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From: Michael Snyder <msnyder@redhat.com>
To: Kiranmaye Gannabathula <kiranmaye.gannabathula@powervr.com>
Cc: "'gdb@sources.redhat.com'" <gdb@sources.redhat.com>
Subject: Re: Static variables incorrect address
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 16:23:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3C9A7705.766C7E86@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E821125BE8B4D5119E7E00A0C94BF0AD2158A6@smtp1.videologic.co.uk>

Kiranmaye Gannabathula wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> I have a problem with the global static variables in gdb.
> 
> For a C program as below
> 
> static int Data = 9;
> 
> int Func1(void)
> {
>         return Data;
> }
> 
> if i compile this with debug info and run it under gdb, when i breakpoint on
> the variable Data and try to print its value i get some value and
> if i look at the address
> p /x Data
> i get some invalid address.

I believe you want to say "p /x &Data".
Otherwise you will be looking at memory at an address
determined by the value of the variable "Data".


  parent reply	other threads:[~2002-03-22  0:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-03-21  9:18 Kiranmaye Gannabathula
2002-03-21 11:34 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-03-21 16:23 ` Michael Snyder [this message]
2002-03-21 17:11 Salman Khilji

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