[LLVMdev] About debug in LLVM!!!

[Sanjiv Gupta]

Do you want to debug the native executables generated by your back-end?
What debug info format your native executables support?
In general, this is how it works for that case.

1. clang-cc -g generates required debug info in the .bc file.
2. The backend (llc) converts that to Dwarf (or something else as 
desired by that back-end).
3. Native debuggers like (gdb) understands Dwarf and provide source 
level debugging eventually.

- Sanjiv

Rudskyy wrote:
>
> Hi all LLVMdev!
>
> Here is a question:
>
> I try to understand how I can realize a debugging in LLVM!?
>
> I have written a back end for my target and now I need a debug.
>
> I asked developers Chris Lattner and Robert L. Bocchino. They 
> recommend me ask the LLVMdev.
>
> Is there a tool like "llvm-db" about Robert said?
>
> Here a mail from Robert:
>
> _On Jun 29, 2009, at 17:14 PM, Robert L. Bocchino Jr wrote:_
>
> Hi Artem,
>
> Thanks for your interest in LLVM. I haven't ever used LLVM for 
> source-level debugging. From scanning that page 
> (SourceLevelDebugging.html) it seems to describe the format that LLVM 
> bytecode uses to encode debug information, but it doesn't say anything 
> about what tool to use or how to use it to actually to the debugging. 
> I think gdb would not work with this, because gdb doesn't understand 
> anything about the LLVM bytecode representation -- you'd need some 
> gdb-like tool that works with LLVM this way. I seem to recall there 
> was a tool "llvm-db" but I don't see that described on the site now. I 
> think your best bet is to email llvm-dev with this question, or maybe 
> ask Chris Lattner or Jim Laskey (the authors of the debug info 
> document) to point you in the right direction.
>
> Rob
>
> _On Jun 26, 2009, at 1:21 PM, Rudskyy wrote:_
>
> /Hallo, Robert L. Bocchino Jr.!///
>
> /I have found you in LLVM Developers page 
> (http://llvm.org/developers.cgi).///
>
> /First thank you for all of your work with LLVM.///
>
> / ///
>
> /About:///
>
> /I work with the **LLVM** Compiler Infrastructure to implement a 
> backend for specific processor xPEC of chip NetX 
> (http://hilscher.com/netx...html <http://hilscher.com/netx.html>).///
>
> /So C-code already possible compile to the native xPEC assembly code 
> (works perfect! LLWM a big power!).///
>
> /Now I need to debug the source C-code, that I compile for 
> xPEC-processor. I have read the article “Source Level Debugging with 
> LLVM” (http://llvm.org/docs/SourceLevelDebugging.html), where were 
> described that is possible to use debugger GDB. Wonderful! I have 
> found much information about GDB (of coursehttp://sourceware.org/gdb/ 
> ) and it has a debugging of remote programs.///
>
> /Problem:///
>
> /I don’t understand how must be compiled the C-code with “llvm-gcc”. 
> Wenn I use option “-emit-llvm” [backend needs it] of course with “-g” 
> and “-O0”, then GDB can’t find a symbol table in bc-file. Where will 
> place “llvm-gcc” the symbol table for DGB? Perhaps, must GDB knows the 
> architecture of processor? If yes, so where it must be written? I have 
> many questions and need some help.///
>
> /Do you can help me what must I read and search ore recommend somebody 
> to can?///
>
> / ///
>
> /Best regards,///
>
> /Artem Rudskyy///
>
> /http://www...uni-magdeburg.de/ieat/robotslab/ 
> <http://www.uni-magdeburg.de/ieat/robotslab/>///
>
> /http://www.uni-magdeburg.de////
>
> Robert L. Bocchino Jr.
>
> Ph.D. Student
>
> University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
>
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