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Re: calling functions in gdb sometimes doesn't work
- From: Klaus Zeitler <kzeitler at lucent dot com>
- To: gdb <gdb at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Date: 23 May 2003 15:12:52 +0200
- Subject: Re: calling functions in gdb sometimes doesn't work
>>>>> "Andrew" == Andrew Cagney <ac131313@redhat.com> writes:
Andrew>
>> Hi,
>> with gdb 5.2 (Solaris 5.8) sometimes calling a function,
Andrew>
>> e.g. hello(){printf("hello\n");}, results in the following message:
>> (gdb) p hello()
Andrew>
>> The program being debugged stopped while in a function called from GDB.
>> When the function (hello) is done executing, GDB will silently
>> stop (instead of continuing to evaluate the expression containing
>> the function call).
>> When I try to continue my program it appears as if this function didn't
>> get call at all.
Andrew>
Andrew> Check which thread has stopped.
The one where I'm just at when I call a function.
Actually the message from above appears only when I've some breakpoint
defined, in which gdb would eventually run into, when I continue.
If there's no breakpoint, gdb will ignore my function call and continue the
program, but it'll show this message when I interrupt the program again.
Klaus
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