Thanks, I'll give it a try.

Now, about getting an actual core dump, docs [1] say process.abort
will generate one.

$ node -e 'process.abort()'
Aborted (core dumped)

$ ls -a
./  ../

Should I file this as a bug?

[1] http://nodejs.org/api/process.html#process_process_abort

danmilon.

On 02/01/2013 01:21 PM, Ben Noordhuis wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 12:39 AM, Dan Milon <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>> 
>> I was wondering if it is possible to use a core dump from a node 
>> process running on linux as a post mortem debugging mechanism.
>> 
>> Would smartos' MDB understand a core dump coming from a linux
>> machine?
>> 
>> Thanks, danmilon.
> 
> The people at Joyent added V8 smarts to mdb as a plugin but I
> don't know if it still works.
> 
> It's possible that mdb understands Linux core dumps but I expect
> it doesn't.  A core dump is an ELF file in disguise and about as 
> portable.
> 
> On a tangential note, there's built-in gdbjit support.  It's not 
> perfect but it's functional enough to print JS function names in
> stack traces.
> 
> $ ./configure --debug --gdb $ make <snip> $ gdb --args
> out/Debug/node --gdbjit tmp/net-connect.js (gdb) break
> uv_tcp_connect Breakpoint 1 at 0xb92ca0: file
> ../../deps/uv/src/uv-common.c, line 245. (gdb) run Starting
> program: /home/bnoordhuis/src/nodejs/master/out/Debug/node --gdbjit
> tmp/net-connect.js Breakpoint 1, uv_tcp_connect (req=0x13870c0,
> handle=0x137a690, address=..., cb=0x72efa6
> <node::TCPWrap::AfterConnect(uv_connect_s*, int)>) at
> ../../deps/uv/src/uv-common.c:245 245       if (handle->type !=
> UV_TCP || address.sin_family != AF_INET) { (gdb) bt #0
> uv_tcp_connect (req=0x13870c0, handle=0x137a690, address=..., 
> cb=0x72efa6 <node::TCPWrap::AfterConnect(uv_connect_s*, int)>) at 
> ../../deps/uv/src/uv-common.c:245 #1  0x000000000072f3d4 in
> node::TCPWrap::Connect (args=...) at ../../src/tcp_wrap.cc:379 #2
> 0x00000000007c1cea in v8::internal::HandleApiCallHelper<false> 
> (args=..., isolate=0x1300070) at
> ../../deps/v8/src/builtins.cc:1372 #3  0x00000000007bc634 in
> v8::internal::Builtin_Impl_HandleApiCall (args=...,
> isolate=0x1300070) at ../../deps/v8/src/builtins.cc:1390 #4
> 0x00000000007bc605 in v8::internal::Builtin_HandleApiCall 
> (args=..., isolate=0x1300070) at
> ../../deps/v8/src/builtins.cc:1389 #5  0x000002a75ec0654e in ?? () 
> #6  0x000002a75ec150b8 in ?? () #7  0x000002a75ec064a1 in ?? () #8
> 0x00007fffffffd3d0 in ?? () #9  0x00007fffffffd438 in ?? () #10
> 0x000002a75ec6f9b8 in connect (self=..., address=..., port=..., 
> addressType=..., localAddress=...) at net.js:703 Backtrace stopped:
> previous frame inner to this frame (corrupt stack?)
> 

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