Re: Debugging agent library

[Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@polymtl.ca>]

Hi Yao,

On 7 May 2013 03:33, Yao Qi <yao@codesourcery.com> wrote:
> Hello,
> Suchakra,
>
>
> On 05/07/2013 03:21 AM, Suchakra Sharma wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> We tried to find out how to use the debugging agent library here [1] but
>> were unsuccessful. As of now, we have built a test app linked to dagent
>
>
> It would be nice if you post some details about how you use dagent and the
> error message you got.
>
>
>> which creates a socket file and expects commands. We wish to use it with
>> GDB as well as other applications to primarily objective of tracing
>> using GDB's fast tracepoint infra. Any help in this regard will be
>> appreciated.
>>
>> [1] https://github.com/MentorEmbedded/Debug-Agent-Library/wiki
>>
>
> I checked out the wiki and realize that the existing documentation has an
> assumption that readers are much familiar with GDB and GDB tracepoint.  The
> session below shows how to install fast tracepoint through dagent.
>
> In one console, start the program in GDBserver,
>
> $ LD_PRELOAD=/install/lib/libdagent.so ./gdbserver/gdbserver :1234
> ./testsuite/gdb.base/break
>
> In the other console, start GDB and connect to GDBserver,
>
> $ ./gdb ./testsuite/gdb.base/break
> (gdb) target remote :1234
> (gdb) b main
> (gdb) c
>
> (gdb) b marker4  // set breakpoint to make sure program doesn't exit
> (gdb) ftrace *0x0804851e // set fast tracepoint at certain address
> (gdb) set agent on   // enable agent
> (gdb) tstart         // start tracing

tstart here gives me the error:

(gdb) tstart
Target returns error code '.In-process agent library not loaded in
process.  Fast and static tracepoints unavailable.'

I compiled my small app using (libdagent.so is already in my ld search path):
$ gcc test.c -Wall -g -ldagent -O0

I run the gdbserver using:
$ LD_PRELOAD=/usr/local/lib/libdagent.so gdbserver :1234 ./a.out

Then I use the same commands as you have shown in your example. info
sharedlibrary shows that the agent is loaded:

(gdb) info sharedlibrary
From                To                  Syms Read   Shared Object Library
0x00007ffff7dddb00  0x00007ffff7df685b  Yes (*)     /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
0x00007ffff7bd38c0  0x00007ffff7bd8e38  Yes         /usr/local/lib/libdagent.so
0x00007ffff785ba20  0x00007ffff797c72c  Yes (*)     /lib64/libc.so.6
0x00007ffff7625660  0x00007ffff7630eb8  Yes (*)     /lib64/libpthread.so.0

Is there something I am missing here?

> (gdb) c
> (gdb) tstop          // stop tracing
> (gdb) tfind          // examine the trace frames tracepoint collects
> Found trace frame 0, tracepoint 3
> #0  main (argc=<unavailable>, argv=<unavailable>, envp=<unavailable>) at
> ../../../../git/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/break.c:94
> 94          marker1 ();  /* set breakpoint 11 here */
>
> Let me know if you get something else or obviously wrong.
>
> --
> Yao (齐尧)

Also, is it possible to write our own application to control tracing,
instead of using GDB? I guess we would need to talk to the agent using
the IPA protocol, is that right?

Thanks !

Simon