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diff --git a/_notes/gdb.md b/_notes/gdb.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5e649ea --- /dev/null +++ b/_notes/gdb.md @@ -0,0 +1,133 @@ +--- +title: GDB +subtitle: cheat sheet +links: + - {rel: stylesheet, href: 'assets/css/gdb.css'} +--- +Core dumps +---------- + +* Where are my core dumps? + + cat /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern + +* Put core dumps in a directory: + + mkdir /coredumps + chmod 0777 /coredumps + echo '/coredumps/core.%e.%p' | tee /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern + +* Still no dumps :-( + + ulimit -c unlimited + +* If dumps are piped to systemd-coredump, you can examine them using +`coredumpctl`. + + <div markdown="1" class="table-responsive"> + | List dumps | `coredumpctl` + | Debug the last dump | `coredumpctl gdb` + | Extract the last dump | `coredumpctl dump -o core` + {: .table .table-bordered .table-condensed } + </div> + +.gdbinit +-------- + + # Without these, gdb is hardly usable: + set pagination off + set confirm off + set print pretty on + + # Save history: + set history save on + set history filename ~/.gdb-history + set history size 10000 + +Basics +------ + +<div markdown="1" class="table-responsive"> + +| Run | `r` +| Continue | `c` +| Create breakpoint | `b FUNC` +| List breakpoints | `i b` +| Disable breakpoint | `dis N` +| Enable breakpoint | `en N` +| Delete breakpoint | `d N` +| Call stack | `bt` +| Call stack: all threads | `thread apply all bt` +| Go to frame | `f N` +| Disassemble | `disas FUNC` +| Step over line | `n` +| Step over instruction | `si` +| Step out of frame | `fin` +{: .table .table-bordered .table-condensed } + +</div> + +Hint: put this in your ~/.gdbinit and use `bta` as a shortcut: + + define bta + thread apply all backtrace + end + +Data inspection +--------------- + +<div markdown="1" class="table-responsive"> + +| Disassemble 5 instructions | `x/5i 0xdeadbeef` +| Print a 64-bit address | `x/1xg 0xdeadbeef` +| Print a 32-bit address | `x/1xw 0xdeadbeef` +| Print anything | `p sa->__sigaction_handler.sa_handler` +| Describe a type | `ptype struct sigaction` +| Describe a type with offsets | `ptype /o struct sigaction` +| Disassemble all code sections | `objdump -d /proc/self/exe` +| Disassemble a single section | `objdump -d -j .init /proc/self/exe` +| Display the section contents | `objdump -s -j .data /proc/self/exe` +{: .table .table-bordered .table-condensed } + +</div> + +Hint: put this in your ~/.gdbinit: + + define xxd + dump binary memory /tmp/dump.bin $arg0 ((char *)$arg0)+$arg1 + shell xxd -groupsize 1 /tmp/dump.bin + shell rm -f /tmp/dump.bin + end + +You can then use `xxd ADDR LEN` to display, in my opinion, the best formatting +for memory dumps: + + (gdb) xxd main 24 + 00000000: f3 0f 1e fa 41 57 41 89 ff bf 05 00 00 00 41 56 ....AWA.......AV + 00000010: 49 89 f6 41 55 41 54 55 I..AUATU + +Debuginfod +---------- + +If your distribution provides a Debuginfod server, use it! +For example, see [Arch], [Debian], [Fedora]. +In ~/.gdbinit, add + + set debuginfod enabled on + +[Arch]: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Debuginfod +[Debian]: https://wiki.debian.org/Debuginfod +[Fedora]: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Debuginfod + + +Intel syntax +------------ + +This is just me being a baby duck. +In ~/.gdbinit: + + set disassembly-flavor intel + +With `objdump`: + + objdump -Mintel -d /proc/self/exe |