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（ Brendan Gregg）

gdb 调试 ncurses 全过程：

发现网上的“gdb 示例”只有命令而没有对应的输出，我有点不满意。gdb 是 GNU 调试器，Linux 上的标配调试器。当我看 Greg Law 在 CppCon 2015 上的演讲《给我 15 分钟，我将改变你的对 GDB 的认知》的时候，我想起了示例输出的不足，幸运的是，这次有输出！这 15 分钟太值了。

它也启发我去分享一个完整的 gdb 调试实例，包含输出和每个步骤，甚至钻牛角尖的情况。这不是一个特别有趣或奇怪的问题，只是常规的 gdb 调试会话。但它包含了基础的东西可以勉强作为教程使用，记住 gdb 里还有很多东西我这里没用到。

我会以 root 权限运行下面的命令，因为我在调试一个工具，它需要 root 权限（目前）。需要的时候可用 sudo 获取 root 权限。你也没必要通读全篇︰我已列出每一步，你可以浏览它们找感兴趣的看。

问题概述

BPF 工具箱里的 bcc 工具集有一个对cachetop.py 的 pull 请求，它通过程序使用 top-like display 显示 page cache 的统计。太好了！然而，当我测试它时，遇到了段错误︰

./cachetop.py Segmentation fault

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./cachetop.py

Segmentation fault
注意它说的是“段错误”，不是“段错误（核心已转储）”。我想要一个核心转储文件用来调试。（核心转储文件是进程内存的拷贝 – 这个名字来源于磁芯存储器时代 – 可用调试器分析）

分析核心转储文件是一种方法，但不是调试这个问题的唯一方法。我可以在 gdb 中运行此程序，来检查这个问题。我也可以在段错误发生时，用外部追踪器去抓数据和栈帧。我们从核心转储文件入手。

解决核心转储问题

我检查一下核心转储的设置：

ulimit -c 0 # cat /proc/sys/kernel/core_patter

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ulimit -c

cat /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern

core
ulimit -c 显示核心转储文件大小的最大值，这里是零：禁止核心转储（对于本进程和它的子进程）。

/proc/…/core_pattern 仅仅被设为 “core”，表示会在当前目录下生成一个文件名为 “core” 的核心转储文件。目前这样就行了，但是我要演示如何把它设置为全局位置。

ulimit -c unlimited # mkdir /var/cores # echo “/var/cores/core.%e.%p” > /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern

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ulimit -c unlimited

mkdir /var/cores

echo “/var/cores/core.%e.%p” > /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern

你可以进一步定制 core_pattern；例如，%h 为主机名，%t 为转储的时间。这些选项被写在 Linux 内核源码 Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt中。

要使 core_pattern 保持不变，重启之后仍然有效，你可以通过设置 /etc/sysctl.conf 里的 “kernel.core_pattern” 实现。

再来一次：

./cachetop.py Segmentation fault (core dumped) # ls -lh /var/cores total 19M -rw------- 1 root root 20M Aug 7 22:15 core.python.30520 # file /var/cores/core.python.30520 /var/cores/core.python.30520: ELF 64-bit LSB core file x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), SVR4-style, from ‘python ./cachetop.py’

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./cachetop.py

Segmentation fault (core dumped)

ls -lh /var/cores

total 19M
-rw------- 1 root root 20M Aug 7 22:15 core.python.30520

file /var/cores/core.python.30520

/var/cores/core.python.30520: ELF 64-bit LSB core file x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), SVR4-style, from ‘python ./cachetop.py’
好多了：我们有了自己的核心转储文件。

启动 GDB

现在我要用 gdb 启动目标程序（用 shell 替换符，”`”，不过在你确定能用的情况下，也可指定完整路径），和核心转储文件：

gdb `which python` /var/cores/core.python.30520 GNU gdb (Ubuntu 7.11.1-0ubuntu1~16.04) 7.11.1 Copyright © 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type “show copying” and “show warranty” for details. This GDB was configured as “x86_64-linux-gnu”. Type “show configuration” for configuration details. For bug reporting instructions, please see: . Find the GDB manual and other documentation resources online at: . For help, type “help”. Type “apropos word” to search for commands related to “word”… Reading symbols from /usr/bin/python…(no debugging symbols found)…done. warning: core file may not match specified executable file. [New LWP 30520] [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] Using host libthread_db library “/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1”. warning: JITed object file architecture unknown is not compatible with target architecture i386:x86-64. Core was generated by `python ./cachetop.py’. Program terminated with signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. #0 0x00007f0a37aac40d in doupdate () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.5

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gdb `which python` /var/cores/core.python.30520

GNU gdb (Ubuntu 7.11.1-0ubuntu1~16.04) 7.11.1
Copyright © 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type “show copying”
and “show warranty” for details.
This GDB was configured as “x86_64-linux-gnu”.
Type “show configuration” for configuration details.
For bug reporting instructions, please see:
.
Find the GDB manual and other documentation resources online at:
.
For help, type “help”.
Type “apropos word” to search for commands related to “word”…
Reading symbols from /usr/bin/python…(no debugging symbols found)…done.
warning: core file may not match specified executable file.
[New LWP 30520]
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
Using host libthread_db library “/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1”.
warning: JITed object file architecture unknown is not compatible with target architecture i386:x86-64.
Core was generated by `python ./cachetop.py’.
Program terminated with signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
#0 0x00007f0a37aac40d in doupdate () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.5
最后两行很有趣：它告诉我们这个段错误发生在 libncursesw 库里 doupdate() 函数中。可以先在网上搜一下，以防这是个很常见的问题。我搜了一下，可是没发现一个常见的原因。

我已经猜到 libncursesw 是什么了，如果你对它很陌生，它在 “/lib” 目录下以 “.so.*” 结尾表明这是一个动态库文件，可能有 man 手册、网站、包描述等。

dpkg -l | grep libncursesw ii libncursesw5:amd64 6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1 amd64 shared libraries for terminal handling (wide character support)

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dpkg -l | grep libncursesw

ii libncursesw5:amd64 6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1 amd64
shared libraries for terminal handling (wide character support)
我是碰巧在 Ubuntu 上调试，但用什么 Linux发行版对使用 gdb 并没有影响。

回溯

栈回溯显示我们是如何到达失败点的，通常足够帮助我们确定常见的问题。bt （backtrace的简写）常常是我在 gdb 中使用的第一条命令：

(gdb) bt #0 0x00007f0a37aac40d in doupdate () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.5 #1 0x00007f0a37aa07e6 in wrefresh () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.5 #2 0x00007f0a37a99616 in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.5 #3 0x00007f0a37a9a325 in wgetch () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.5 #4 0x00007f0a37cc6ec3 in ?? () from /usr/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload/_curses.x86_64-linux-gnu.so #5 0x00000000004c4d5a in PyEval_EvalFrameEx () #6 0x00000000004c2e05 in PyEval_EvalCodeEx () #7 0x00000000004def08 in ?? () #8 0x00000000004b1153 in PyObject_Call () #9 0x00000000004c73ec in PyEval_EvalFrameEx () #10 0x00000000004c2e05 in PyEval_EvalCodeEx () #11 0x00000000004caf42 in PyEval_EvalFrameEx () #12 0x00000000004c2e05 in PyEval_EvalCodeEx () #13 0x00000000004c2ba9 in PyEval_EvalCode () #14 0x00000000004f20ef in ?? () #15 0x00000000004eca72 in PyRun_FileExFlags () #16 0x00000000004eb1f1 in PyRun_SimpleFileExFlags () #17 0x000000000049e18a in Py_Main () #18 0x00007f0a3be10830 in __libc_start_main (main=0x49daf0 , argc=2, argv=0x7ffd33d94838, init=, fini=, rtld_fini=, stack_end=0x7ffd33d94828) at …/csu/libc-start.c:291 #19 0x000000000049da19 in _start ()
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(gdb) bt
#0 0x00007f0a37aac40d in doupdate () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.5
#1 0x00007f0a37aa07e6 in wrefresh () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.5
#2 0x00007f0a37a99616 in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.5
#3 0x00007f0a37a9a325 in wgetch () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.5
#4 0x00007f0a37cc6ec3 in ?? () from /usr/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload/_curses.x86_64-linux-gnu.so
#5 0x00000000004c4d5a in PyEval_EvalFrameEx ()
#6 0x00000000004c2e05 in PyEval_EvalCodeEx ()
#7 0x00000000004def08 in ?? ()
#8 0x00000000004b1153 in PyObject_Call ()
#9 0x00000000004c73ec in PyEval_EvalFrameEx ()
#10 0x00000000004c2e05 in PyEval_EvalCodeEx ()
#11 0x00000000004caf42 in PyEval_EvalFrameEx ()
#12 0x00000000004c2e05 in PyEval_EvalCodeEx ()
#13 0x00000000004c2ba9 in PyEval_EvalCode ()
#14 0x00000000004f20ef in ?? ()
#15 0x00000000004eca72 in PyRun_FileExFlags ()
#16 0x00000000004eb1f1 in PyRun_SimpleFileExFlags ()
#17 0x000000000049e18a in Py_Main ()
#18 0x00007f0a3be10830 in __libc_start_main (main=0x49daf0 , argc=2, argv=0x7ffd33d94838, init=, fini=, rtld_fini=,
stack_end=0x7ffd33d94828) at …/csu/libc-start.c:291
#19 0x000000000049da19 in _start ()
从下往上，按照从父函数到子函数的顺序看。有 “??” 的地方是因为符号解析失败。遍历栈 – 用来生成栈帧 — 也会失败。在这种情况下你可能会看到一个正常的栈帧，跟着一个小数值的假地址。如果符号或栈破损很严重，导致无法理解栈回溯，这里有几个常用的办法来修复：安装 debug info 包（给 gdb 提供更多的符号，让它来做基于 DWARF 的栈遍历），或者重新用源码编译（-fno-omit-frame-pointer -g）一个带帧指针和调试信息的版本。以上大多数 “??”
可以通过安装 python-dbg 包来修复。

这些栈看起来不太有用：帧 5 到 17 （左边的索引）在 Python 内部，虽然还看不到 Python 方法。帧 4 是 _curses 库，然后就到了 libncursesw。看起来调用顺序是 wgetch()->wrefresh()->doupdate()。根据函数名来看，我猜是刷新窗口。为什么会导致核心转储呢？

反汇编

我从反汇编发生段错误的函数 doupdate() 开始：

(gdb) disas doupdate Dump of assembler code for function doupdate: 0x00007f0a37aac2e0 <+0>: push %r15 0x00007f0a37aac2e2 <+2>: push %r14 0x00007f0a37aac2e4 <+4>: push %r13 0x00007f0a37aac2e6 <+6>: push %r12 0x00007f0a37aac2e8 <+8>: push %rbp 0x00007f0a37aac2e9 <+9>: push %rbx 0x00007f0a37aac2ea <+10>: sub $0xc8,%rsp […] —Type to continue, or q to quit— […] 0x00007f0a37aac3f7 <+279>: cmpb $0x0,0x21(%rcx) 0x00007f0a37aac3fb <+283>: je 0x7f0a37aacc3b <doupdate+2395> 0x00007f0a37aac401 <+289>: mov 0x20cb68(%rip),%rax # 0x7f0a37cb8f70 0x00007f0a37aac408 <+296>: mov (%rax),%rsi 0x00007f0a37aac40b <+299>: xor %eax,%eax => 0x00007f0a37aac40d <+301>: mov 0x10(%rsi),%rdi 0x00007f0a37aac411 <+305>: cmpb $0x0,0x1c(%rdi) 0x00007f0a37aac415 <+309>: jne 0x7f0a37aac6f7 <doupdate+1047> 0x00007f0a37aac41b <+315>: movswl 0x4(%rcx),%ecx 0x00007f0a37aac41f <+319>: movswl 0x74(%rdx),%edi 0x00007f0a37aac423 <+323>: mov %rax,0x40(%rsp) […]
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(gdb) disas doupdate
Dump of assembler code for function doupdate:
0x00007f0a37aac2e0 <+0>: push %r15
0x00007f0a37aac2e2 <+2>: push %r14
0x00007f0a37aac2e4 <+4>: push %r13
0x00007f0a37aac2e6 <+6>: push %r12
0x00007f0a37aac2e8 <+8>: push %rbp
0x00007f0a37aac2e9 <+9>: push %rbx
0x00007f0a37aac2ea <+10>: sub $0xc8,%rsp
[…]
—Type to continue, or q to quit—
[…]
0x00007f0a37aac3f7 <+279>: cmpb $0x0,0x21(%rcx)
0x00007f0a37aac3fb <+283>: je 0x7f0a37aacc3b <doupdate+2395>
0x00007f0a37aac401 <+289>: mov 0x20cb68(%rip),%rax # 0x7f0a37cb8f70
0x00007f0a37aac408 <+296>: mov (%rax),%rsi
0x00007f0a37aac40b <+299>: xor %eax,%eax
=> 0x00007f0a37aac40d <+301>: mov 0x10(%rsi),%rdi
0x00007f0a37aac411 <+305>: cmpb $0x0,0x1c(%rdi)
0x00007f0a37aac415 <+309>: jne 0x7f0a37aac6f7 <doupdate+1047>
0x00007f0a37aac41b <+315>: movswl 0x4(%rcx),%ecx
0x00007f0a37aac41f <+319>: movswl 0x74(%rdx),%edi
0x00007f0a37aac423 <+323>: mov %rax,0x40(%rsp)
[…]
部分输出。（我也可以只输入 “disas” 它会默认反汇编 doupdate ）

“=>” 指向段错误地址，此处是一条 mov 指令 mov 0x10(%rsi),%rdi：从%rsi中指向内存地址的值加偏移量 0x10 处取值，送到 %rdi 寄存器中。接下来我会检查寄存器的状态。

查看寄存器

使用 i r（info registers 的简写）打印寄存器值：

(gdb) i r rax 0x0 0 rbx 0x1993060 26816608 rcx 0x19902a0 26804896 rdx 0x19ce7d0 27060176 rsi 0x0 0 rdi 0x19ce7d0 27060176 rbp 0x7f0a3848eb10 0x7f0a3848eb10 rsp 0x7ffd33d93c00 0x7ffd33d93c00 r8 0x7f0a37cb93e0 139681862489056 r9 0x0 0 r10 0x8 8 r11 0x202 514 r12 0x0 0 r13 0x0 0 r14 0x7f0a3848eb10 139681870703376 r15 0x19ce7d0 27060176 rip 0x7f0a37aac40d 0x7f0a37aac40d <doupdate+301> eflags 0x10246 [ PF ZF IF RF ] cs 0x33 51 ss 0x2b 43 ds 0x0 0 es 0x0 0 fs 0x0 0 gs 0x0 0
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(gdb) i r
rax 0x0 0
rbx 0x1993060 26816608
rcx 0x19902a0 26804896
rdx 0x19ce7d0 27060176
rsi 0x0 0
rdi 0x19ce7d0 27060176
rbp 0x7f0a3848eb10 0x7f0a3848eb10
rsp 0x7ffd33d93c00 0x7ffd33d93c00
r8 0x7f0a37cb93e0 139681862489056
r9 0x0 0
r10 0x8 8
r11 0x202 514
r12 0x0 0
r13 0x0 0
r14 0x7f0a3848eb10 139681870703376
r15 0x19ce7d0 27060176
rip 0x7f0a37aac40d 0x7f0a37aac40d <doupdate+301>
eflags 0x10246 [ PF ZF IF RF ]
cs 0x33 51
ss 0x2b 43
ds 0x0 0
es 0x0 0
fs 0x0 0
gs 0x0 0
哦，%rsi是零，这就是我们的问题所在！零不太可能是有效地址，并且解引用一个未初始化的指针或空指针引起的段错误是常见的软件 bug。

内存映射

你可以使用 i proc m （info proc mappings 的简写）核查零是不是有效地址：

(gdb) i proc m Mapped address spaces: Start Addr End Addr Size Offset objfile 0x400000 0x6e7000 0x2e7000 0x0 /usr/bin/python2.7 0x8e6000 0x8e8000 0x2000 0x2e6000 /usr/bin/python2.7 0x8e8000 0x95f000 0x77000 0x2e8000 /usr/bin/python2.7 0x7f0a37a8b000 0x7f0a37ab8000 0x2d000 0x0 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.5.9 0x7f0a37ab8000 0x7f0a37cb8000 0x200000 0x2d000 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.5.9 0x7f0a37cb8000 0x7f0a37cb9000 0x1000 0x2d000 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.5.9 0x7f0a37cb9000 0x7f0a37cba000 0x1000 0x2e000 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.5.9 0x7f0a37cba000 0x7f0a37ccd000 0x13000 0x0 /usr/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload/_curses.x86_64-linux-gnu.so 0x7f0a37ccd000 0x7f0a37ecc000 0x1ff000 0x13000 /usr/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload/_curses.x86_64-linux-gnu.so 0x7f0a37ecc000 0x7f0a37ecd000 0x1000 0x12000 /usr/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload/_curses.x86_64-linux-gnu.so 0x7f0a37ecd000 0x7f0a37ecf000 0x2000 0x13000 /usr/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload/_curses.x86_64-linux-gnu.so 0x7f0a38050000 0x7f0a38066000 0x16000 0x0 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1 0x7f0a38066000 0x7f0a38265000 0x1ff000 0x16000 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1 0x7f0a38265000 0x7f0a38266000 0x1000 0x15000 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1 0x7f0a38266000 0x7f0a3828b000 0x25000 0x0 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtinfo.so.5.9 0x7f0a3828b000 0x7f0a3848a000 0x1ff000 0x25000 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtinfo.so.5.9 […]
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(gdb) i proc m
Mapped address spaces:

  Start Addr           End Addr       Size     Offset objfile
    0x400000           0x6e7000   0x2e7000        0x0 /usr/bin/python2.7
    0x8e6000           0x8e8000     0x2000   0x2e6000 /usr/bin/python2.7
    0x8e8000           0x95f000    0x77000   0x2e8000 /usr/bin/python2.7

0x7f0a37a8b000 0x7f0a37ab8000 0x2d000 0x0 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.5.9
0x7f0a37ab8000 0x7f0a37cb8000 0x200000 0x2d000 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.5.9
0x7f0a37cb8000 0x7f0a37cb9000 0x1000 0x2d000 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.5.9
0x7f0a37cb9000 0x7f0a37cba000 0x1000 0x2e000 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.5.9
0x7f0a37cba000 0x7f0a37ccd000 0x13000 0x0 /usr/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload/_curses.x86_64-linux-gnu.so
0x7f0a37ccd000 0x7f0a37ecc000 0x1ff000 0x13000 /usr/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload/_curses.x86_64-linux-gnu.so
0x7f0a37ecc000 0x7f0a37ecd000 0x1000 0x12000 /usr/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload/_curses.x86_64-linux-gnu.so
0x7f0a37ecd000 0x7f0a37ecf000 0x2000 0x13000 /usr/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload/_curses.x86_64-linux-gnu.so
0x7f0a38050000 0x7f0a38066000 0x16000 0x0 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1
0x7f0a38066000 0x7f0a38265000 0x1ff000 0x16000 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1
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第一个有效的虚拟地址是 0x400000。任何小于它的地址都是非法的，这些地址如果被引用，就会引起段错误。

目前有几种不同的方式可做进一步分析。我先一步一步的看指令。

断点

先回到反汇编：

0x00007f0a37aac401 <+289>: mov 0x20cb68(%rip),%rax # 0x7f0a37cb8f70 0x00007f0a37aac408 <+296>: mov (%rax),%rsi 0x00007f0a37aac40b <+299>: xor %eax,%eax => 0x00007f0a37aac40d <+301>: mov 0x10(%rsi),%rdi
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0x00007f0a37aac40b <+299>: xor %eax,%eax
=> 0x00007f0a37aac40d <+301>: mov 0x10(%rsi),%rdi
看这四条指令：好像是从栈中取东西放到 %rax，然后解引用 %rax 到 %rsi，再将 %eax 置零（ xor 是一个优化，替换掉移动 0 的动作），最后将 %rsi 解引用再加一个偏移，不过我们知道 %rsi 是零。这几条指令用来访问数据结构。可能 %rax 会很有趣，但是它已经被前面的指令置零，所以我们在核心转储文件的寄存器里看不到它的值。

我可以在 doupdate+289 下个断点，然后逐条指令查看寄存器的值如何变化。首先，我需要启动 gdb 把程序跑起来：

gdb `which python` GNU gdb (Ubuntu 7.11.1-0ubuntu1~16.04) 7.11.1 Copyright © 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type “show copying” and “show warranty” for details. This GDB was configured as “x86_64-linux-gnu”. Type “show configuration” for configuration details. For bug reporting instructions, please see: . Find the GDB manual and other documentation resources online at: . For help, type “help”. Type “apropos word” to search for commands related to “word”… Reading symbols from /usr/bin/python…(no debugging symbols found)…done.

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(gdb) b *doupdate + 289 No symbol table is loaded. Use the “file” command.
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No symbol table is loaded. Use the “file” command.
哦。我想演示这个错误来解释为什么我们经常以在主函数设置断点作为开始，因为这时候符号可能被加载，可以设置感兴趣的断点。我直接在 doupdate 函数设断点，避开这个问题，一旦断点被触发就设置加了偏移的断点。

(gdb) b doupdate Function “doupdate” not defined. Make breakpoint pending on future shared library load? (y or [n]) y Breakpoint 1 (doupdate) pending. (gdb) r cachetop.py Starting program: /usr/bin/python cachetop.py [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] Using host libthread_db library “/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1”. warning: JITed object file architecture unknown is not compatible with target architecture i386:x86-64. Breakpoint 1, 0x00007ffff34ad2e0 in doupdate () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.5 (gdb) b *doupdate + 289 Breakpoint 2 at 0x7ffff34ad401 (gdb) c Continuing. Breakpoint 2, 0x00007ffff34ad401 in doupdate () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.5
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(gdb) b doupdate
Function “doupdate” not defined.
Make breakpoint pending on future shared library load? (y or [n]) y
Breakpoint 1 (doupdate) pending.
(gdb) r cachetop.py
Starting program: /usr/bin/python cachetop.py
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
Using host libthread_db library “/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1”.
warning: JITed object file architecture unknown is not compatible with target architecture i386:x86-64.

Breakpoint 1, 0x00007ffff34ad2e0 in doupdate () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.5
(gdb) b *doupdate + 289
Breakpoint 2 at 0x7ffff34ad401
(gdb) c
Continuing.

Breakpoint 2, 0x00007ffff34ad401 in doupdate () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.5
我们到了断点处。

如果你之前没有做这些，r (run) 命令会把参数传给我们早先在命令行指定的 gdb 目标（python）。这样的话程序会以执行 “python cachetop.py” 结束。

单步调试

我跳到下一条指令（si，stepi的简写），然后检查寄存器：

(gdb) si 0x00007ffff34ad408 in doupdate () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.5 (gdb) i r rax 0x7ffff3e8f948 140737285519688 rbx 0xaea060 11444320 rcx 0xae72a0 11432608 rdx 0xa403d0 10748880 rsi 0x7ffff7ea8e10 140737352732176 rdi 0xa403d0 10748880 rbp 0x7ffff3e8fb10 0x7ffff3e8fb10 rsp 0x7fffffffd390 0x7fffffffd390 r8 0x7ffff36ba3e0 140737277305824 r9 0x0 0 r10 0x8 8 r11 0x202 514 r12 0x0 0 r13 0x0 0 r14 0x7ffff3e8fb10 140737285520144 r15 0xa403d0 10748880 rip 0x7ffff34ad408 0x7ffff34ad408 <doupdate+296> eflags 0x202 [ IF ] cs 0x33 51 ss 0x2b 43 ds 0x0 0 es 0x0 0 fs 0x0 0 gs 0x0 0 (gdb) p/a 0x7ffff3e8f948 $1 = 0x7ffff3e8f948 <cur_term>
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0x00007ffff34ad408 in doupdate () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.5
(gdb) i r
rax 0x7ffff3e8f948 140737285519688
rbx 0xaea060 11444320
rcx 0xae72a0 11432608
rdx 0xa403d0 10748880
rsi 0x7ffff7ea8e10 140737352732176
rdi 0xa403d0 10748880
rbp 0x7ffff3e8fb10 0x7ffff3e8fb10
rsp 0x7fffffffd390 0x7fffffffd390
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r9 0x0 0
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r11 0x202 514
r12 0x0 0
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r14 0x7ffff3e8fb10 140737285520144
r15 0xa403d0 10748880
rip 0x7ffff34ad408 0x7ffff34ad408 <doupdate+296>
eflags 0x202 [ IF ]
cs 0x33 51
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(gdb) p/a 0x7ffff3e8f948
$1 = 0x7ffff3e8f948 <cur_term>
又一条线索。所以我们解引用的空指针好像是一个叫 “cur_term” 的符号（p/a 是 print/a 的简写，这里 “/a” 指以地址的形式）。考虑到这是 ncurses, 是我们的环境变量 TERM 设置有问题吗？

echo $TERM xterm-256color

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xterm-256color
我试过将其设置为 vt100 并运行程序，还是遇到了同样的段错误。

注意我只是在 doupdate() 第一次被调用的时候查看了寄存器，但是它可以被多次调用，所以问题可能出在后边的调用中。我可以通过执行 c（ continue 的简写）一步步到达出问题的地方。如果它被调用几次的话这样做是可行的，如果它被调用几千次的话我得用别的办法。（我会在 15 节的里介绍。）

回退

gdb 有一个超棒的功能叫回退，Greg Law 在他的演讲中提到过。这里有一个例子。

我再启动一个 python 会话，从头演示：

gdb `which python` GNU gdb (Ubuntu 7.11.1-0ubuntu1~16.04) 7.11.1 Copyright © 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type “show copying” and “show warranty” for details. This GDB was configured as “x86_64-linux-gnu”. Type “show configuration” for configuration details. For bug reporting instructions, please see: http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/. Find the GDB manual and other documentation resources online at: http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/documentation/. For help, type “help”. Type “apropos word” to search for commands related to “word”… Reading symbols from /usr/bin/python…(no debugging symbols found)…done.

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GNU gdb (Ubuntu 7.11.1-0ubuntu1~16.04) 7.11.1
Copyright © 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type “show copying”
and “show warranty” for details.
This GDB was configured as “x86_64-linux-gnu”.
Type “show configuration” for configuration details.
For bug reporting instructions, please see:
http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/.
Find the GDB manual and other documentation resources online at:
http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/documentation/.
For help, type “help”.
Type “apropos word” to search for commands related to “word”…
Reading symbols from /usr/bin/python…(no debugging symbols found)…done.
和之前一样我在 doupdate 下断点，一旦触发，我就启动 recording，然后继续运行程序直到崩溃。Recording 会增加相当大的开销，所以我不想在主函数里就将它打开。

(gdb) b doupdate Function “doupdate” not defined. Make breakpoint pending on future shared library load? (y or [n]) y Breakpoint 1 (doupdate) pending. (gdb) r cachetop.py Starting program: /usr/bin/python cachetop.py [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] Using host libthread_db library “/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1”. warning: JITed object file architecture unknown is not compatible with target architecture i386:x86-64. Breakpoint 1, 0x00007ffff34ad2e0 in doupdate () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.5 (gdb) record (gdb) c Continuing. Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. 0x00007ffff34ad40d in doupdate () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.5
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(gdb) b doupdate
Function “doupdate” not defined.
Make breakpoint pending on future shared library load? (y or [n]) y
Breakpoint 1 (doupdate) pending.
(gdb) r cachetop.py
Starting program: /usr/bin/python cachetop.py
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
Using host libthread_db library “/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1”.
warning: JITed object file architecture unknown is not compatible with target architecture i386:x86-64.

Breakpoint 1, 0x00007ffff34ad2e0 in doupdate () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.5
(gdb) record
(gdb) c
Continuing.

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x00007ffff34ad40d in doupdate () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.5
这里我可以逐行或逐条指令的回退。它通过播放我们记录的寄存器状态来工作。我回退两条指令，然后打印寄存器值：

(gdb) reverse-stepi 0x00007ffff34ad40d in doupdate () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.5 (gdb) reverse-stepi 0x00007ffff34ad40b in doupdate () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.5 (gdb) i r rax 0x7ffff3e8f948 140737285519688 rbx 0xaea060 11444320 rcx 0xae72a0 11432608 rdx 0xa403d0 10748880 rsi 0x0 0 rdi 0xa403d0 10748880 rbp 0x7ffff3e8fb10 0x7ffff3e8fb10 rsp 0x7fffffffd390 0x7fffffffd390 r8 0x7ffff36ba3e0 140737277305824 r9 0x0 0 r10 0x8 8 r11 0x302 770 r12 0x0 0 r13 0x0 0 r14 0x7ffff3e8fb10 140737285520144 r15 0xa403d0 10748880 rip 0x7ffff34ad40b 0x7ffff34ad40b <doupdate+299> eflags 0x202 [ IF ] cs 0x33 51 ss 0x2b 43 ds 0x0 0 es 0x0 0 fs 0x0 0 gs 0x0 0 (gdb) p/a 0x7ffff3e8f948 $1 = 0x7ffff3e8f948 <cur_term>
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(gdb) reverse-stepi
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(gdb) reverse-stepi
0x00007ffff34ad40b in doupdate () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.5
(gdb) i r
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rdi 0xa403d0 10748880
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rsp 0x7fffffffd390 0x7fffffffd390
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rip 0x7ffff34ad40b 0x7ffff34ad40b <doupdate+299>
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(gdb) p/a 0x7ffff3e8f948
$1 = 0x7ffff3e8f948 <cur_term>
所以，又找到了 “cur_term” 的线索。我很想看这里的源代码，但我将从调试信息入手。

调试信息

这是 libncursesw，我没有安装调试信息（Ubuntu）：

apt-cache search libncursesw libncursesw5 - shared libraries for terminal handling (wide character support) libncursesw5-dbg - debugging/profiling libraries for ncursesw libncursesw5-dev - developer’s libraries for ncursesw # dpkg -l | grep libncursesw ii libncursesw5:amd64 6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1 amd64 shared libraries for terminal handling (wide character support)

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dpkg -l | grep libncursesw

ii libncursesw5:amd64 6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1 amd64 shared libraries for terminal handling (wide character support)
我把它装上：

apt-get install -y libncursesw5-dbg Reading package lists… Done Building dependency tree Reading state information… Done […] After this operation, 2,488 kB of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://us-west-1.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 libncursesw5-dbg amd64 6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1 [729 kB] Fetched 729 kB in 0s (865 kB/s) Selecting previously unselected package libncursesw5-dbg. (Reading database … 200094 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack …/libncursesw5-dbg_6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb … Unpacking libncursesw5-dbg (6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1) … Setting up libncursesw5-dbg (6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1) … # dpkg -l | grep libncursesw ii libncursesw5:amd64 6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1 amd64 shared libraries for terminal handling (wide character support) ii libncursesw5-dbg 6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1 amd64 debugging/profiling libraries for ncursesw

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Reading package lists… Done
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Fetched 729 kB in 0s (865 kB/s)
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(Reading database … 200094 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack …/libncursesw5-dbg_6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb …
Unpacking libncursesw5-dbg (6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1) …
Setting up libncursesw5-dbg (6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1) …

dpkg -l | grep libncursesw

ii libncursesw5:amd64 6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1 amd64 shared libraries for terminal handling (wide character support)
ii libncursesw5-dbg 6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1 amd64 debugging/profiling libraries for ncursesw
太好了，版本匹配。那么现在我们的段错误是什么样子呢？

gdb `which python` /var/cores/core.python.30520 GNU gdb (Ubuntu 7.11.1-0ubuntu1~16.04) 7.11.1 […] warning: JITed object file architecture unknown is not compatible with target architecture i386:x86-64. Core was generated by `python ./cachetop.py’. Program terminated with signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. #0 ClrBlank (win=0x1993060) at /build/ncurses-pKZ1BN/ncurses-6.0+20160213/ncurses/tty/tty_update.c:1129 1129 if (back_color_erase) (gdb) bt #0 ClrBlank (win=0x1993060) at /build/ncurses-pKZ1BN/ncurses-6.0+20160213/ncurses/tty/tty_update.c:1129 #1 ClrUpdate () at /build/ncurses-pKZ1BN/ncurses-6.0+20160213/ncurses/tty/tty_update.c:1147 #2 doupdate () at /build/ncurses-pKZ1BN/ncurses-6.0+20160213/ncurses/tty/tty_update.c:1010 #3 0x00007f0a37aa07e6 in wrefresh (win=win@entry=0x1993060) at /build/ncurses-pKZ1BN/ncurses-6.0+20160213/ncurses/base/lib_refresh.c:65 #4 0x00007f0a37a99499 in recur_wrefresh (win=win@entry=0x1993060) at /build/ncurses-pKZ1BN/ncurses-6.0+20160213/ncurses/base/lib_getch.c:384 #5 0x00007f0a37a99616 in _nc_wgetch (win=win@entry=0x1993060, result=result@entry=0x7ffd33d93e24, use_meta=1) at /build/ncurses-pKZ1BN/ncurses-6.0+20160213/ncurses/base/lib_getch.c:491 #6 0x00007f0a37a9a325 in wgetch (win=0x1993060) at /build/ncurses-pKZ1BN/ncurses-6.0+20160213/ncurses/base/lib_getch.c:672 #7 0x00007f0a37cc6ec3 in ?? () from /usr/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload/_curses.x86_64-linux-gnu.so #8 0x00000000004c4d5a in PyEval_EvalFrameEx () #9 0x00000000004c2e05 in PyEval_EvalCodeEx () #10 0x00000000004def08 in ?? () #11 0x00000000004b1153 in PyObject_Call () #12 0x00000000004c73ec in PyEval_EvalFrameEx () #13 0x00000000004c2e05 in PyEval_EvalCodeEx () #14 0x00000000004caf42 in PyEval_EvalFrameEx () #15 0x00000000004c2e05 in PyEval_EvalCodeEx () #16 0x00000000004c2ba9 in PyEval_EvalCode () #17 0x00000000004f20ef in ?? () #18 0x00000000004eca72 in PyRun_FileExFlags () #19 0x00000000004eb1f1 in PyRun_SimpleFileExFlags () #20 0x000000000049e18a in Py_Main () #21 0x00007f0a3be10830 in __libc_start_main (main=0x49daf0 , argc=2, argv=0x7ffd33d94838, init=, fini=, rtld_fini=, stack_end=0x7ffd33d94828) at …/csu/libc-start.c:291 #22 0x000000000049da19 in _start ()

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warning: JITed object file architecture unknown is not compatible with target architecture i386:x86-64.
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Program terminated with signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
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#1 ClrUpdate () at /build/ncurses-pKZ1BN/ncurses-6.0+20160213/ncurses/tty/tty_update.c:1147
#2 doupdate () at /build/ncurses-pKZ1BN/ncurses-6.0+20160213/ncurses/tty/tty_update.c:1010
#3 0x00007f0a37aa07e6 in wrefresh (win=win@entry=0x1993060) at /build/ncurses-pKZ1BN/ncurses-6.0+20160213/ncurses/base/lib_refresh.c:65
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#8 0x00000000004c4d5a in PyEval_EvalFrameEx ()
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#12 0x00000000004c73ec in PyEval_EvalFrameEx ()
#13 0x00000000004c2e05 in PyEval_EvalCodeEx ()
#14 0x00000000004caf42 in PyEval_EvalFrameEx ()
#15 0x00000000004c2e05 in PyEval_EvalCodeEx ()
#16 0x00000000004c2ba9 in PyEval_EvalCode ()
#17 0x00000000004f20ef in ?? ()
#18 0x00000000004eca72 in PyRun_FileExFlags ()
#19 0x00000000004eb1f1 in PyRun_SimpleFileExFlags ()
#20 0x000000000049e18a in Py_Main ()
#21 0x00007f0a3be10830 in __libc_start_main (main=0x49daf0 , argc=2, argv=0x7ffd33d94838, init=, fini=, rtld_fini=,
stack_end=0x7ffd33d94828) at …/csu/libc-start.c:291
#22 0x000000000049da19 in _start ()
栈回溯看起来不太一样：我们确实不在 doupdate() 里边，而是在 ClrBlank() 中，它内联在 ClrUpdate() 里，ClrUpdate() 又内联在 doupdate() 中。

现在我真的要看源码了。

源代码

安装了调试信息之后，gdb 可以同时列出源码和汇编：

(gdb) disas/s Dump of assembler code for function doupdate: /build/ncurses-pKZ1BN/ncurses-6.0+20160213/ncurses/tty/tty_update.c: 759 { 0x00007f0a37aac2e0 <+0>: push %r15 0x00007f0a37aac2e2 <+2>: push %r14 0x00007f0a37aac2e4 <+4>: push %r13 0x00007f0a37aac2e6 <+6>: push %r12 […] 0x00007f0a37aac3dd <+253>: jne 0x7f0a37aac6ca <doupdate+1002> 1009 if (CurScreen(SP_PARM)->_clear || NewScreen(SP_PARM)->_clear) { /* force refresh ? */ 0x00007f0a37aac3e3 <+259>: mov 0x80(%rdx),%rax 0x00007f0a37aac3ea <+266>: mov 0x88(%rdx),%rcx 0x00007f0a37aac3f1 <+273>: cmpb $0x0,0x21(%rax) 0x00007f0a37aac3f5 <+277>: jne 0x7f0a37aac401 <doupdate+289> 0x00007f0a37aac3f7 <+279>: cmpb $0x0,0x21(%rcx) 0x00007f0a37aac3fb <+283>: je 0x7f0a37aacc3b <doupdate+2395> 1129 if (back_color_erase) 0x00007f0a37aac401 <+289>: mov 0x20cb68(%rip),%rax # 0x7f0a37cb8f70 0x00007f0a37aac408 <+296>: mov (%rax),%rsi 1128 NCURSES_CH_T blank = blankchar; 0x00007f0a37aac40b <+299>: xor %eax,%eax 1129 if (back_color_erase) => 0x00007f0a37aac40d <+301>: mov 0x10(%rsi),%rdi 0x00007f0a37aac411 <+305>: cmpb $0x0,0x1c(%rdi) 0x00007f0a37aac415 <+309>: jne 0x7f0a37aac6f7 <doupdate+1047>
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Dump of assembler code for function doupdate:
/build/ncurses-pKZ1BN/ncurses-6.0+20160213/ncurses/tty/tty_update.c:
759 {
0x00007f0a37aac2e0 <+0>: push %r15
0x00007f0a37aac2e2 <+2>: push %r14
0x00007f0a37aac2e4 <+4>: push %r13
0x00007f0a37aac2e6 <+6>: push %r12
[…]
0x00007f0a37aac3dd <+253>: jne 0x7f0a37aac6ca <doupdate+1002>

1009 if (CurScreen(SP_PARM)->_clear || NewScreen(SP_PARM)->_clear) { /* force refresh ? */
0x00007f0a37aac3e3 <+259>: mov 0x80(%rdx),%rax
0x00007f0a37aac3ea <+266>: mov 0x88(%rdx),%rcx
0x00007f0a37aac3f1 <+273>: cmpb $0x0,0x21(%rax)
0x00007f0a37aac3f5 <+277>: jne 0x7f0a37aac401 <doupdate+289>
0x00007f0a37aac3f7 <+279>: cmpb $0x0,0x21(%rcx)
0x00007f0a37aac3fb <+283>: je 0x7f0a37aacc3b <doupdate+2395>

1129 if (back_color_erase)
0x00007f0a37aac401 <+289>: mov 0x20cb68(%rip),%rax # 0x7f0a37cb8f70
0x00007f0a37aac408 <+296>: mov (%rax),%rsi

1128 NCURSES_CH_T blank = blankchar;
0x00007f0a37aac40b <+299>: xor %eax,%eax

1129 if (back_color_erase)
=> 0x00007f0a37aac40d <+301>: mov 0x10(%rsi),%rdi
0x00007f0a37aac411 <+305>: cmpb $0x0,0x1c(%rdi)
0x00007f0a37aac415 <+309>: jne 0x7f0a37aac6f7 <doupdate+1047>
好极了！看 “=>” 和它上边的代码。所以我们的段错误发生在 “if (back_color_erase)” ？看起来不可能。

这里我检查了一下，我的调试信息版本是对的，重新在 gdb 里边运行程序直到发生段错误。错误相同。

back_color_erase 有什么特殊吗？我们现在在 ClrBlank() 中，我先列出源码：

(gdb) list ClrBlank 1124 1125 static NCURSES_INLINE NCURSES_CH_T 1126 ClrBlank(NCURSES_SP_DCLx WINDOW *win) 1127 { 1128 NCURSES_CH_T blank = blankchar; 1129 if (back_color_erase) 1130 AddAttr(blank, (AttrOf(BCE_BKGD(SP_PARM, win)) & BCE_ATTRS)); 1131 return blank; 1132 } 1133
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1125 static NCURSES_INLINE NCURSES_CH_T
1126 ClrBlank(NCURSES_SP_DCLx WINDOW *win)
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1129 if (back_color_erase)
1130 AddAttr(blank, (AttrOf(BCE_BKGD(SP_PARM, win)) & BCE_ATTRS));
1131 return blank;
1132 }
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啊，在这个函数里边没定义，难道是全局变量？

有必要看看这些代码在 gdb 的文本用户界面（TUI）里是什么样的，我用的不多，是看了 Greg 的演讲之后受到的启发。

你可以用 –tui 来启动：

gdb --tui `which python` /var/cores/core.python.30520 ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ [ No Source Available ] │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ None No process In: L?? PC: ?? GNU gdb (Ubuntu 7.11.1-0ubuntu1~16.04) 7.11.1 Copyright © 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type “show copying” and “show warranty” for details. This GDB was configured as “x86_64-linux-gnu”. —Type to continue, or q to quit—

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gdb --tui `which python` /var/cores/core.python.30520

┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
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└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
None No process In: L?? PC: ??
GNU gdb (Ubuntu 7.11.1-0ubuntu1~16.04) 7.11.1
Copyright © 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type “show copying”
and “show warranty” for details.
This GDB was configured as “x86_64-linux-gnu”.
—Type to continue, or q to quit—
它在抱怨没有 Python 源码。我可以搞定，但是我们是在 libncursesw 里边崩溃的。所以不管它敲回车让它完成加载，在发生错误的地方加载了 libncursesw 调试信息里的源码：

┌──/build/ncurses-pKZ1BN/ncurses-6.0+20160213/ncurses/tty/tty_update.c──────┐ │1124 │ │1125 static NCURSES_INLINE NCURSES_CH_T │ │1126 ClrBlank(NCURSES_SP_DCLx WINDOW win) │ │1127 { │ │1128 NCURSES_CH_T blank = blankchar; │ >│1129 if (back_color_erase) │ │1130 AddAttr(blank, (AttrOf(BCE_BKGD(SP_PARM, win)) & BCE_ATTRS)│ │1131 return blank; │ │1132 } │ │1133 │ │1134 / │ │1135 ** ClrUpdate() │ │1136 ** │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ multi-thre Thread 0x7f0a3c5e87 In: doupdate L1129 PC: 0x7f0a37aac40d warning: JITed object file architecture unknown is not compatible with target ar chitecture i386:x86-64. —Type to continue, or q to quit— Core was generated by `python ./cachetop.py’. Program terminated with signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. #0 ClrBlank (win=0x1993060) at /build/ncurses-pKZ1BN/ncurses-6.0+20160213/ncurses/tty/tty_update.c:1129 (gdb)
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┌──/build/ncurses-pKZ1BN/ncurses-6.0+20160213/ncurses/tty/tty_update.c──────┐
│1124 │
│1125 static NCURSES_INLINE NCURSES_CH_T │
│1126 ClrBlank(NCURSES_SP_DCLx WINDOW *win) │
│1127 { │
│1128 NCURSES_CH_T blank = blankchar; │

│1129 if (back_color_erase) │
│1130 AddAttr(blank, (AttrOf(BCE_BKGD(SP_PARM, win)) & BCE_ATTRS)│
│1131 return blank; │
│1132 } │
│1133 │
│1134 /* │
│1135 ** ClrUpdate() │
│1136 ** │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
multi-thre Thread 0x7f0a3c5e87 In: doupdate L1129 PC: 0x7f0a37aac40d
warning: JITed object file architecture unknown is not compatible with target ar
chitecture i386:x86-64.
—Type to continue, or q to quit—
Core was generated by `python ./cachetop.py’.
Program terminated with signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
#0 ClrBlank (win=0x1993060)
at /build/ncurses-pKZ1BN/ncurses-6.0+20160213/ncurses/tty/tty_update.c:1129
(gdb)
棒极了！

“>” 指向发生崩溃的那行代码。更棒的是：用 layout split 命令，我们可以在不同的窗口查看源代码和汇编代码。

┌──/build/ncurses-pKZ1BN/ncurses-6.0+20160213/ncurses/tty/tty_update.c──────┐ >│1129 if (back_color_erase) │ │1130 AddAttr(blank, (AttrOf(BCE_BKGD(SP_PARM, win)) & BCE_ATTRS)│ │1131 return blank; │ │1132 } │ │1133 │ │1134 /* │ │1135 ** ClrUpdate() │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ >│0x7f0a37aac40d <doupdate+301> mov 0x10(%rsi),%rdi │ │0x7f0a37aac411 <doupdate+305> cmpb $0x0,0x1c(%rdi) │ │0x7f0a37aac415 <doupdate+309> jne 0x7f0a37aac6f7 <doupdate+1047> │ │0x7f0a37aac41b <doupdate+315> movswl 0x4(%rcx),%ecx │ │0x7f0a37aac41f <doupdate+319> movswl 0x74(%rdx),%edi │ │0x7f0a37aac423 <doupdate+323> mov %rax,0x40(%rsp) │ │0x7f0a37aac428 <doupdate+328> movl $0x20,0x48(%rsp) │ │0x7f0a37aac430 <doupdate+336> movl $0x0,0x4c(%rsp) │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ multi-thre Thread 0x7f0a3c5e87 In: doupdate L1129 PC: 0x7f0a37aac40d chitecture i386:x86-64. Core was generated by `python ./cachetop.py’. Program terminated with signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. —Type to continue, or q to quit— #0 ClrBlank (win=0x1993060) at /build/ncurses-pKZ1BN/ncurses-6.0+20160213/ncurses/tty/tty_update.c:1129 (gdb) layout split
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┌──/build/ncurses-pKZ1BN/ncurses-6.0+20160213/ncurses/tty/tty_update.c──────┐

│1129 if (back_color_erase) │
│1130 AddAttr(blank, (AttrOf(BCE_BKGD(SP_PARM, win)) & BCE_ATTRS)│
│1131 return blank; │
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│1133 │
│1134 /* │
│1135 ** ClrUpdate() │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
│0x7f0a37aac40d <doupdate+301> mov 0x10(%rsi),%rdi │
│0x7f0a37aac411 <doupdate+305> cmpb $0x0,0x1c(%rdi) │
│0x7f0a37aac415 <doupdate+309> jne 0x7f0a37aac6f7 <doupdate+1047> │
│0x7f0a37aac41b <doupdate+315> movswl 0x4(%rcx),%ecx │
│0x7f0a37aac41f <doupdate+319> movswl 0x74(%rdx),%edi │
│0x7f0a37aac423 <doupdate+323> mov %rax,0x40(%rsp) │
│0x7f0a37aac428 <doupdate+328> movl $0x20,0x48(%rsp) │
│0x7f0a37aac430 <doupdate+336> movl $0x0,0x4c(%rsp) │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
multi-thre Thread 0x7f0a3c5e87 In: doupdate L1129 PC: 0x7f0a37aac40d
chitecture i386:x86-64.
Core was generated by `python ./cachetop.py’.
Program terminated with signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
—Type to continue, or q to quit—
#0 ClrBlank (win=0x1993060)
at /build/ncurses-pKZ1BN/ncurses-6.0+20160213/ncurses/tty/tty_update.c:1129
(gdb) layout split
Greg 演示这个的时候，和这里的顺序相反，因此你可想像同时查看源代码和汇编的情景（这里我需要一个视频来演示）。

外部工具：cscope

我需要对 back_color_erase 有更多了解，我可以试试 gdb 的搜索命令，但是我发现用一个外部工具：cscope 更快。 cscope 是一个基于文本的代码浏览器，诞生于80年代的贝尔实验室。如果你有喜欢的现代 IDE，可以不用它。

安装 cscope：

apt-get install -y cscope # wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/n/ncurses/ncurses_6.0+20160213.orig.tar.gz # tar xvf ncurses_6.0+20160213.orig.tar.gz # cd ncurses-6.0-20160213 # cscope -bqR # cscope -dq

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wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/n/ncurses/ncurses_6.0+20160213.orig.tar.gz

tar xvf ncurses_6.0+20160213.orig.tar.gz

cd ncurses-6.0-20160213

cscope -bqR

cscope -dq

cscope -bqR　用来建立查找数据库。cscope -dq 用来启动 cscope。

查找 back_color_erase 的定义：

Cscope version 15.8b Press the ? key for help Find this C symbol: Find this global definition: back_color_erase Find functions called by this function: Find functions calling this function: Find this text string: Change this text string: Find this egrep pattern: Find this file: Find files #including this file: Find assignments to this symbol:
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Cscope version 15.8b Press the ? key for help

Find this C symbol:
Find this global definition: back_color_erase
Find functions called by this function:
Find functions calling this function:
Find this text string:
Change this text string:
Find this egrep pattern:
Find this file:
Find files #including this file:
Find assignments to this symbol:
敲回车：

[…] #define non_dest_scroll_region CUR Booleans[26] #define can_change CUR Booleans[27] #define back_color_erase CUR Booleans[28] #define hue_lightness_saturation CUR Booleans[29] #define col_addr_glitch CUR Booleans[30] #define cr_cancels_micro_mode CUR Booleans[31] […]
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#define non_dest_scroll_region CUR Booleans[26]
#define can_change CUR Booleans[27]
#define back_color_erase CUR Booleans[28]
#define hue_lightness_saturation CUR Booleans[29]
#define col_addr_glitch CUR Booleans[30]
#define cr_cancels_micro_mode CUR Booleans[31]

[…]
哦，一个宏定义。（作为宏定义的常见的形式，它们至少应该大写）

好吧，那么 CUR 是什么呢？用 cscope 查找定义易如反掌。

#define CUR cur_term->type.
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起码这个宏定义是大写的！

我们通过逐条查看指令和寄存器找更早定义的 cur_term 。它是什么呢？

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#else
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cscope 读取了 /usr/include/term.h 。好吧，更多的宏。我用加粗来突出这行代码，我认为它产生了影响。为什么这里会有 “if 0 && !0 … elif 0” ？我不清楚（需要再读些代码）。有时程序员会在他们想要在产品中失效的调试代码附近使用 “#if 0”，可是，这个好像是自动生成的。

查找 NCURSES_EXPORT_VAR 发现：

define NCURSES_EXPORT_VAR(type) NCURSES_IMPEXP type

… 和 NCURSES_IMPEXP：

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… 还有 TERMINAL：

typedef struct term { /* describe an actual terminal / TERMTYPE type; / terminal type description / short Filedes; / file description being written to / TTY Ottyb, / original state of the terminal / Nttyb; / current state of the terminal / int _baudrate; / used to compute padding / char * _termname; / used for termname() / } TERMINAL;
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TERMTYPE type; / terminal type description /
short Filedes; / file description being written to /
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int _baudrate; / used to compute padding /
char * _termname; / used for termname() */

} TERMINAL;
嗨！TERMINAL 是大写的。和宏混在一起，这个代码不太好跟踪 …

好吧，到底是谁给 cur_term 赋的值呢？记住我们的问题是它被赋值为零，也许因为它未被初始化或显式赋值。浏览给它赋值的代码路径可能会找到更多的线索，来回答为什么没被初始化，或为什么被赋值为零。使用 cscope 的第一个选项：

Find this C symbol: cur_term Find this global definition: Find functions called by this function: Find functions calling this function: […]
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Find functions called by this function:
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快速浏览项发现：

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T((T_CALLED("set_curterm(%p)"), (void *) termp));

_nc_lock_global(curses);
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#else
cur_term = termp;
#endif
我加了高亮。甚至函数名称都被封装在宏里。但至少我们发现了 cur_term 如何被赋值的：通过 set_curterm()。也许它没被调用？

外部工具：perf-tools/ftrace/uprobes

我稍后将介绍如何用 gdb 解决这个问题，可是我忍不住尝试我 perf-tools 工具箱里的 uprobe 工具，它使用 Linux 下的 ftrace 和 uprobes。用 tracers 的一个好处是它不会终止目标进程，像 gdb 一样（尽管对于这里的 cachetop.py 没什么用）。另一个好处是追踪几个和几千个进程一样容易。

我应该能追踪 libncursesw 对 set_curterm() 的调用，甚至打印出它的第一个参数：

/apps/perf-tools/bin/uprobe ‘p:/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.5:set_curterm %di’ ERROR: missing symbol “set_curterm” in /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.5

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/apps/perf-tools/bin/uprobe ‘p:/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.5:set_curterm %di’

ERROR: missing symbol “set_curterm” in /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.5
咦，没起作用。set_curterm() 在哪？有很多方法可以找到它，比如 gdb 或 objdump：

(gdb) info symbol set_curterm set_curterm in section .text of /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtinfo.so.5 # objdump -tT /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.5 | grep cur_term 0000000000000000 DO UND 0000000000000000 NCURSES_TINFO_5.0.19991023 cur_term # objdump -tT /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtinfo.so.5 | grep cur_term 0000000000228948 g DO .bss 0000000000000008 NCURSES_TINFO_5.0.19991023 cur_term
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(gdb) info symbol set_curterm
set_curterm in section .text of /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtinfo.so.5

objdump -tT /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.5 | grep cur_term

0000000000000000 DO UND 0000000000000000 NCURSES_TINFO_5.0.19991023 cur_term

objdump -tT /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtinfo.so.5 | grep cur_term

0000000000228948 g DO .bss 0000000000000008 NCURSES_TINFO_5.0.19991023 cur_term
gdb 表现的好些。此外如果仔细看源代码，我注意到它是为 libtinfo 构建的。

试着在 libtinfo 里边查找 set_curterm() ：

/apps/perf-tools/bin/uprobe ‘p:/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtinfo.so.5:set_curterm %di’ Tracing uprobe set_curterm (p:set_curterm /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtinfo.so.5:0xfa80 %di). Ctrl-C to end. python-31617 [007] d… 24236402.719959: set_curterm: (0x7f116fcc2a80) arg1=0x1345d70 python-31617 [007] d… 24236402.720033: set_curterm: (0x7f116fcc2a80) arg1=0x13a22e0 python-31617 [007] d… 24236402.723804: set_curterm: (0x7f116fcc2a80) arg1=0x14cdfa0 python-31617 [007] d… 24236402.723838: set_curterm: (0x7f116fcc2a80) arg1=0x0 ^C

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/apps/perf-tools/bin/uprobe ‘p:/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtinfo.so.5:set_curterm %di’

Tracing uprobe set_curterm (p:set_curterm /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtinfo.so.5:0xfa80 %di). Ctrl-C to end.
python-31617 [007] d… 24236402.719959: set_curterm: (0x7f116fcc2a80) arg1=0x1345d70
python-31617 [007] d… 24236402.720033: set_curterm: (0x7f116fcc2a80) arg1=0x13a22e0
python-31617 [007] d… 24236402.723804: set_curterm: (0x7f116fcc2a80) arg1=0x14cdfa0
python-31617 [007] d… 24236402.723838: set_curterm: (0x7f116fcc2a80) arg1=0x0
^C
找到了。所以 set_curterm() 被调用了，并且被调用了四次。最后一次被传了一个零，看起来这就是问题所在。

如果你觉得疑惑，我怎么就知道 %di 寄存器就是第一个参数呢，因为 AMD64/x86_64 ABI 写着呢（假设这个库和 ABI 兼容）。这里有提示：

man syscall […] arch/ABI arg1 arg2 arg3 arg4 arg5 arg6 arg7 Notes ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── arm/OABI a1 a2 a3 a4 v1 v2 v3 arm/EABI r0 r1 r2 r3 r4 r5 r6 arm64 x0 x1 x2 x3 x4 x5 - blackfin R0 R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 - i386 ebx ecx edx esi edi ebp - ia64 out0 out1 out2 out3 out4 out5 - mips/o32 a0 a1 a2 a3 - - - See below mips/n32,64 a0 a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 - parisc r26 r25 r24 r23 r22 r21 - s390 r2 r3 r4 r5 r6 r7 - s390x r2 r3 r4 r5 r6 r7 - sparc/32 o0 o1 o2 o3 o4 o5 - sparc/64 o0 o1 o2 o3 o4 o5 - x86_64 rdi rsi rdx r10 r8 r9 - […]

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man syscall

[…]
arch/ABI arg1 arg2 arg3 arg4 arg5 arg6 arg7 Notes
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
arm/OABI a1 a2 a3 a4 v1 v2 v3
arm/EABI r0 r1 r2 r3 r4 r5 r6
arm64 x0 x1 x2 x3 x4 x5 -
blackfin R0 R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 -
i386 ebx ecx edx esi edi ebp -
ia64 out0 out1 out2 out3 out4 out5 -
mips/o32 a0 a1 a2 a3 - - - See below
mips/n32,64 a0 a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 -
parisc r26 r25 r24 r23 r22 r21 -
s390 r2 r3 r4 r5 r6 r7 -
s390x r2 r3 r4 r5 r6 r7 -
sparc/32 o0 o1 o2 o3 o4 o5 -
sparc/64 o0 o1 o2 o3 o4 o5 -
x86_64 rdi rsi rdx r10 r8 r9 -
[…]
我还想知道调用 arg1=0x0 的堆栈信息，但是 ftrace 还不支持栈追踪。

外部工具：bcc/BPF

由于我们在调试 bcc 工具 cachetop.py，值得注意的是 bcc 里的 trace.py 有和我的老工具 uprobe 类似的功能：

./trace.py ‘p:tinfo:set_curterm “%d”, arg1’ TIME PID COMM FUNC - 01:00:20 31698 python set_curterm 38018416 01:00:20 31698 python set_curterm 38396640 01:00:20 31698 python set_curterm 39624608 01:00:20 31698 python set_curterm 0

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TIME PID COMM FUNC -
01:00:20 31698 python set_curterm 38018416
01:00:20 31698 python set_curterm 38396640
01:00:20 31698 python set_curterm 39624608
01:00:20 31698 python set_curterm 0
是的，我们在用 bcc 调试 bcc ！

如果你对 bcc 不熟悉，它值得一看。它为 Linux4.x 系列里的 BPF 新特性提供了 Python 和 lua 接口。总之，它能让很多以前不可能或昂贵以致无法运行的性能工具运行起来。我以前发过贴介绍如何在 Ubuntu Xenial 上运行它。

bcc 的 trace.py 工具应该有一个开关来决定是否打印用户堆栈，因为内核从 Linux4.6 开始具备 BPF 堆栈功能，不过到写这篇文章的时候我们还没有加上这个开关。

更多的断点

我真的应该从在 set_curterm() 下了断点的 gdb 入手，可是我觉得我们走的弯路，使用ftrace和BPF的还是蛮有趣的。

回到实时运行模式：

gdb `which python` GNU gdb (Ubuntu 7.11.1-0ubuntu1~16.04) 7.11.1 […] (gdb) b set_curterm Function “set_curterm” not defined. Make breakpoint pending on future shared library load? (y or [n]) y Breakpoint 1 (set_curterm) pending. (gdb) r cachetop.py Starting program: /usr/bin/python cachetop.py [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] Using host libthread_db library “/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1”. Breakpoint 1, set_curterm (termp=termp@entry=0xa43150) at /build/ncurses-pKZ1BN/ncurses-6.0+20160213/ncurses/tinfo/lib_cur_term.c:80 80 { (gdb) c Continuing. Breakpoint 1, set_curterm (termp=termp@entry=0xab5870) at /build/ncurses-pKZ1BN/ncurses-6.0+20160213/ncurses/tinfo/lib_cur_term.c:80 80 { (gdb) c Continuing. Breakpoint 1, set_curterm (termp=termp@entry=0xbecb90) at /build/ncurses-pKZ1BN/ncurses-6.0+20160213/ncurses/tinfo/lib_cur_term.c:80 80 { (gdb) c Continuing. Breakpoint 1, set_curterm (termp=0x0) at /build/ncurses-pKZ1BN/ncurses-6.0+20160213/ncurses/tinfo/lib_cur_term.c:80 80 {

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gdb `which python`

GNU gdb (Ubuntu 7.11.1-0ubuntu1~16.04) 7.11.1
[…]
(gdb) b set_curterm
Function “set_curterm” not defined.
Make breakpoint pending on future shared library load? (y or [n]) y
Breakpoint 1 (set_curterm) pending.
(gdb) r cachetop.py
Starting program: /usr/bin/python cachetop.py
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
Using host libthread_db library “/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1”.
Breakpoint 1, set_curterm (termp=termp@entry=0xa43150) at /build/ncurses-pKZ1BN/ncurses-6.0+20160213/ncurses/tinfo/lib_cur_term.c:80
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(gdb) c
Continuing.

Breakpoint 1, set_curterm (termp=termp@entry=0xab5870) at /build/ncurses-pKZ1BN/ncurses-6.0+20160213/ncurses/tinfo/lib_cur_term.c:80
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(gdb) c
Continuing.

Breakpoint 1, set_curterm (termp=termp@entry=0xbecb90) at /build/ncurses-pKZ1BN/ncurses-6.0+20160213/ncurses/tinfo/lib_cur_term.c:80
80 {
(gdb) c
Continuing.

Breakpoint 1, set_curterm (termp=0x0) at /build/ncurses-pKZ1BN/ncurses-6.0+20160213/ncurses/tinfo/lib_cur_term.c:80
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好的，在这个断点我们可以看到 set_curterm() 被调用了，被传了一个 termp = 0x0 的参数，多亏了 debuginfo 提供的信息。如果没有 debuginfo ，我只能在每个断点处打印寄存器值。

我打印栈帧出来，这样我们可以看到是谁将 curterm 设为零的。

(gdb) bt #0 set_curterm (termp=0x0) at /build/ncurses-pKZ1BN/ncurses-6.0+20160213/ncurses/tinfo/lib_cur_term.c:80 #1 0x00007ffff5a44e75 in llvm::sys::Process::FileDescriptorHasColors(int) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libbcc.so.0 #2 0x00007ffff45cabb8 in clang::driver::tools::Clang::ConstructJob(clang::driver::Compilation&, clang::driver::JobAction const&, clang::driver::InputInfo const&, llvm::SmallVector<clang::driver::InputInfo, 4u> const&, llvm::opt::ArgList const&, char const*) const () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libbcc.so.0 #3 0x00007ffff456ffa5 in clang::driver::Driver::BuildJobsForAction(clang::driver::Compilation&, clang::driver::Action const*, clang::driver::ToolChain const*, char const*, bool, bool, char const*, clang::driver::InputInfo&) const () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libbcc.so.0 #4 0x00007ffff4570501 in clang::driver::Driver::BuildJobs(clang::driver::Compilation&) const () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libbcc.so.0 #5 0x00007ffff457224a in clang::driver::Driver::BuildCompilation(llvm::ArrayRef<char const*>) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libbcc.so.0 #6 0x00007ffff4396cda in ebpf::ClangLoader::parse(std::unique_ptr<llvm::Module, std::default_deletellvm::Module >, std::unique_ptr<std::vector<ebpf::TableDesc, std::allocatorebpf::TableDesc >, std::default_delete<std::vector<ebpf::TableDesc, std::allocatorebpf::TableDesc > > >, std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits, std::allocator > const&, bool, char const**, int) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libbcc.so.0 #7 0x00007ffff4344314 in ebpf::BPFModule::load_cfile(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits, std::allocator > const&, bool, char const**, int) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libbcc.so.0 #8 0x00007ffff4349e5e in ebpf::BPFModule::load_string(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits, std::allocator > const&, char const**, int) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libbcc.so.0 #9 0x00007ffff43430c8 in bpf_module_create_c_from_string () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libbcc.so.0 #10 0x00007ffff690ae40 in ffi_call_unix64 () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libffi.so.6 #11 0x00007ffff690a8ab in ffi_call () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libffi.so.6 #12 0x00007ffff6b1a68c in _ctypes_callproc () from /usr/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload/_ctypes.x86_64-linux-gnu.so #13 0x00007ffff6b1ed82 in ?? () from /usr/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload/_ctypes.x86_64-linux-gnu.so #14 0x00000000004b1153 in PyObject_Call () #15 0x00000000004ca5ca in PyEval_EvalFrameEx () #16 0x00000000004c2e05 in PyEval_EvalCodeEx () #17 0x00000000004def08 in ?? () #18 0x00000000004b1153 in PyObject_Call () #19 0x00000000004f4c3e in ?? () #20 0x00000000004b1153 in PyObject_Call () #21 0x00000000004f49b7 in ?? () #22 0x00000000004b6e2c in ?? () #23 0x00000000004b1153 in PyObject_Call () #24 0x00000000004ca5ca in PyEval_EvalFrameEx () #25 0x00000000004c2e05 in PyEval_EvalCodeEx () #26 0x00000000004def08 in ?? () #27 0x00000000004b1153 in PyObject_Call () #28 0x00000000004c73ec in PyEval_EvalFrameEx () #29 0x00000000004c2e05 in PyEval_EvalCodeEx () #30 0x00000000004caf42 in PyEval_EvalFrameEx () #31 0x00000000004c2e05 in PyEval_EvalCodeEx () #32 0x00000000004c2ba9 in PyEval_EvalCode () #33 0x00000000004f20ef in ?? () #34 0x00000000004eca72 in PyRun_FileExFlags () #35 0x00000000004eb1f1 in PyRun_SimpleFileExFlags () #36 0x000000000049e18a in Py_Main () #37 0x00007ffff7811830 in __libc_start_main (main=0x49daf0 , argc=2, argv=0x7fffffffdfb8, init=, fini=, rtld_fini=, stack_end=0x7fffffffdfa8) at …/csu/libc-start.c:291 #38 0x000000000049da19 in _start ()
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(gdb) bt
#0 set_curterm (termp=0x0) at /build/ncurses-pKZ1BN/ncurses-6.0+20160213/ncurses/tinfo/lib_cur_term.c:80
#1 0x00007ffff5a44e75 in llvm::sys::Process::FileDescriptorHasColors(int) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libbcc.so.0
#2 0x00007ffff45cabb8 in clang::driver::tools::Clang::ConstructJob(clang::driver::Compilation&, clang::driver::JobAction const&, clang::driver::InputInfo const&, llvm::SmallVector<clang::driver::InputInfo, 4u> const&, llvm::opt::ArgList const&, char const*) const () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libbcc.so.0
#3 0x00007ffff456ffa5 in clang::driver::Driver::BuildJobsForAction(clang::driver::Compilation&, clang::driver::Action const*, clang::driver::ToolChain const*, char const*, bool, bool, char const*, clang::driver::InputInfo&) const () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libbcc.so.0
#4 0x00007ffff4570501 in clang::driver::Driver::BuildJobs(clang::driver::Compilation&) const () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libbcc.so.0
#5 0x00007ffff457224a in clang::driver::Driver::BuildCompilation(llvm::ArrayRef<char const*>) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libbcc.so.0
#6 0x00007ffff4396cda in ebpf::ClangLoader::parse(std::unique_ptr<llvm::Module, std::default_deletellvm::Module >, std::unique_ptr<std::vector<ebpf::TableDesc, std::allocatorebpf::TableDesc >, std::default_delete<std::vector<ebpf::TableDesc, std::allocatorebpf::TableDesc > > >, std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits, std::allocator > const&, bool, char const**, int) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libbcc.so.0
#7 0x00007ffff4344314 in ebpf::BPFModule::load_cfile(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits, std::allocator > const&, bool, char const**, int) ()
from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libbcc.so.0
#8 0x00007ffff4349e5e in ebpf::BPFModule::load_string(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits, std::allocator > const&, char const**, int) ()
from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libbcc.so.0
#9 0x00007ffff43430c8 in bpf_module_create_c_from_string () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libbcc.so.0
#10 0x00007ffff690ae40 in ffi_call_unix64 () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libffi.so.6
#11 0x00007ffff690a8ab in ffi_call () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libffi.so.6
#12 0x00007ffff6b1a68c in _ctypes_callproc () from /usr/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload/_ctypes.x86_64-linux-gnu.so
#13 0x00007ffff6b1ed82 in ?? () from /usr/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload/_ctypes.x86_64-linux-gnu.so
#14 0x00000000004b1153 in PyObject_Call ()
#15 0x00000000004ca5ca in PyEval_EvalFrameEx ()
#16 0x00000000004c2e05 in PyEval_EvalCodeEx ()
#17 0x00000000004def08 in ?? ()
#18 0x00000000004b1153 in PyObject_Call ()
#19 0x00000000004f4c3e in ?? ()
#20 0x00000000004b1153 in PyObject_Call ()
#21 0x00000000004f49b7 in ?? ()
#22 0x00000000004b6e2c in ?? ()
#23 0x00000000004b1153 in PyObject_Call ()
#24 0x00000000004ca5ca in PyEval_EvalFrameEx ()
#25 0x00000000004c2e05 in PyEval_EvalCodeEx ()
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#27 0x00000000004b1153 in PyObject_Call ()
#28 0x00000000004c73ec in PyEval_EvalFrameEx ()
#29 0x00000000004c2e05 in PyEval_EvalCodeEx ()
#30 0x00000000004caf42 in PyEval_EvalFrameEx ()
#31 0x00000000004c2e05 in PyEval_EvalCodeEx ()
#32 0x00000000004c2ba9 in PyEval_EvalCode ()
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#34 0x00000000004eca72 in PyRun_FileExFlags ()
#35 0x00000000004eb1f1 in PyRun_SimpleFileExFlags ()
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#37 0x00007ffff7811830 in __libc_start_main (main=0x49daf0 , argc=2, argv=0x7fffffffdfb8, init=, fini=, rtld_fini=,
stack_end=0x7fffffffdfa8) at …/csu/libc-start.c:291
#38 0x000000000049da19 in _start ()
好了，有了更多的线索…我认为。我们在 llvm::sys::Process::FileDescriptorHasColors()里边。llvm 编译器有问题？

外部工具：cscope，再来一次

代码较多的时候使用 cscope 查看，这次是 llvm。FileDescriptorHasColors() 函数：

static bool terminalHasColors(int fd) { […] // Now extract the structure allocated by setupterm and free its memory // through a really silly dance. struct term *termp = set_curterm((struct term *)nullptr); (void)del_curterm(termp); // Drop any errors here.
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static bool terminalHasColors(int fd) {
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// Now extract the structure allocated by setupterm and free its memory
// through a really silly dance.
struct term *termp = set_curterm((struct term *)nullptr);
(void)del_curterm(termp); // Drop any errors here.
这是较早版本中使用的代码：

static bool terminalHasColors() { if (const char *term = std::getenv(“TERM”)) { // Most modern terminals support ANSI escape sequences for colors. // We could check terminfo, or have a list of known terms that support // colors, but that would be overkill. // The user can always ask for no colors by setting TERM to dumb, or // using a commandline flag. return strcmp(term, “dumb”) != 0; } return false; }
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static bool terminalHasColors() {
if (const char *term = std::getenv(“TERM”)) {
// Most modern terminals support ANSI escape sequences for colors.
// We could check terminfo, or have a list of known terms that support
// colors, but that would be overkill.
// The user can always ask for no colors by setting TERM to dumb, or
// using a commandline flag.
return strcmp(term, “dumb”) != 0;
}
return false;
}
用空指针调用 set_curterm() 变成了 “愚蠢的舞蹈” 。

写内存

作为实验，我要修改程序内存来避免 set_curterm() 被置零，用来探索可能的解决方法。

运行 gdb ，在 set_curterm() 下断点，跑到零调用的地方：

gdb `which python` GNU gdb (Ubuntu 7.11.1-0ubuntu1~16.04) 7.11.1 […] (gdb) b set_curterm Function “set_curterm” not defined. Make breakpoint pending on future shared library load? (y or [n]) y Breakpoint 1 (set_curterm) pending. (gdb) r cachetop.py Starting program: /usr/bin/python cachetop.py [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] Using host libthread_db library “/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1”. Breakpoint 1, set_curterm (termp=termp@entry=0xa43150) at /build/ncurses-pKZ1BN/ncurses-6.0+20160213/ncurses/tinfo/lib_cur_term.c:80 80 { (gdb) c Continuing. Breakpoint 1, set_curterm (termp=termp@entry=0xab5870) at /build/ncurses-pKZ1BN/ncurses-6.0+20160213/ncurses/tinfo/lib_cur_term.c:80 80 { (gdb) c Continuing. Breakpoint 1, set_curterm (termp=termp@entry=0xbecb90) at /build/ncurses-pKZ1BN/ncurses-6.0+20160213/ncurses/tinfo/lib_cur_term.c:80 80 { (gdb) c Continuing. Breakpoint 1, set_curterm (termp=0x0) at /build/ncurses-pKZ1BN/ncurses-6.0+20160213/ncurses/tinfo/lib_cur_term.c:80 80 {

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gdb `which python`

Breakpoint 1, set_curterm (termp=termp@entry=0xa43150) at /build/ncurses-pKZ1BN/ncurses-6.0+20160213/ncurses/tinfo/lib_cur_term.c:80
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Continuing.

Breakpoint 1, set_curterm (termp=termp@entry=0xab5870) at /build/ncurses-pKZ1BN/ncurses-6.0+20160213/ncurses/tinfo/lib_cur_term.c:80
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Continuing.

Breakpoint 1, set_curterm (termp=termp@entry=0xbecb90) at /build/ncurses-pKZ1BN/ncurses-6.0+20160213/ncurses/tinfo/lib_cur_term.c:80
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Continuing.

Breakpoint 1, set_curterm (termp=0x0) at /build/ncurses-pKZ1BN/ncurses-6.0+20160213/ncurses/tinfo/lib_cur_term.c:80
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这里我用 set 命令来改写内存，把零换成在前面看到的 set_curterm() 参数 0xbecb90 ，希望它仍是合法的。

警告：写内存不安全！gdb 不会问你 “你确定？”。如果你写错了或者敲错了，会搞坏程序。最好的情况是你的程序立即奔溃，你意识到自己做错了。最糟的情况，程序使用坏的数据继续运行几年之后被发现是错的。

这里，我在不用于生产的实验室机器上做试验，所以我继续。
我以16进制（p/x）的形式打印 %rdi 的值，然后将其设为之前的地址，再打印一次，最后打印所有寄存器的值：

(gdb) p/x $rdi $1 = 0x0 (gdb) set $rdi=0xbecb90 (gdb) p/x $rdi $2 = 0xbecb90 (gdb) i r rax 0x100 256 rbx 0x1 1 rcx 0xe71 3697 rdx 0x0 0 rsi 0x7ffff5dd45d3 140737318307283 rdi 0xbecb90 12503952 rbp 0x100 0x100 rsp 0x7fffffffa5b8 0x7fffffffa5b8 r8 0xbf0050 12517456 r9 0x1999999999999999 1844674407370955161 r10 0xbf0040 12517440 r11 0x7ffff7bb4b78 140737349634936 r12 0xbecb70 12503920 r13 0xbeaea0 12496544 r14 0x7fffffffa9a0 140737488333216 r15 0x7fffffffa8a0 140737488332960 rip 0x7ffff3c76a80 0x7ffff3c76a80 <set_curterm> eflags 0x246 [ PF ZF IF ] cs 0x33 51 ss 0x2b 43 ds 0x0 0 es 0x0 0 fs 0x0 0 gs 0x0 0
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(gdb) p/x $rdi
$1 = 0x0
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(gdb) i r
rax 0x100 256
rbx 0x1 1
rcx 0xe71 3697
rdx 0x0 0
rsi 0x7ffff5dd45d3 140737318307283
rdi 0xbecb90 12503952
rbp 0x100 0x100
rsp 0x7fffffffa5b8 0x7fffffffa5b8
r8 0xbf0050 12517456
r9 0x1999999999999999 1844674407370955161
r10 0xbf0040 12517440
r11 0x7ffff7bb4b78 140737349634936
r12 0xbecb70 12503920
r13 0xbeaea0 12496544
r14 0x7fffffffa9a0 140737488333216
r15 0x7fffffffa8a0 140737488332960
rip 0x7ffff3c76a80 0x7ffff3c76a80 <set_curterm>
eflags 0x246 [ PF ZF IF ]
cs 0x33 51
ss 0x2b 43
ds 0x0 0
es 0x0 0
fs 0x0 0
gs 0x0 0
（因为这里我已经安装了调试信息，因此不必使用寄存器，我可以设置传给 set_curterm() 的参数参数 “termp”，而不是 $rdi。）

现在 %rdi 被用到了，所以那些寄存器看起来还能继续用。

(gdb) c Continuing. Breakpoint 1, set_curterm (termp=termp@entry=0x0) at /build/ncurses-pKZ1BN/ncurses-6.0+20160213/ncurses/tinfo/lib_cur_term.c:80 80 {
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Continuing.

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好的，在调用 set_curterm() 时程序没崩！但遇到另一个参数也是零的问题。我们故技重施：

(gdb) set $rdi=0xbecb90 (gdb) c Continuing. warning: JITed object file architecture unknown is not compatible with target architecture i386:x86-64. Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. 0x00007ffff34ad411 in ClrBlank (win=0xaea060) at /build/ncurses-pKZ1BN/ncurses-6.0+20160213/ncurses/tty/tty_update.c:1129 1129 if (back_color_erase)
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warning: JITed object file architecture unknown is not compatible with target architecture i386:x86-64.

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x00007ffff34ad411 in ClrBlank (win=0xaea060) at /build/ncurses-pKZ1BN/ncurses-6.0+20160213/ncurses/tty/tty_update.c:1129
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啊。这就是我写内存的后果。所以这次试验以另一个段错误结束。

条件断点

在前面一节，我用了 3 个 continues 到达断点的正确调用处。如果有几百次调用的话，就得用条件断点了。这里有个例子。

和之前一样我运行程序，在 set_curterm() 下断点：

gdb `which python` GNU gdb (Ubuntu 7.11.1-0ubuntu1~16.04) 7.11.1 […] (gdb) b set_curterm Function “set_curterm” not defined. Make breakpoint pending on future shared library load? (y or [n]) y Breakpoint 1 (set_curterm) pending. (gdb) r cachetop.py Starting program: /usr/bin/python cachetop.py [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] Using host libthread_db library “/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1”. Breakpoint 1, set_curterm (termp=termp@entry=0xa43150) at /build/ncurses-pKZ1BN/ncurses-6.0+20160213/ncurses/tinfo/lib_cur_term.c:80 80 {

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现在我要将 1 号断点变成条件断点，这样它只会在 %rdi 的值为零是被触发：

(gdb) cond 1 $rdi0x0 (gdb) i b Num Type Disp Enb Address What 1 breakpoint keep y 0x00007ffff3c76a80 in set_curterm at /build/ncurses-pKZ1BN/ncurses-6.0+20160213/ncurses/tinfo/lib_cur_term.c:80 stop only if $rdi0x0 breakpoint already hit 1 time (gdb) c Continuing. Breakpoint 1, set_curterm (termp=0x0) at /build/ncurses-pKZ1BN/ncurses-6.0+20160213/ncurses/tinfo/lib_cur_term.c:80 (gdb)
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stop only if $rdi0x0
breakpoint already hit 1 time
(gdb) c
Continuing.

Breakpoint 1, set_curterm (termp=0x0) at /build/ncurses-pKZ1BN/ncurses-6.0+20160213/ncurses/tinfo/lib_cur_term.c:80
(gdb)
漂亮！cond 是 conditional 的简写。为什么当我第一次创建 “pending” 断点的时候没有立即运行它呢？因为我发现在 pending 断点上条件不管用，至少在这个版本的 gdb 上是这样。（要么是我哪里做错了。）我也用 i b （info breakpoints）列出了断点信息。

返回命令

我曾经试过另一个改值的方法，但是这次我要改指令而不是数据。

警告：看前边的警告，这里也适用。

和之前一样我们来到 set_curterm 零断点处，然后敲入 ret （return 的简写），就会立即从此函数返回并且不执行这个函数。我想用不执行函数的方式让全局变量 curterm 不被置零。

[…] (gdb) c Continuing. Breakpoint 1, set_curterm (termp=0x0) at /build/ncurses-pKZ1BN/ncurses-6.0+20160213/ncurses/tinfo/lib_cur_term.c:80 (gdb) ret Make set_curterm return now? (y or n) y #0 0x00007ffff5a44e75 in llvm::sys::Process::FileDescriptorHasColors(int) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libbcc.so.0 (gdb) c Continuing. Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. _nc_free_termtype (ptr=ptr@entry=0x100) at /build/ncurses-pKZ1BN/ncurses-6.0+20160213/ncurses/tinfo/free_ttype.c:52 52 FreeIfNeeded(ptr->str_table);
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Continuing.

Breakpoint 1, set_curterm (termp=0x0) at /build/ncurses-pKZ1BN/ncurses-6.0+20160213/ncurses/tinfo/lib_cur_term.c:80

(gdb) ret
Make set_curterm return now? (y or n) y
#0 0x00007ffff5a44e75 in llvm::sys::Process::FileDescriptorHasColors(int) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libbcc.so.0
(gdb) c
Continuing.

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
_nc_free_termtype (ptr=ptr@entry=0x100) at /build/ncurses-pKZ1BN/ncurses-6.0+20160213/ncurses/tinfo/free_ttype.c:52

52 FreeIfNeeded(ptr->str_table);
又崩了。这是我搞砸的现场。

再试一次。在多看了一点代码之后，我想第二次尝试 ret，以防父函数被卷进来。再来一次，这只是一次非常规试验：

[…] (gdb) c Continuing. Breakpoint 1, set_curterm (termp=0x0) at /build/ncurses-pKZ1BN/ncurses-6.0+20160213/ncurses/tinfo/lib_cur_term.c:80 80 { (gdb) ret Make set_curterm return now? (y or n) y #0 0x00007ffff5a44e75 in llvm::sys::Process::FileDescriptorHasColors(int) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libbcc.so.0 (gdb) ret Make selected stack frame return now? (y or n) y #0 0x00007ffff45cabb8 in clang::driver::tools::Clang::ConstructJob(clang::driver::Compilation&, clang::driver::JobAction const&, clang::driver::InputInfo const&, llvm::SmallVector const&, llvm::opt::ArgList const&, char const*) const () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libbcc.so.0 (gdb) c
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Continuing.

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(gdb) ret
Make selected stack frame return now? (y or n) y
#0 0x00007ffff45cabb8 in clang::driver::tools::Clang::ConstructJob(clang::driver::Compilation&, clang::driver::JobAction const&, clang::driver::InputInfo const&, llvm::SmallVector const&, llvm::opt::ArgList const&, char const*) const () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libbcc.so.0

(gdb) c
屏幕清空暂停…然后刷新：

07:44:22 Buffers MB: 61 / Cached MB: 1246 PID UID CMD HITS MISSES DIRTIES READ_HIT% WRITE_HIT% 2742 root systemd-logind 3 66 2 1.4% 95.7% 15836 root kworker/u30:1 7 0 1 85.7% 0.0% 2736 messageb dbus-daemon 8 66 2 8.1% 89.2% 1 root systemd 15 0 0 100.0% 0.0% 2812 syslog rs:main Q:Reg 16 66 8 9.8% 80.5% 435 root systemd-journal 32 66 8 24.5% 67.3% 2740 root accounts-daemon 113 66 2 62.0% 36.9% 15847 root bash 160 0 1 99.4% 0.0% 15864 root lesspipe 306 0 2 99.3% 0.0% 15854 root bash 309 0 2 99.4% 0.0% 15856 root bash 309 0 2 99.4% 0.0% 15866 root bash 309 0 2 99.4% 0.0% 15867 root bash 309 0 2 99.4% 0.0% 15860 root bash 313 0 2 99.4% 0.0% 15868 root bash 341 0 2 99.4% 0.0% 15858 root uname 452 0 2 99.6% 0.0% 15858 root bash 453 0 2 99.6% 0.0% 15866 root dircolors 464 0 2 99.6% 0.0% 15861 root basename 465 0 2 99.6% 0.0% 15864 root dirname 468 0 2 99.6% 0.0% 15856 root ls 476 0 2 99.6% 0.0% […]
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1 root systemd 15 0 0 100.0% 0.0%
2812 syslog rs:main Q:Reg 16 66 8 9.8% 80.5%
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2740 root accounts-daemon 113 66 2 62.0% 36.9%
15847 root bash 160 0 1 99.4% 0.0%
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15856 root bash 309 0 2 99.4% 0.0%
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15860 root bash 313 0 2 99.4% 0.0%
15868 root bash 341 0 2 99.4% 0.0%
15858 root uname 452 0 2 99.6% 0.0%
15858 root bash 453 0 2 99.6% 0.0%
15866 root dircolors 464 0 2 99.6% 0.0%
15861 root basename 465 0 2 99.6% 0.0%
15864 root dirname 468 0 2 99.6% 0.0%
15856 root ls 476 0 2 99.6% 0.0%
[…]
哇！成功了！

更好的方案

我已经把调试输出发布到 github，因为 BPF 首席工程师，Alexei Starovoitov 对 llvm 也很精通，问题的根源好像是 llvm 的一个 bug。当我在用写内存和返回命令瞎搞的时候，他建议我在 bcc 加上 llvm 选项 -fno-color-diagnostics，来避免这个问题。成功了！把它加到 bcc 里是一个解决办法。（我还是希望 llvm 的 bug 能被修复）

Python 环境

至此问题已经解决了，但是你可能会好奇想看修复好的堆栈回溯。

安装 python-dbg：

apt-get install -y python-dbg Reading package lists… Done […] The following additional packages will be installed: libpython-dbg libpython2.7-dbg python2.7-dbg Suggested packages: python2.7-gdbm-dbg python2.7-tk-dbg python-gdbm-dbg python-tk-dbg The following NEW packages will be installed: libpython-dbg libpython2.7-dbg python-dbg python2.7-dbg 0 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 20 not upgraded. Need to get 11.9 MB of archives. After this operation, 36.4 MB of additional disk space will be used. […]

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Reading package lists… Done
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The following NEW packages will be installed:
libpython-dbg libpython2.7-dbg python-dbg python2.7-dbg
0 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 20 not upgraded.
Need to get 11.9 MB of archives.
After this operation, 36.4 MB of additional disk space will be used.
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现在我回到 gdb 来看堆栈回溯：

gdb `which python` /var/cores/core.python.30520 GNU gdb (Ubuntu 7.11.1-0ubuntu1~16.04) 7.11.1 […] Reading symbols from /usr/bin/python…Reading symbols from /usr/lib/debug/.build-id/4e/a0539215b2a9e32602f81c90240874132c1a54.debug…done. […] (gdb) bt #0 ClrBlank (win=0x1993060) at /build/ncurses-pKZ1BN/ncurses-6.0+20160213/ncurses/tty/tty_update.c:1129 #1 ClrUpdate () at /build/ncurses-pKZ1BN/ncurses-6.0+20160213/ncurses/tty/tty_update.c:1147 #2 doupdate () at /build/ncurses-pKZ1BN/ncurses-6.0+20160213/ncurses/tty/tty_update.c:1010 #3 0x00007f0a37aa07e6 in wrefresh (win=win@entry=0x1993060) at /build/ncurses-pKZ1BN/ncurses-6.0+20160213/ncurses/base/lib_refresh.c:65 #4 0x00007f0a37a99499 in recur_wrefresh (win=win@entry=0x1993060) at /build/ncurses-pKZ1BN/ncurses-6.0+20160213/ncurses/base/lib_getch.c:384 #5 0x00007f0a37a99616 in _nc_wgetch (win=win@entry=0x1993060, result=result@entry=0x7ffd33d93e24, use_meta=1) at /build/ncurses-pKZ1BN/ncurses-6.0+20160213/ncurses/base/lib_getch.c:491 #6 0x00007f0a37a9a325 in wgetch (win=0x1993060) at /build/ncurses-pKZ1BN/ncurses-6.0+20160213/ncurses/base/lib_getch.c:672 #7 0x00007f0a37cc6ec3 in PyCursesWindow_GetCh.lto_priv.109 (self=0x7f0a3c57b198, args=()) at /build/python2.7-HpIZBG/python2.7-2.7.11/Modules/_cursesmodule.c:853 #8 0x00000000004c4d5a in call_function (oparg=, pp_stack=0x7ffd33d93f30) at …/Python/ceval.c:4350 #9 PyEval_EvalFrameEx () at …/Python/ceval.c:2987 #10 0x00000000004c2e05 in PyEval_EvalCodeEx () at …/Python/ceval.c:3582 #11 0x00000000004def08 in function_call.lto_priv () at …/Objects/funcobject.c:523 #12 0x00000000004b1153 in PyObject_Call () at …/Objects/abstract.c:2546 #13 0x00000000004c73ec in ext_do_call (nk=0, na=, flags=, pp_stack=0x7ffd33d941e8, func=<function at remote 0x7f0a37edcc80>) at …/Python/ceval.c:4662 #14 PyEval_EvalFrameEx () at …/Python/ceval.c:3026 #15 0x00000000004c2e05 in PyEval_EvalCodeEx () at …/Python/ceval.c:3582 #16 0x00000000004caf42 in fast_function (nk=0, na=, n=, pp_stack=0x7ffd33d943f0, func=<function at remote 0x7f0a38039140>) at …/Python/ceval.c:4445 #17 call_function (oparg=, pp_stack=0x7ffd33d943f0) at …/Python/ceval.c:4370 #18 PyEval_EvalFrameEx () at …/Python/ceval.c:2987 #19 0x00000000004c2e05 in PyEval_EvalCodeEx () at …/Python/ceval.c:3582 #20 0x00000000004c2ba9 in PyEval_EvalCode (co=, globals=, locals=) at …/Python/ceval.c:669 #21 0x00000000004f20ef in run_mod.lto_priv () at …/Python/pythonrun.c:1376 #22 0x00000000004eca72 in PyRun_FileExFlags () at …/Python/pythonrun.c:1362 #23 0x00000000004eb1f1 in PyRun_SimpleFileExFlags () at …/Python/pythonrun.c:948 #24 0x000000000049e18a in Py_Main () at …/Modules/main.c:640 #25 0x00007f0a3be10830 in __libc_start_main (main=0x49daf0 , argc=2, argv=0x7ffd33d94838, init=, fini=, rtld_fini=, stack_end=0x7ffd33d94828) at …/csu/libc-start.c:291 #26 0x000000000049da19 in _start ()

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GNU gdb (Ubuntu 7.11.1-0ubuntu1~16.04) 7.11.1
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Reading symbols from /usr/bin/python…Reading symbols from /usr/lib/debug/.build-id/4e/a0539215b2a9e32602f81c90240874132c1a54.debug…done.
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#0 ClrBlank (win=0x1993060) at /build/ncurses-pKZ1BN/ncurses-6.0+20160213/ncurses/tty/tty_update.c:1129
#1 ClrUpdate () at /build/ncurses-pKZ1BN/ncurses-6.0+20160213/ncurses/tty/tty_update.c:1147
#2 doupdate () at /build/ncurses-pKZ1BN/ncurses-6.0+20160213/ncurses/tty/tty_update.c:1010
#3 0x00007f0a37aa07e6 in wrefresh (win=win@entry=0x1993060) at /build/ncurses-pKZ1BN/ncurses-6.0+20160213/ncurses/base/lib_refresh.c:65
#4 0x00007f0a37a99499 in recur_wrefresh (win=win@entry=0x1993060) at /build/ncurses-pKZ1BN/ncurses-6.0+20160213/ncurses/base/lib_getch.c:384
#5 0x00007f0a37a99616 in _nc_wgetch (win=win@entry=0x1993060, result=result@entry=0x7ffd33d93e24, use_meta=1)
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#6 0x00007f0a37a9a325 in wgetch (win=0x1993060) at /build/ncurses-pKZ1BN/ncurses-6.0+20160213/ncurses/base/lib_getch.c:672
#7 0x00007f0a37cc6ec3 in PyCursesWindow_GetCh.lto_priv.109 (self=0x7f0a3c57b198, args=()) at /build/python2.7-HpIZBG/python2.7-2.7.11/Modules/_cursesmodule.c:853
#8 0x00000000004c4d5a in call_function (oparg=, pp_stack=0x7ffd33d93f30) at …/Python/ceval.c:4350
#9 PyEval_EvalFrameEx () at …/Python/ceval.c:2987
#10 0x00000000004c2e05 in PyEval_EvalCodeEx () at …/Python/ceval.c:3582
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#13 0x00000000004c73ec in ext_do_call (nk=0, na=, flags=, pp_stack=0x7ffd33d941e8, func=<function at remote 0x7f0a37edcc80>)
at …/Python/ceval.c:4662
#14 PyEval_EvalFrameEx () at …/Python/ceval.c:3026
#15 0x00000000004c2e05 in PyEval_EvalCodeEx () at …/Python/ceval.c:3582
#16 0x00000000004caf42 in fast_function (nk=0, na=, n=, pp_stack=0x7ffd33d943f0, func=<function at remote 0x7f0a38039140>)
at …/Python/ceval.c:4445
#17 call_function (oparg=, pp_stack=0x7ffd33d943f0) at …/Python/ceval.c:4370
#18 PyEval_EvalFrameEx () at …/Python/ceval.c:2987
#19 0x00000000004c2e05 in PyEval_EvalCodeEx () at …/Python/ceval.c:3582
#20 0x00000000004c2ba9 in PyEval_EvalCode (co=, globals=, locals=) at …/Python/ceval.c:669
#21 0x00000000004f20ef in run_mod.lto_priv () at …/Python/pythonrun.c:1376
#22 0x00000000004eca72 in PyRun_FileExFlags () at …/Python/pythonrun.c:1362
#23 0x00000000004eb1f1 in PyRun_SimpleFileExFlags () at …/Python/pythonrun.c:948
#24 0x000000000049e18a in Py_Main () at …/Modules/main.c:640
#25 0x00007f0a3be10830 in __libc_start_main (main=0x49daf0 , argc=2, argv=0x7ffd33d94838, init=, fini=, rtld_fini=,
stack_end=0x7ffd33d94828) at …/csu/libc-start.c:291
#26 0x000000000049da19 in _start ()
没有 “??” 了，但也没什么大用。

python 调试包给 gdb 加入了别的功能。现在我们可以看 python 的回溯：

(gdb) py-bt Traceback (most recent call first): File “./cachetop.py”, line 188, in handle_loop s = stdscr.getch() File “/usr/lib/python2.7/curses/wrapper.py”, line 43, in wrapper return func(stdscr, *args, **kwds) File “./cachetop.py”, line 260, in curses.wrapper(handle_loop, args)
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Traceback (most recent call first):
File “./cachetop.py”, line 188, in handle_loop
s = stdscr.getch()
File “/usr/lib/python2.7/curses/wrapper.py”, line 43, in wrapper
return func(stdscr, *args, **kwds)
File “./cachetop.py”, line 260, in
curses.wrapper(handle_loop, args)
… 和Python 源码：

(gdb) py-list 183 b.attach_kprobe(event=“mark_buffer_dirty”, fn_name=“do_count”) 184 185 exiting = 0 186 187 while 1: >188 s = stdscr.getch() > 189 if s == ord(‘q’): > 190 exiting = 1 > 191 elif s == ord(‘r’): > 192 sort_reverse = not sort_reverse > 193 elif s == ord(’<’):
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183 b.attach_kprobe(event=“mark_buffer_dirty”, fn_name=“do_count”)
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185 exiting = 0
186
187 while 1:

188 s = stdscr.getch()
189 if s == ord(‘q’):
190 exiting = 1
191 elif s == ord(‘r’):
192 sort_reverse = not sort_reverse
193 elif s == ord(’<’):
它识别出了我们之前执行的 python 代码中的段错误。真是太棒了！

原先堆栈回溯的问题是我们看到了 python 内部在执行方法，却看不到方法本身。如果你调试别的语言，要取决于它的编译选项和运行环境,还有怎么结束执行代码。如果你在网上搜索 “语言名” 和 “gdb” 你可能会找到像 Python 一样的 gdb 扩展。如果没有的话，坏消息是你需要自己写，好消息是这样做是可行的！当它们可以用 Python 来写的时候，请搜索 “adding new GDB commands in Python” 的资料。

更多命令

看起来好像我写了一个 gdb 的全面介绍，但我真的没有：gdb 里还有很多命令我没提到。help 命令列出了主要部分：

(gdb) help List of classes of commands: aliases – Aliases of other commands breakpoints – Making program stop at certain points data – Examining data files – Specifying and examining files internals – Maintenance commands obscure – Obscure features running – Running the program stack – Examining the stack status – Status inquiries support – Support facilities tracepoints – Tracing of program execution without stopping the program user-defined – User-defined commands Type “help” followed by a class name for a list of commands in that class. Type “help all” for the list of all commands. Type “help” followed by command name for full documentation. Type “apropos word” to search for commands related to “word”. Command name abbreviations are allowed if unambiguous.
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(gdb) help
List of classes of commands:

aliases – Aliases of other commands
breakpoints – Making program stop at certain points
data – Examining data
files – Specifying and examining files
internals – Maintenance commands
obscure – Obscure features
running – Running the program
stack – Examining the stack
status – Status inquiries
support – Support facilities
tracepoints – Tracing of program execution without stopping the program
user-defined – User-defined commands

Type “help” followed by a class name for a list of commands in that class.
Type “help all” for the list of all commands.
Type “help” followed by command name for full documentation.
Type “apropos word” to search for commands related to “word”.
Command name abbreviations are allowed if unambiguous.
你可以对每一类命令执行 help。例如，这是 breakpoints 类的全部清单：

(gdb) help breakpoints Making program stop at certain points. List of commands: awatch – Set a watchpoint for an expression break – Set breakpoint at specified location break-range – Set a breakpoint for an address range catch – Set catchpoints to catch events catch assert – Catch failed Ada assertions catch catch – Catch an exception catch exception – Catch Ada exceptions catch exec – Catch calls to exec catch fork – Catch calls to fork catch load – Catch loads of shared libraries catch rethrow – Catch an exception catch signal – Catch signals by their names and/or numbers catch syscall – Catch system calls by their names and/or numbers catch throw – Catch an exception catch unload – Catch unloads of shared libraries catch vfork – Catch calls to vfork clear – Clear breakpoint at specified location commands – Set commands to be executed when a breakpoint is hit condition – Specify breakpoint number N to break only if COND is true delete – Delete some breakpoints or auto-display expressions delete bookmark – Delete a bookmark from the bookmark list delete breakpoints – Delete some breakpoints or auto-display expressions delete checkpoint – Delete a checkpoint (experimental) delete display – Cancel some expressions to be displayed when program stops delete mem – Delete memory region delete tracepoints – Delete specified tracepoints delete tvariable – Delete one or more trace state variables disable – Disable some breakpoints disable breakpoints – Disable some breakpoints disable display – Disable some expressions to be displayed when program stops disable frame-filter – GDB command to disable the specified frame-filter disable mem – Disable memory region disable pretty-printer – GDB command to disable the specified pretty-printer disable probes – Disable probes disable tracepoints – Disable specified tracepoints disable type-printer – GDB command to disable the specified type-printer disable unwinder – GDB command to disable the specified unwinder disable xmethod – GDB command to disable a specified (group of) xmethod(s) dprintf – Set a dynamic printf at specified location enable – Enable some breakpoints enable breakpoints – Enable some breakpoints enable breakpoints count – Enable breakpoints for COUNT hits enable breakpoints delete – Enable breakpoints and delete when hit enable breakpoints once – Enable breakpoints for one hit enable count – Enable breakpoints for COUNT hits enable delete – Enable breakpoints and delete when hit enable display – Enable some expressions to be displayed when program stops enable frame-filter – GDB command to disable the specified frame-filter enable mem – Enable memory region enable once – Enable breakpoints for one hit enable pretty-printer – GDB command to enable the specified pretty-printer enable probes – Enable probes enable tracepoints – Enable specified tracepoints enable type-printer – GDB command to enable the specified type printer enable unwinder – GDB command to enable unwinders enable xmethod – GDB command to enable a specified (group of) xmethod(s) ftrace – Set a fast tracepoint at specified location hbreak – Set a hardware assisted breakpoint ignore – Set ignore-count of breakpoint number N to COUNT rbreak – Set a breakpoint for all functions matching REGEXP rwatch – Set a read watchpoint for an expression save – Save breakpoint definitions as a script save breakpoints – Save current breakpoint definitions as a script save gdb-index – Save a gdb-index file save tracepoints – Save current tracepoint definitions as a script skip – Ignore a function while stepping skip delete – Delete skip entries skip disable – Disable skip entries skip enable – Enable skip entries skip file – Ignore a file while stepping skip function – Ignore a function while stepping strace – Set a static tracepoint at location or marker tbreak – Set a temporary breakpoint tcatch – Set temporary catchpoints to catch events tcatch assert – Catch failed Ada assertions tcatch catch – Catch an exception tcatch exception – Catch Ada exceptions tcatch exec – Catch calls to exec tcatch fork – Catch calls to fork tcatch load – Catch loads of shared libraries tcatch rethrow – Catch an exception tcatch signal – Catch signals by their names and/or numbers tcatch syscall – Catch system calls by their names and/or numbers tcatch throw – Catch an exception tcatch unload – Catch unloads of shared libraries tcatch vfork – Catch calls to vfork thbreak – Set a temporary hardware assisted breakpoint trace – Set a tracepoint at specified location watch – Set a watchpoint for an expression Type “help” followed by command name for full documentation. Type “apropos word” to search for commands related to “word”. Command name abbreviations are allowed if unambiguous.
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(gdb) help breakpoints
Making program stop at certain points.

List of commands:

awatch – Set a watchpoint for an expression
break – Set breakpoint at specified location
break-range – Set a breakpoint for an address range
catch – Set catchpoints to catch events
catch assert – Catch failed Ada assertions
catch catch – Catch an exception
catch exception – Catch Ada exceptions
catch exec – Catch calls to exec
catch fork – Catch calls to fork
catch load – Catch loads of shared libraries
catch rethrow – Catch an exception
catch signal – Catch signals by their names and/or numbers
catch syscall – Catch system calls by their names and/or numbers
catch throw – Catch an exception
catch unload – Catch unloads of shared libraries
catch vfork – Catch calls to vfork
clear – Clear breakpoint at specified location
commands – Set commands to be executed when a breakpoint is hit
condition – Specify breakpoint number N to break only if COND is true
delete – Delete some breakpoints or auto-display expressions
delete bookmark – Delete a bookmark from the bookmark list
delete breakpoints – Delete some breakpoints or auto-display expressions
delete checkpoint – Delete a checkpoint (experimental)
delete display – Cancel some expressions to be displayed when program stops
delete mem – Delete memory region
delete tracepoints – Delete specified tracepoints
delete tvariable – Delete one or more trace state variables
disable – Disable some breakpoints
disable breakpoints – Disable some breakpoints
disable display – Disable some expressions to be displayed when program stops
disable frame-filter – GDB command to disable the specified frame-filter
disable mem – Disable memory region
disable pretty-printer – GDB command to disable the specified pretty-printer
disable probes – Disable probes
disable tracepoints – Disable specified tracepoints
disable type-printer – GDB command to disable the specified type-printer
disable unwinder – GDB command to disable the specified unwinder
disable xmethod – GDB command to disable a specified (group of) xmethod(s)
dprintf – Set a dynamic printf at specified location
enable – Enable some breakpoints
enable breakpoints – Enable some breakpoints
enable breakpoints count – Enable breakpoints for COUNT hits
enable breakpoints delete – Enable breakpoints and delete when hit
enable breakpoints once – Enable breakpoints for one hit
enable count – Enable breakpoints for COUNT hits
enable delete – Enable breakpoints and delete when hit
enable display – Enable some expressions to be displayed when program stops
enable frame-filter – GDB command to disable the specified frame-filter
enable mem – Enable memory region
enable once – Enable breakpoints for one hit
enable pretty-printer – GDB command to enable the specified pretty-printer
enable probes – Enable probes
enable tracepoints – Enable specified tracepoints
enable type-printer – GDB command to enable the specified type printer
enable unwinder – GDB command to enable unwinders
enable xmethod – GDB command to enable a specified (group of) xmethod(s)
ftrace – Set a fast tracepoint at specified location
hbreak – Set a hardware assisted breakpoint
ignore – Set ignore-count of breakpoint number N to COUNT
rbreak – Set a breakpoint for all functions matching REGEXP
rwatch – Set a read watchpoint for an expression
save – Save breakpoint definitions as a script
save breakpoints – Save current breakpoint definitions as a script
save gdb-index – Save a gdb-index file
save tracepoints – Save current tracepoint definitions as a script
skip – Ignore a function while stepping
skip delete – Delete skip entries
skip disable – Disable skip entries
skip enable – Enable skip entries
skip file – Ignore a file while stepping
skip function – Ignore a function while stepping
strace – Set a static tracepoint at location or marker
tbreak – Set a temporary breakpoint
tcatch – Set temporary catchpoints to catch events
tcatch assert – Catch failed Ada assertions
tcatch catch – Catch an exception
tcatch exception – Catch Ada exceptions
tcatch exec – Catch calls to exec
tcatch fork – Catch calls to fork
tcatch load – Catch loads of shared libraries
tcatch rethrow – Catch an exception
tcatch signal – Catch signals by their names and/or numbers
tcatch syscall – Catch system calls by their names and/or numbers
tcatch throw – Catch an exception
tcatch unload – Catch unloads of shared libraries
tcatch vfork – Catch calls to vfork
thbreak – Set a temporary hardware assisted breakpoint
trace – Set a tracepoint at specified location
watch – Set a watchpoint for an expression

Type “help” followed by command name for full documentation.
Type “apropos word” to search for commands related to “word”.
Command name abbreviations are allowed if unambiguous.
这些帮助表明了 gdb 有很多功能，也说明了我在示例中用到的只是一小部分。

结语

好吧，这个问题有点恶心：一个 LLVM bug 破坏了 ncurses 并引起了 Python 程序的段错误。但是我用来调试的命令和步骤很常见：看堆栈，检查寄存器，下断点，逐步排查，看源码。

当我第一次使用 gdb 的时候（多年前），我真的不喜欢它。觉得它不灵活而且功能有限。从那之后 gdb 进步了很多，我也掌握了 gdb 的技巧，我现在认为它是一个强大的现代调试器。不同的调试器特性可能不同，但是 gdb 可能是目前基于文本的最强大的调试器，lldb 正奋起直追。

我希望我分享的有完整输出的 gdb 示例和我提到的不同的警告，会对搜到它的人有帮助。有机会的话我会发布更多的 gdb 示例，特别是其他运行环境比如Java。

用 q 退出 gdb。

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