It’s been a while since i was close to this code, so adding people who have been in there more recently
On Thu, Jul 5, 2018 at 1:12 PM Salahuddin Khan <sjk...@outlook.com> wrote: > Hi Zachary, > > > > Ahh ok, thanks for your quick response. > > > > I was hoping to use LLDB on Windows (to debug Go code), which I know is > DWARF based (and I thought would work on Windows), but since I couldn’t > seem to set a breakpoint in C/C++/Go, so I thought perhaps plug-ins weren’t > being loaded (although it’s not possible to ‘load’ a .lib file, they have > to be included during link time). > > > > However, longer term I’m also hoping to replace the kernel debugger for my > own operating system (a personal OS written from scratch) with LLDB. My OS > uses the PE file format and has PDBs too – currently compiled on Windows > using a very old version of the Windows DDK. I’m in the process of moving > to a new build system using clang. I was using DIA to some degree and > debugging from Windows, but I eventually hope to be able to debug one > system from another also running the OS, so non-Windows support would be > good. > > > > Any idea which pieces are missing on Windows? I’m probably going to start > debugging lldb to figure it out, but knowing what is needed would help > significantly. > > > > Thanks, > > Salah > > > > *From:* Zachary Turner <ztur...@google.com> > *Sent:* Thursday, July 05, 2018 12:56 PM > *To:* Salahuddin Khan <sjk...@outlook.com> > *Cc:* lldb-dev@lists.llvm.org > *Subject:* Re: [lldb-dev] How LLDB plug-ins loaded on Windows? > > > > Plugin is a bit misleading. All “plugins” are compiled into lldb. Plugins > are really just a layering abstraction. > > To answer your question, pdb works currently but is limited in > functionality. First, it only supports limited usage scenarios, and second > it requires Windows. It’s currently built on top of DIA. If you need PDB > support on non Windows it will be quite a bit of work (although there’s > people making gradual progress on it). If you need it on Windows it > basically works but you’ll have to fill in some missing pieces. Several > other people have been submitting patches in this area as well recently > > On Thu, Jul 5, 2018 at 12:47 PM Salahuddin Khan via lldb-dev < > lldb-dev@lists.llvm.org> wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I’m somewhat puzzled by the plug-ins in LLDB, specifically on Windows. > > > > When examining the lib directory after building LLVM/LLDB, I noticed at > lot of lldbPlugin*.lib files. However, it’s not clear if or how these are > included in LLDB. > > > > Here’s one example: > > lldbPluginSymbolFilePDB.lib > > > > Are these compiled into lldb.exe and if so, how are they invoked? I’m > trying to determine if PDB symbols are currently working, and if not, what > would be required to make them work. > > > > Thanks, > > Salah > > _______________________________________________ > lldb-dev mailing list > lldb-dev@lists.llvm.org > http://lists.llvm.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lldb-dev > <https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flists.llvm.org%2Fcgi-bin%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Flldb-dev&data=02%7C01%7C%7C84108fc35826478eab1d08d5e2b159c4%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636664173692558759&sdata=aXv9k6HqIpZGhA3QRqpBSdFgB%2Fa4CVuwIgSRRkJZuac%3D&reserved=0> > >
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