How to make gdb show the orignal non-mangling function name on diassembly model?

Question

void outputString(const char *str) {
  cout << "outputString(const char *str) : " << str << endl;
}

turns out to be

Dump of assembler code for function _Z12outputStringPKc:  
0x004013ee <_Z12outputStringPKc+0>: push   ebp  
0x004013ef <_Z12outputStringPKc+1>: mov    ebp,esp  
0x004013f1 <_Z12outputStringPKc+3>: sub    esp,0x8  
0x004013f4 <_Z12outputStringPKc+6>: mov    DWORD PTR [esp+4],0x443000  
0x004013fc <_Z12outputStringPKc+14>:    mov    DWORD PTR [esp],0x4463c0  
0x00401403 <_Z12outputStringPKc+21>:    call   0x43f6e8  <_ZStlsISt11char_traitsIcEERSt13basic_ostreamIcT_ES5_PKc>  
0x00401408 <_Z12outputStringPKc+26>:    mov    edx,DWORD PTR [ebp+8]  
0x0040140b <_Z12outputStringPKc+29>:    mov    DWORD PTR [esp+4],edx  
0x0040140f <_Z12outputStringPKc+33>:    mov    DWORD PTR [esp],eax  
0x00401412 <_Z12outputStringPKc+36>:    call  0x43f6e8 <_ZStlsISt11char_traitsIcEERSt13basic_ostreamIcT_ES5_PKc>  
0x00401417 <_Z12outputStringPKc+41>:    mov    DWORD PTR [esp+4],0x43e4c8  
0x0040141f <_Z12outputStringPKc+49>:    mov    DWORD PTR [esp],eax  
0x00401422 <_Z12outputStringPKc+52>:    call   0x42e170 <_ZNSolsEPFRSoS_E>  
0x00401427 <_Z12outputStringPKc+57>:    leave  
0x00401428 <_Z12outputStringPKc+58>:    ret    
End of assembler dump.

All the disassemblies show only the manglinged function names,but its not eaiser for programmer to de-mangling and get the orignal function names with the bother to typing info symbol address for each mangling name met,so are there any methods that could make gdb show non-mangling function names on assembly model?

thanks.

Answer 1

I don't remember ever finding an automatic way for gdb to do it. I always just copied and pasted the symbol and ran it through the Linux c++filt utility to demangle.

Answer 2

You could do maint demangle _ZStlsISt11char_traitsIcEERSt13basic_ostreamIcT_ES5_PKc at the (gdb) prompt.

The manual says:

`set print asm-demangle'
`set print asm-demangle on'
     Print C++ names in their source form rather than their mangled
     form, even in assembler code printouts such as instruction
     disassemblies.  The default is off.

Unfortunately, it doesn't appear to work:

(gdb) set print asm-demangle on
(gdb) disas
Dump of assembler code for function _Z12outputStringPKc:
0x00000000004009c4 <outputString(char const*)+0>:   push   %rbp
0x00000000004009c5 <outputString(char const*)+1>:   mov    %rsp,%rbp
0x00000000004009c8 <outputString(char const*)+4>:   sub    $0x10,%rsp
0x00000000004009cc <outputString(char const*)+8>:   mov    %rdi,-0x8(%rbp)
0x00000000004009d0 <outputString(char const*)+12>:  mov    $0x400bb0,%esi
0x00000000004009d5 <outputString(char const*)+17>:  mov    $0x6012a0,%edi
0x00000000004009da <outputString(char const*)+22>:  callq  0x400798 <_ZStlsISt11char_traitsIcEERSt13basic_ostreamIcT_ES5_PKc@plt>
0x00000000004009df <outputString(char const*)+27>:  mov    %rax,%rdi
0x00000000004009e2 <outputString(char const*)+30>:  mov    -0x8(%rbp),%rsi
0x00000000004009e6 <outputString(char const*)+34>:  callq  0x400798 <_ZStlsISt11char_traitsIcEERSt13basic_ostreamIcT_ES5_PKc@plt>
0x00000000004009eb <outputString(char const*)+39>:  mov    %rax,%rdi
0x00000000004009ee <outputString(char const*)+42>:  mov    $0x4007c8,%esi
0x00000000004009f3 <outputString(char const*)+47>:  callq  0x4007b8 <_ZNSolsEPFRSoS_E@plt>
0x00000000004009f8 <outputString(char const*)+52>:  leaveq 
0x00000000004009f9 <outputString(char const*)+53>:  retq   
End of assembler dump.

The setting changed how the current function is printed, but not how the functions it calls are printed (which is what I assume you are after).

I think that is a bug in GDB, please file a bug in bugzilla.