[cfe-dev] GDB on LLVM-clang

[David Blaikie via cfe-dev]

On Wed, Jun 17, 2020 at 1:39 PM Keane, Erich <erich.keane at intel.com> wrote:
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> I don't think this is necessary anymore!  We aren't forking the cc1 in a separate process anymore I think.

I /think/ that change is only on Windows - I /think/ Clang on Linux
still runs a separate driver and frontend?

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Blaikie <dblaikie at gmail.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2020 1:38 PM
> To: Keane, Erich <erich.keane at intel.com>
> Cc: cfe-dev at lists.llvm.org
> Subject: Re: [cfe-dev] GDB on LLVM-clang
>
> yep, just like any other program/debugger
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> You do have to be careful about debugging the clang driver versus the clang frontend - either run clang -### and run the resulting -cc1 command line under the debugger, or set "fork-follow-mode child" to have the debugger follow the frontend process from the driver process.
> (I usually do the former)
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> On Wed, Jun 17, 2020 at 1:25 PM Keane, Erich via cfe-dev <cfe-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
> >
> > I’m not sure we have a guide anywhere, but its just like debugging any other program with GDB.  Make sure you’ve built with debug symbols, and have at it.  There are some tips (many things have a .dump method that prints some interesting info, and we also have some pretty-printers for gdb in llvm/utils/gdb-scripts/prettyprinters.py), but otherwise you just use GDB like normal.
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> >
> >
> > From: cfe-dev <cfe-dev-bounces at lists.llvm.org> On Behalf Of
> > Gousemoodhin Nadaf via cfe-dev
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2020 1:22 PM
> > To: cfe-dev at lists.llvm.org
> > Subject: [cfe-dev] GDB on LLVM-clang
> >
> >
> >
> > Hello Team,
> > I would like to know that Is it possible to debug LLVM-clang with GDB?
> > If yes, please point out the steps or wiki page.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Nadaf.
> >
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