Re: multithreaded remote debugging

[Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@mvista.com>]

On Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 12:29:16PM +0100, Frank van Eijkelenburg wrote:
> Hi, I'm new to gdb. I try to remote debug an application:
> 
> I have a linux machine with redhat installed (2.4.7-10), this is the host.
> On the target an ARM processor is running with linux kernel 2.4.16. I
> compiled gdb on the host (with target arm-linux). I also cross-compiled
> gdbserver. My application (which I want to debug) is compiled with compiler
> option -g. I can start the gdbserver on the target and gdb on the host and
> have a connection by tcp/ip. The application is multithreaded and uses the
> libpthread library. If I ignore the SIG32 signal (with "handle SIG32 nostop"
> and "handle SIG32 noprint") I can run the application. However, if I try to
> execute "info threads" I only get information about one thread (the main
> thread??). I can put breakpoints in the main thread and step through the
> code, but if I put a breakpoint in another thread, the debugger will stop,
> but I cannot step through the code:
> 
> Program received signal SIGTRAP, Trace/breakpoint trap.
> 0x400ab2e4 in ?? ()
> (gdb) n
> Cannot find bounds of current function
> 
> What do I wrong or is it not possible to step through the code of other
> threads beside the main thread?

You neglected to say what version you're using.  We only got support
for remote thread debugging between GDB 5.2 and 5.3; if you aren't
using 5.3, you should try it.


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Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software                         Debian GNU/Linux Developer