GDB Internals

This document documents the internals of the GNU debugger, GDB. It includes description of GDB's key algorithms and operations, as well as the mechanisms that adapt GDB to specific hosts and targets.

1. Requirements

2. Overall Structure

3. Algorithms

4. User Interface

5. libgdb

6. Stack Frames

7. Symbol Handling

8. Language Support

9. Host Definition

10. Target Architecture Definition

11. Target Descriptions

12. Target Vector Definition

13. Native Debugging

14. Support Libraries

15. Coding

16. Porting GDB

17. Versions and Branches

18. Start of New Year Procedure

19. Releasing GDB

20. Testsuite

21. Hints

A. GDB Currently available observers

B. GNU Free Documentation License    The license for this documentation

Index

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1. Requirements
2. Overall Structure
3. Algorithms
4. User Interface
5. libgdb
6. Stack Frames
7. Symbol Handling
8. Language Support
9. Host Definition
10. Target Architecture Definition
11. Target Descriptions
12. Target Vector Definition
13. Native Debugging
14. Support Libraries
15. Coding
16. Porting GDB
17. Versions and Branches
18. Start of New Year Procedure
19. Releasing GDB
20. Testsuite
21. Hints

A. GDB Currently available observers
B. GNU Free Documentation License		The license for this documentation
Index