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LLDB Python Reference

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<h1 class ="postheader">Introduction</h1>

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The entire LLDB API is available as Python functions through a script bridging interface.

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This means the LLDB API's can be used directly from python either interactively or to build python apps that

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provide debugger features.

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Additionally, Python can be used as a programmatic interface within the

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lldb command interpreter (we refer to this for brevity as the embedded interpreter). Of course,

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in this context it has full access to the LLDB API - with some additional conveniences we will

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call out in the FAQ.

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<h1 class ="postheader">Embedded Python Interpreter</h1>

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The embedded python interpreter can be accessed in a variety of ways from within LLDB. The

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easiest way is to use the lldb command script with no arguments at the lldb command prompt:

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<code><pre><tt>(lldb) script

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Python Interactive Interpreter. To exit, type 'quit()', 'exit()' or Ctrl-D.

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>>> hex(12345)

'0x3039'

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This drops you into the embedded python interpreter. When running under the script command,

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lldb sets some convenience variables that give you quick access to the currently selected entities that characterize

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the program and debugger state. In each case, if there is no currently selected entity of the appropriate

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type, the variable's IsValid method will return false.

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Note also, these variables hold the values

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of the selected objects on entry to the embedded interpreter. They do not update as you use the LLDB

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API's to change, for example, the currently selected stack frame or thread.

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These are all global variables contained in the lldb python namespace :

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lldb.SBDebugger

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Contains the debugger object whose script command was invoked.

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The lldb.SBDebugger object owns the command interpreter

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and all the targets in your debug session. There will always be a

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Debugger in the embedded interpreter.

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lldb.target

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Contains the currently selected target - for instance the one made with the

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file or selected by the target select <target-index> command.

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The lldb.SBTarget manages one running process, and all the executable

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and debug files for the process.

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Contains the process of the currently selected target.

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The lldb.SBProcess object manages the threads and allows access to

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memory for the process.

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lldb.SBThread

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Contains the currently selected thread.

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The lldb.SBThread object manages the stack frames in that thread.

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A thread is always selected in the command interpreter when a target stops.

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The thread select <thread-index> commmand can be used to change the

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currently selected thread. So as long as you have a stopped process, there will be

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some selected thread.

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Contains the currently selected stack frame.

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The lldb.SBFrame object manage the stack locals and the register set for

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that stack.

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A stack frame is always selected in the command interpreter when a target stops.

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The frame select <frame-index> commmand can be used to change the

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currently selected frame. So as long as you have a stopped process, there will

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be some selected frame.

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Once in the embedded interpreter, these objects can be used. To get started, note that almost

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all of the lldb Python objects are able to briefly describe themselves when you pass them

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to the Python print function:

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<code><pre><tt>(lldb) script

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Debugger (instance: "debugger_1", id: 1)

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a.out

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SBProcess: pid = 59289, state = stopped, threads = 1, executable = a.out

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frame #0: 0x0000000100000bb6 a.out main + 54 at main.c:16

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<h1 class ="postheader">Running a Python script when a breakpoint gets hit</h1>

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One very powerful use of the lldb Python API is to have a python script run when a breakpoint gets hit. Adding python

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scripts to breakpoints provides a way to create complex breakpoint

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conditions and also allows for smart logging and data gathering.

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When your process hits a breakpoint to which you have attached some python code, the code is executed as the

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body of a function which takes two arguments:

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<code><pre><tt>def breakpoint_function_wrapper(frame, bp_loc):

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The current stack frame where the breakpoint got hit.

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The object will always be valid.

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This frame argument might not match the currently selected stack frame found in the lldb module global variable lldb.frame.

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The breakpoint location that just got hit. Breakpoints are represented by lldb.SBBreakpoint

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An example will show how simple it is to write some python code and attach it to a breakpoint.

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The following example will allow you to track the order in which the functions in a given shared library

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are first executed during one run of your program. This is a simple method to gather an order file which

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can be used to optimize function placement within a binary for execution locality.

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We do this by setting a regular expression breakpoint

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that will match every function in the shared library. The regular expression '.' will match

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any string that has at least one character in it, so we will use that.

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This will result in one lldb.SBBreakpoint object

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that contains an lldb.SBBreakpointLocation object for each function. As the breakpoint gets

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hit, we use a counter to track the order in which the function at this particular breakpoint location got hit.

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Since our code is passed the location that was hit, we can get the name of the function from the location,

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disable the location so we won't count this function again; then log some info and continue the process.

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Note we also have to initialize our counter, which we do with the simple one-line version of the script

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<code><pre><tt>(lldb) breakpoint set --func-regex=. --shlib=libfoo.dylib

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(lldb) script counter = 0

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(lldb) breakpoint command add --script-type python 1

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Enter your Python command(s). Type 'DONE' to end.

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> # Increment our counter. Since we are in a function, this must be a global python variable

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> # Get the name of the function

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> print '[%i] %s' % (counter, name)

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> # Disable the current breakpoint location so it doesn't get hit again

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<code>(lldb) breakpoint command delete 1</code>

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<h1 class ="postheader">Create a new LLDB command using a python function</h1>

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Python functions can be used to create new LLDB command interpreter commands, which will work

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debugging requirements.

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To write a python function that implements a new LDB command define the function to take four arguments as follows:

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data as you normally would in a python script and the output will show up; this is useful for

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logging, but the real output for your command should go in the result object.

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The dictionary for the current embedded script session which contains all variables

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One other handy convenience when defining lldb command-line commands is the command

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allowing you to add whatever commands you want into the current debugger. Note that

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can be used by LLDB's python command code:

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result.PutCString(commands.getoutput('/bin/ls %s' % command))

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# And the initialization code to add your commands

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print 'The "ls" python command has been installed and is ready for use.'

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The "ls" python command has been installed and is ready for use.

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unix variants the program is a shared library: lldb.so. LLDB also

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