Re: How to set a breakpoint on imported Win32 function?

[Luis Machado <luis.machado@linaro.org>]

On 1/16/20 2:16 PM, Ruslan Kabatsayev wrote:
> On Thu, 16 Jan 2020 at 17:53, Luis Machado <luis.machado@linaro.org> wrote:
>>
>> On 1/15/20 7:42 PM, Ruslan Kabatsayev wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I have a program without any debug info, which has an import table
>>> with some functions imported by name. E.g. kernel32!ExitProcess is
>>> imported, and the debugger should know its name and address.
>>>
>>> But whenever I run GDB (from mingw-w64) with my test exe and try to
>>> set breakpoint on ExitProcess, GDB complains that no symbol table is
>>> loaded and asks if I want it set on future library load. After I agree
>>> and let the debuggee run, the debuggee exits without any trap
>>> (although it does exit via this exact function).
>>>
>>> OTOH, on Linux I can set a breakpoint on e.g. exit, which gets located
>>> in /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 for which I don't have any debug
>>> symbols, and the breakpoint successfully traps.
>>>
>>> So, how can I set a breakpoint on an imported function in Windows? Or
>>> is the handling of PE import table to fill GDB's symbol table not
>>> implemented?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Ruslan
>>>
>>
>> Given what you described, i think GDB doesn't know how to properly
>> locate that symbol. Can you at least see the symbol somewhere, in
>> disassemble output for example?
> 
> No, apparently GDB doesn't indeed know about this symbol. The
> disassembly (both at the call site and in the function itself) simply
> shows the address, without any hints about symbols.
> Has this ever worked on Windows GDB? Or was it simply not implemented?
> 

I'm not well versed in GDB on Windows, so i'm not so sure. It could be both.

I've cc-ed Eli, who tends to touch more mingw stuff.