RTEMS GNU Tools On-Line Library

Annotations

Debugging with GDB

Chapter 18: GDB Annotations

This chapter describes annotations in GDB. Annotations are designed to interface GDB to graphical user interfaces or other similar programs which want to interact with GDB at a relatively high level.

Annotations Overview What annotations are; the general syntax.

Server Prefix Issuing a command without affecting user state.

Value Annotations Values are marked as such.

Frame Annotations Stack frames are annotated.

Displays GDB can be told to display something periodically.

Prompting Annotations marking GDB's need for input.

Errors Annotations for error messages.

Breakpoint Info Information on breakpoints.

Invalidation Some annotations describe things now invalid.

Annotations for Running Whether the program is running, how it stopped, etc.

Source Annotations Annotations describing source code.

TODO Annotations which might be added in the future.

Debugging with GDB