More gdb fail
Sep. 14th, 2009 09:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
This set of commands, run in a fresh gdb instance and intended to set a conditional watchpoint, results in gdb segfaulting leaving an orphaned debuggee running:
(gdb) watch function::variable if function::variable == 0xff
(gdb) run
This set of commands, again in a fresh gdb instance, works:
(gdb) info address variable
(gdb) info address function::variable
(gdb) whatis variable
(gdb) whatis function::variable
(gdb) watch function::variable if function::variable == 0xff
(gdb) run
Discuss.
(gdb) watch function::variable if function::variable == 0xff
(gdb) run
This set of commands, again in a fresh gdb instance, works:
(gdb) info address variable
(gdb) info address function::variable
(gdb) whatis variable
(gdb) whatis function::variable
(gdb) watch function::variable if function::variable == 0xff
(gdb) run
Discuss.