb/gdb[0x9b943b] ./gdb/gdb[0x9b94a1] ./gdb/gdb[0x4175dd] /lib64/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf3)[0x7fc2ce17e1a3] ./gdb/gdb[0x4174de] --------------------- This is OK if you have access to the exact same build of GDB, you can manually map the addresses back to symbols, however, it is next to useless if all you have is a backtrace copied into a bug report. GCC uses libbacktrace for printing a backtrace when it encounters an error. In recent commits I added this library into the binutils-gdb repository, and in this commit I allow this library to be used by GDB. Now (when GDB is compiled with debug information) the backtrace looks like this: ----- Backtrace ----- 0x80ee08 gdb_internal_backtrace ../../src/gdb/event-top.c:989 0x80ef0b handle_fatal_signal ../../src/gdb/event-top.c:1036 0x7f24539dd6af ??? 0x7f2453a97a5f ??? 0x154976f gdb_wait_for_event ../../src/gdbsupport/event-loop.cc:613 0x1548b6d _Z16gdb_do_one_eventv ../../src/gdbsupport/event-loop.cc:237 0x9b7b02 start_event_loop ../../src/gdb/main.c:421 0x9b7c22 captured_command_loop ../../src/gdb/main.c:481 0x9b95f0 captured_main ../../src/gdb/main.c:1353 0x9b9656 _Z8gdb_mainP18captured_main_args ../../src/gdb/main.c:1368 0x4175ec main ../../src/gdb/gdb.c:32 --------------------- Which seems much more useful. Use of libbacktrace is optional. If GDB is configured with --disable-libbacktrace then the libbacktrace directory will not be built, and GDB will not try to use this library. In this case GDB would try to use the old backtrace and backtrace_symbols_fd API. All of the functions related to writing the backtrace of GDB itself have been moved into the new files gdb/by-utils.{c,h}.
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if (gdb_stderr->fd () > -1)
gdb_internal_backtrace_1 ();
else
sig_write (str_backtrace_unavailable);
gdb: use libbacktrace to create a better backtrace for fatal signals GDB recently gained the ability to print a backtrace when a fatal signal is encountered. This backtrace is produced using the backtrace and backtrace_symbols_fd API available in glibc. However, in order for this API to actually map addresses to symbol names it is required that the application (GDB) be compiled with -rdynamic, which GDB is not by default. As a result, the backtrace produced often looks like this: Fatal signal: Bus error ----- Backtrace ----- ./gdb/gdb[0x80ec00] ./gdb/gdb[0x80ed56] /lib64/libc.so.6(+0x3c6b0)[0x7fc2ce1936b0] /lib64/libc.so.6(__poll+0x4f)[0x7fc2ce24da5f] ./gdb/gdb[0x15495ba] ./gdb/gdb[0x15489b8] ./gdb/gdb[0x9b794d] ./gdb/gdb[0x9b7a6d] ./gdb/gdb[0x9b943b] ./gdb/gdb[0x9b94a1] ./gdb/gdb[0x4175dd] /lib64/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf3)[0x7fc2ce17e1a3] ./gdb/gdb[0x4174de] --------------------- This is OK if you have access to the exact same build of GDB, you can manually map the addresses back to symbols, however, it is next to useless if all you have is a backtrace copied into a bug report. GCC uses libbacktrace for printing a backtrace when it encounters an error. In recent commits I added this library into the binutils-gdb repository, and in this commit I allow this library to be used by GDB. Now (when GDB is compiled with debug information) the backtrace looks like this: ----- Backtrace ----- 0x80ee08 gdb_internal_backtrace ../../src/gdb/event-top.c:989 0x80ef0b handle_fatal_signal ../../src/gdb/event-top.c:1036 0x7f24539dd6af ??? 0x7f2453a97a5f ??? 0x154976f gdb_wait_for_event ../../src/gdbsupport/event-loop.cc:613 0x1548b6d _Z16gdb_do_one_eventv ../../src/gdbsupport/event-loop.cc:237 0x9b7b02 start_event_loop ../../src/gdb/main.c:421 0x9b7c22 captured_command_loop ../../src/gdb/main.c:481 0x9b95f0 captured_main ../../src/gdb/main.c:1353 0x9b9656 _Z8gdb_mainP18captured_main_args ../../src/gdb/main.c:1368 0x4175ec main ../../src/gdb/gdb.c:32 --------------------- Which seems much more useful. Use of libbacktrace is optional. If GDB is configured with --disable-libbacktrace then the libbacktrace directory will not be built, and GDB will not try to use this library. In this case GDB would try to use the old backtrace and backtrace_symbols_fd API. All of the functions related to writing the backtrace of GDB itself have been moved into the new files gdb/by-utils.{c,h}.
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sig_write ("---------------------\n");
#endif
gdb: use libbacktrace to create a better backtrace for fatal signals GDB recently gained the ability to print a backtrace when a fatal signal is encountered. This backtrace is produced using the backtrace and backtrace_symbols_fd API available in glibc. However, in order for this API to actually map addresses to symbol names it is required that the application (GDB) be compiled with -rdynamic, which GDB is not by default. As a result, the backtrace produced often looks like this: Fatal signal: Bus error ----- Backtrace ----- ./gdb/gdb[0x80ec00] ./gdb/gdb[0x80ed56] /lib64/libc.so.6(+0x3c6b0)[0x7fc2ce1936b0] /lib64/libc.so.6(__poll+0x4f)[0x7fc2ce24da5f] ./gdb/gdb[0x15495ba] ./gdb/gdb[0x15489b8] ./gdb/gdb[0x9b794d] ./gdb/gdb[0x9b7a6d] ./gdb/gdb[0x9b943b] ./gdb/gdb[0x9b94a1] ./gdb/gdb[0x4175dd] /lib64/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf3)[0x7fc2ce17e1a3] ./gdb/gdb[0x4174de] --------------------- This is OK if you have access to the exact same build of GDB, you can manually map the addresses back to symbols, however, it is next to useless if all you have is a backtrace copied into a bug report. GCC uses libbacktrace for printing a backtrace when it encounters an error. In recent commits I added this library into the binutils-gdb repository, and in this commit I allow this library to be used by GDB. Now (when GDB is compiled with debug information) the backtrace looks like this: ----- Backtrace ----- 0x80ee08 gdb_internal_backtrace ../../src/gdb/event-top.c:989 0x80ef0b handle_fatal_signal ../../src/gdb/event-top.c:1036 0x7f24539dd6af ??? 0x7f2453a97a5f ??? 0x154976f gdb_wait_for_event ../../src/gdbsupport/event-loop.cc:613 0x1548b6d _Z16gdb_do_one_eventv ../../src/gdbsupport/event-loop.cc:237 0x9b7b02 start_event_loop ../../src/gdb/main.c:421 0x9b7c22 captured_command_loop ../../src/gdb/main.c:481 0x9b95f0 captured_main ../../src/gdb/main.c:1353 0x9b9656 _Z8gdb_mainP18captured_main_args ../../src/gdb/main.c:1368 0x4175ec main ../../src/gdb/gdb.c:32 --------------------- Which seems much more useful. Use of libbacktrace is optional. If GDB is configured with --disable-libbacktrace then the libbacktrace directory will not be built, and GDB will not try to use this library. In this case GDB would try to use the old backtrace and backtrace_symbols_fd API. All of the functions related to writing the backtrace of GDB itself have been moved into the new files gdb/by-utils.{c,h}.
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}