Hey,
I have major issue with GNU gdb (GDB) SUSE (6.8.50.20090302-1.5.18).
It takes ages to print the value of a nested symbol and hitting Ctrl-C has no effect. Do you know the reason? Is there any workaround?
Thanks
A:
Is it blocking on some network input, i.e. is it a library call waiting for the kernel to answer?
Have you tried debugging it from root? (careful here)
Can you set a watchpoint so that it will break before the culprit line?
Can you paste some code, too? :)
lorenzog
2010-09-15 13:51:17
Hi lorenzog. I cannot post code here. I am assuming that the problem is on gdb,g++ or evern compile flags. I am facing the problem after the gdb upgrade.
cateof
2010-09-15 13:57:09
Ok then it might be a gdb quirk. Quickest thing to do would be to try an older version and see what happens, then trying getting the latest patches from svn and compile your own. I also recommend reading the description of what changed in gdb lately.. worst case scenario you will end up learning something new.
lorenzog
2010-09-15 14:00:47
A:
Try GDB 7.2. There have been many fixes since 6.8, e.g.
2009-07-23 Paul Pluzhnikov <[email protected]>
* symtab.c (search_symbols): Add QUIT.
The fix above should make Control-C work. Other fixes sped up searching for symbols, so you may not have a reason to hit Control-C in the first place :-)
Employed Russian
2010-09-15 15:41:26