[lldb-dev] lldb does not permit memory reads when target is running

[Matthew Gardiner]

Hi folks,

http://lldb.llvm.org/tutorial.html states:

"
The commands that currently work while running include interrupting the 
process to halt execution ("process interrupt"), getting the process 
status ("process status"), breakpoint setting and clearing (" breakpoint 
[set|clear|enable|disable|list] ..."), and memory reading and writing (" 
memory [read|write] ...").
"

However, I tried to read memory when my (embedded harvard arch) target 
is running:

(lldb) target list
Current targets:
* target #0: 
/home/mg11/src/main/devtools/main/heracles/csrgdbserver/test/examples/simple/kalgsd5te.elf 
( arch=unknown--linux, platform=host, pid=1, state=running )
(lldb) memory read 0x1000 --count 4
error: Process is running.  Use 'process interrupt' to pause execution.
(lldb)


Does my observation reflect a documentation or coding bug?

thanks
Matthew Gardiner



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