| <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> | |
| <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> | |
| <head> | |
| <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /> | |
| <link href="style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> | |
| <title>LLDB Goals</title> | |
| </head> | |
| <body> | |
| <div class="www_title"> | |
| The <strong>LLDB</strong> Debugger | |
| </div> | |
| <div id="container"> | |
| <div id="content"> | |
| <!--#include virtual="sidebar.incl"--> | |
| <div id="middle"> | |
| <div class="post"> | |
| <h1 class ="postheader">LLDB to GDB Command Map</h1> | |
| <div class="post"> | |
| <p>Below is a table of LLDB commands with the GDB counterparts. | |
| The built in GDB compatability aliases in GDB are also | |
| listed.</p> | |
| </div> | |
| <div class="postfooter"></div> | |
| <h1 class ="postheader">Execution Commands</h1> | |
| <div class="post"> | |
| <p> | |
| <table class="stats" width="620" cellspacing="0"> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td class="hed" width="50%">LLDB</td> | |
| <td class="hed" width="50%">GDB</td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr><td class="header" colspan="2">Launch a process no arguments.</td></tr> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> process launch<br> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> run<br> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> r | |
| </td> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(gdb)</b> run<br> | |
| <b>(gdb)</b> r | |
| </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr><td class="header" colspan="2">Launch a process with arguments <code><args></code>.</td></tr> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> process launch -- <args><br> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> run -- <args><br> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> r <args> | |
| </td> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(gdb)</b> run <args><br> | |
| <b>(gdb)</b> r <args> | |
| </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr><td class="header" colspan="2">Launch a process for with arguments <b><code>a.out 1 2 3</code></b> without having to supply the args every time.</td></tr> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>%</b> lldb -- a.out 1 2 3<br> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> run<br> | |
| ...<br> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> run<br> | |
| ...<br> | |
| </td> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>%</b> gdb --args a.out 1 2 3<br> | |
| <b>(gdb)</b> run<br> | |
| ...<br> | |
| <b>(gdb)</b> run<br> | |
| ...<br> | |
| </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr><td class="header" colspan="2">Launch a process with arguments in new terminal window (Mac OS X only).</td></tr> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> process launch --tty -- <args><br> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> process launch -t -- <args><br> | |
| </td> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr><td class="header" colspan="2">Launch a process with arguments in existing terminal <cope>/dev/ttys006</code> (Mac OS X only).</td></tr> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> process launch --tty=/dev/ttys006 -- <args><br> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> process launch -t/dev/ttys006 -- <args><br> | |
| </td> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr><td class="header" colspan="2">Attach to a process with process ID 123.</td></tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> process attach --pid 123<br> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> attach -p 123 | |
| </td> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(gdb)</b> attach 123 | |
| </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr><td class="header" colspan="2">Attach to a process named "a.out".</td></tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> process attach --name a.out<br> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> process attach -n a.out | |
| </td> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(gdb)</b> attach a.out | |
| </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr><td class="header" colspan="2">Wait for a process named "a.out" to launch and attach.</td></tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> process attach --name a.out --waitfor<br> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> process attach -n a.out -w | |
| </td> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(gdb)</b> attach -waitfor a.out | |
| </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr><td class="header" colspan="2">Do a source level single step in the currently selected thread.</td></tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> thread step-in<br> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> step<br> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> s | |
| </td> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(gdb)</b> step<br> | |
| <b>(gdb)</b> s | |
| </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr><td class="header" colspan="2">Do a source level single step over in the currently selected thread.</td></tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> thread step-over<br> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> next<br> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> n<br> | |
| </td> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(gdb)</b> next<br> | |
| <b>(gdb)</b> n | |
| </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr><td class="header" colspan="2">Do an instruction level single step in the currently selected thread.</td></tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> thread step-inst<br> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> si<br> | |
| </td> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(gdb)</b> stepi<br> | |
| <b>(gdb)</b> si | |
| </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr><td class="header" colspan="2">Do an instruction level single step over in the currently selected thread.</td></tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> thread step-inst-over<br> | |
| </td> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(gdb)</b> nexti<br> | |
| <b>(gdb)</b> ni | |
| </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr><td class="header" colspan="2">Step out of the currently selected frame.</td></tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> thread step-out<br> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> finish<br> | |
| </td> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(gdb)</b> finish<br> | |
| </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr><td class="header" colspan="2">Display a the variable "argc" and "argv" everytime you stop.</td></tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> target stop-hook add --one-liner "frame variable argc argv"<br> | |
| </td> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(gdb)</b> display argc<br> | |
| <b>(gdb)</b> display argv<br> | |
| </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr><td class="header" colspan="2">Display a the variable "argc" and "argv" only when you stop in the function named <b>main</b>.</td></tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td class="content" colspan="2"> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> target stop-hook add --name main --one-liner "frame variable argc argv"<br> | |
| </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr><td class="header" colspan="2">Display the variable "*this" only when you stop in c class named <b>MyClass</b>.</td></tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td class="content" colspan="2"> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> target stop-hook add --classname MyClass --one-liner "frame variable *this"<br> | |
| </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr><td class="header" colspan="2">Backtrace and disassemble every time you stop.</td></tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td class="content" colspan="2"> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> target stop-hook add"<br> | |
| Enter your stop hook command(s). Type 'DONE' to end.<br> | |
| > bt<br> | |
| > disassemble --pc<br> | |
| > DONE<br> | |
| Stop hook #1 added.<br> | |
| </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| </table> | |
| <p> | |
| </div> | |
| <div class="postfooter"></div> | |
| <h1 class ="postheader">Breakpoint Commands</h1> | |
| <div class="post"> | |
| <p> | |
| <table class="stats" width="620" cellspacing="0"> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td class="hed" width="50%">LLDB</td> | |
| <td class="hed" width="50%">GDB</td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr><td class="header" colspan="2">Set a breakpoint at all functions named <b>main</b>.</td></tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> breakpoint set --name main<br> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> breakpoint set -n main<br> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> b main | |
| </td> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> break main | |
| </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr><td class="header" colspan="2">Set a breakpoint in file <b>test.c</b> at line <b>12</b>.</td></tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> breakpoint set --file test.c --line 12<br> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> breakpoint set -f test.c -l 12<br> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> b test.c:12 | |
| </td> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> break test.c:12 | |
| </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr><td class="header" colspan="2">Set a breakpoint at all C++ methods whose basename is <b>main</b>.</td></tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> breakpoint set --method main<br> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> breakpoint set -M main<br> | |
| </td> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> break main<br> | |
| <i>(Hope that there are no C funtions named <b>main</b>)</i>. | |
| </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr><td class="header" colspan="2">Set a breakpoint at all Objective C methods whose selector is <b>count</b>.</td></tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> breakpoint set --selector count<br> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> breakpoint set -S count<br> | |
| </td> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> break count<br> | |
| <i>(Hope that there are no C or C++ funtions named <b>count</b>)</i>. | |
| </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| </table> | |
| <p> | |
| </div> | |
| <div class="postfooter"></div> | |
| <h1 class ="postheader">Examining Thread State</h1> | |
| <div class="post"> | |
| <p> | |
| <table class="stats" width="620" cellspacing="0"> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td class="hed" width="50%">LLDB</td> | |
| <td class="hed" width="50%">GDB</td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr><td class="header" colspan="2">Show the arguments and local variables for the current frame.</td></tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> frame variable<br> | |
| </td> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(gdb)</b> info args<br> | |
| and<br> | |
| <b>(gdb)</b> info locals<br> | |
| </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr><td class="header" colspan="2">Show the stack backtrace for the current thread.</td></tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> thread backtrace<br> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> bt<br> | |
| </td> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(gdb)</b> bt<br> | |
| </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr><td class="header" colspan="2">Show the stack backtraces for all threads.</td></tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> thread backtrace all<br> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> bt all | |
| </td> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(gdb)</b> thread apply all bt | |
| </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr><td class="header" colspan="2">Select a different stack frame by index for the current thread.</td></tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> frame select 12<br> | |
| </td> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(gdb)</b> frame 12 | |
| </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr><td class="header" colspan="2">Select the stack frame that called the current stack frame.</td></tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> up<br> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> frame select --relative=1<br> | |
| </td> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(gdb)</b> up | |
| </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr><td class="header" colspan="2">Select the stack frame that is called by the current stack frame.</td></tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> down<br> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> frame select --relative=-1<br> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> frame select -r-1<br> | |
| </td> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(gdb)</b> down | |
| </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr><td class="header" colspan="2">Select a different stack frame using a relative offset.</td></tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> frame select --relative 2<br> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> frame select -r2<br> | |
| <br> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> frame select --relative -3<br> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> frame select -r-3<br> | |
| </td> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(gdb)</b> up 2<br> | |
| <b>(gdb)</b> down 3<br> | |
| </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr><td class="header" colspan="2">Show the general purpose registers for the current thread.</td></tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> register read<br> | |
| </td> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(gdb)</b> info registers<br> | |
| </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr><td class="header" colspan="2">Show the general purpose registers for the current thread formatted as <b>unsigned decimal</b>. LLDB tries to use | |
| the same format characters as <b>printf</b> when possible.</td></tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> register read --format i<br> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> register read -f i<br> | |
| </td> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr><td class="header" colspan="2">Show all registers in all register sets for the current thread.</td></tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> register read --all<br> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> register read -a<br> | |
| </td> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(gdb)</b> info all-registers<br> | |
| </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr><td class="header" colspan="2">Show the values for the registers named "rax", "rsp" and "rbp" in the current thread.</td></tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> register read rax rsp rbp<br> | |
| </td> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(gdb)</b> info all-registers rax rsp rbp<br> | |
| </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr><td class="header" colspan="2">Show the values for the register named "rax" in the current thread formatted as <b>binary</b>.</td></tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> register read --format binary rax<br> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> register read -f b rax<br> | |
| </td> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(gdb)</b> p/t $rax<br> | |
| </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr><td class="header" colspan="2">Read memory from address 0xbffff3c0 and show 4 hex uint32_t values.</td></tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> memory read --size 4 --format x --count 4 0xbffff3c0<br> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> memory read -s4 -fx -c4 0xbffff3c0<br> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> x -s4 -fx -c4 0xbffff3c0<br> | |
| </td> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(gdb)</b> x/4xw 0xbffff3c0<br> | |
| </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr><td class="header" colspan="2">Read 512 bytes of memory from address 0xbffff3c0 and save results to a local file as <b>text</b>.</td></tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> memory read --outfile /tmp/mem.txt --count 512 0xbffff3c0<br> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> memory read -o/tmp/mem.txt -c512 0xbffff3c0<br> | |
| </td> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(gdb)</b> set logging on<br> | |
| <b>(gdb)</b> set logging file /tmp/mem.txt<br> | |
| <b>(gdb)</b> x/512bx 0xbffff3c0<br> | |
| <b>(gdb)</b> set logging off<br> | |
| </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr><td class="header" colspan="2">Save binary memory data starting at 0x1000 and ending at 0x2000 to a file.</td></tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td class="content"colspan=2> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> memory read --outfile /tmp/mem.bin --binary 0x1000 0x1200<br> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> memory read -o /tmp/mem.bin -b 0x1000 0x1200<br> | |
| </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr><td class="header" colspan="2">Disassemble the current function for the current frame.</td></tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> disassemble --frame<br> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> disassemble -f | |
| </td> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(gdb)</b> disassemble | |
| </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr><td class="header" colspan="2">Disassemble any functions named <b>main</b>.</td></tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> disassemble --name main<br> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> disassemble -n main | |
| </td> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(gdb)</b> disassemble main | |
| </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr><td class="header" colspan="2">Disassemble an address range.</td></tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> disassemble --start-address 0x1eb8 --end-address 0x1ec3<br> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> disassemble -s 0x1eb8 -e 0x1ec3<br> | |
| </td> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(gdb)</b> disassemble 0x1eb8 0x1ec3 | |
| </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr><td class="header" colspan="2">Disassemble 20 instructions from a given address.</td></tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> disassemble --start-address 0x1eb8 --count 20<br> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> disassemble -s 0x1eb8 -c 20<br> | |
| </td> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(gdb)</b> x/20i 0x1eb8 | |
| </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr><td class="header" colspan="2">Show mixed source and disassembly for the current function for the current frame.</td></tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> disassemble --frame --mixed<br> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> disassemble -f -m | |
| </td> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| n/a | |
| </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr><td class="header" colspan="2">Disassemble the current function for the current frame and show the opcode bytes.</td></tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> disassemble --frame --bytes<br> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> disassemble -f -b | |
| </td> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| n/a | |
| </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr><td class="header" colspan="2">Disassemble the current source line for the current frame.</td></tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> disassemble --line<br> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> disassemble -l | |
| </td> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| n/a | |
| </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| </table> | |
| <p> | |
| </div> | |
| <div class="postfooter"></div> | |
| <h1 class ="postheader">Executable and Shared Library Query Commands</h1> | |
| <div class="post"> | |
| <p> | |
| <table class="stats" width="620" cellspacing="0"> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td class="hed" width="50%">LLDB</td> | |
| <td class="hed" width="50%">GDB</td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr><td class="header" colspan="2">List the main executable and all dependent shared libraries.</td></tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> image list<br> | |
| </td> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(gdb)</b> info shared<br> | |
| </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr><td class="header" colspan="2">Lookup information for a raw address in the executable or any shared libraries.</td></tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> image lookup --address 0x1ec4<br> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> image lookup -a 0x1ec4<br> | |
| </td> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(gdb)</b> info symbol 0x1ec4<br> | |
| </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr><td class="header" colspan="2">Lookup information for an address in <b>a.out</a> only.</td></tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> image lookup --address 0x1ec4 a.out<br> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> image lookup -a 0x1ec4 a.out<br> | |
| </td> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr><td class="header" colspan="2">Lookup information for for a type <code>Point</code> by name.</td></tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> image lookup --type Point<br> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> image lookup -t Point<br> | |
| </td> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> ptype Point<br> | |
| </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr><td class="header" colspan="2">Dump all sections from the main executable and any shared libraries.</td></tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> image dump sections<br> | |
| </td> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(gdb)</b> maintenance info sections<br> | |
| </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr><td class="header" colspan="2">Dump all sections in the <b>a.out</b> module.</td></tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> image dump sections a.out<br> | |
| </td> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr><td class="header" colspan="2">Dump all symbols from the main executable and any shared libraries.</td></tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> image dump symtab<br> | |
| </td> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr><td class="header" colspan="2">Dump all symbols in <b>a.out</b> and <b>liba.so</b>.</td></tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| <b>(lldb)</b> image dump symtab a.out liba.so<br> | |
| </td> | |
| <td class="content"> | |
| </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| </table> | |
| <p> | |
| </div> | |
| <div class="postfooter"></div> | |
| <p> | |
| </div> | |
| </div> | |
| </div> | |
| </div> | |
| </body> | |
| </html> |