gdb single stepping takes ages

[Mark Kettenis]

> From: Tim Sander <tim@krieglstein.org>
> Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 09:24:04 +0200
> 
> Hi
> 
> I am currently using openocd as a gdbserver backend for debugging an
> embedded target with gdb 7.7. When i want to step over a single line
> with -exec-next:
> 
> for(int a=0; a<1000000;a++){ };
> 
> the time taken for the step is linear to the maximum count number and takes in 
> my setup about 1 second for one increment of a. Setting a temp breakpoint in 
> the next line and continuing works much faster.
> 
> So is there a way improve the stepping speed in such situations?

Use a native debugger.