[lug] gdb & pthreads

[Kevin King]

Exactly what I needed -- thanks so much!

--Kevin
kevin at precisonline.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Weinert <kenw at ihs.com>
To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us <lug at lug.boulder.co.us>
Date: Wednesday, July 19, 2000 1:31 PM
Subject: Re: [lug] gdb & pthreads


>ulimit -c unlimited
>
>ulimit is probably set to 0 for core files since "normal" users
don't
>require them, know what they are, etc and they just eat up disk
space
>(sometimes a *lot* of disk space) if you just leave them around.
>
>* Kevin King (kevin at precisonline.com) [000719 19:27]:
>> I am compiling w/ -g, but I still do not get a core file.
Anything
>> else come to mind?
>>
>> (Caldera OL 2.2)
>>
>> --Kevin
>> kevin at precisonline.com
>> http://www.precisonline.com
>> http://www.precisonline.com/gold.htm
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Rich Deeming <rdeeming at mcdata.com>
>> To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us <lug at lug.boulder.co.us>
>> Date: Wednesday, July 19, 2000 10:54 AM
>> Subject: Re: [lug] gdb & pthreads
>>
>>
>> >Compile with -g option.
>> >Here is a link that I have found to be very useful.
>> >http://www.pi.infn.it/ASISdoc/GNU.LANG/gdb-4.16/gdb_toc.html
>> >
>> >Rich
>> >
>> >Kevin King wrote:
>> >
>> >> For some reason I am not getting a core file.  Could you tell
me
>> how
>> >> to enable this on Caldera 2.2?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks.
>> >>
>> >> --Kevin
>> >> kevin at precisonline.com
>> >> http://www.precisonline.com
>> >> http://www.precisonline.com/gold.htm
>> >>
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: Rich Deeming <rdeeming at mcdata.com>
>> >> To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us <lug at lug.boulder.co.us>
>> >> Date: Wednesday, July 19, 2000 9:03 AM
>> >> Subject: Re: [lug] gdb & pthreads
>> >>
>> >> >When the program seg faults are you generating a core file?
>> >> >If so $gdb progname -c core should give you the location of
>> >> >where the fault occurs.
>> >> >
>> >> >Rich
>> >> >
>> >> >Kevin King wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> I have created and am testing a multithreaded program which
seg
>> >> >> faults under load.  I'm trying to trace the fault using gdb,
>> but
>> >> gdb
>> >> >> stops when the first subordinate thread terminates.  The
main
>> >> thread
>> >> >> continues running (though it is effectively a zombie) and
needs
>> to
>> >> be
>> >> >> killed manually.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> This gdb was specifically downloaded from the Caldera site
>> because
>> >> it
>> >> >> has pthreads support, but if I can't trace into the
threads --
>> or
>> >> at
>> >> >> least keep the debugger running after the first thread
>> terminates,
>> >> >> it's not of much use.  Does anyone happen to have any advice
or
>> >> ideas
>> >> >> of options or something w/ gdb which will allow me to use it
to
>> >> trace
>> >> >> this fault?  Or perhaps some other tool?  Or is there
perhaps a
>> >> >> compiler option to enable extended information on a fault?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Thanks!
>> >> >>
>> >> >> --Kevin
>> >> >> kevin at precisonline.com
>> >> >> http://www.precisonline.com
>> >> >> http://www.precisonline.com/gold.htm
>> >> >>
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