Sending this to "gcc" since I got no help from sending it to "gcc-help"
--- On Sun, 8/8/10, Jeff Saremi <jeffsar...@yahoo.com> wrote: > From: Jeff Saremi <jeffsar...@yahoo.com> > Subject: Debugging plugins with gdb > To: gcc-h...@gcc.gnu.org > Date: Sunday, August 8, 2010, 9:52 AM > I'd like to step into my plugin to > see if I can debug it. My plugin currently causes gcc to > crash. > Trying to use "break execute_xxxxx" command in > "add-symbol-file myplugin.so" but neither of them work. The > first one complains that "function not defined" and the 2nd > one says that "the address where xxxx.so has been loaded is > missing". > Try run with the arugments did not help either. After gcc > returns, it has unloaded the shared libraries. > I'd appreciate if anyone would share his experience in > successfully debugging a plugin. thanks > jeff >
