How to display instructions around the current instuction?
Peng Yu
pengyu.ut@gmail.com
Thu Jan 28 17:06:55 GMT 2021
Hi Stefan,
> display/10i $rip-10
>
> I don't think x86-64 instructions have fixed width, so that won't
> always print the same number of instructions before the current one,
> but it's probably a good approximation.
Have you tried it? If $rip-5 is not right at the start of an
instruction, it does not even disassmble correctly. Please test your
recommendation before sending it out. It is not appropriate to waste
other people's time.
(gdb) 1: x/10i $rip-5
<error: No registers.>
(gdb) Temporary breakpoint 1 at 0x401134
Starting program: /mnt/macosx/pengy/mrrdir/test/gnu/gdb/cmd/display/main.exe
Temporary breakpoint 1, 0x0000000000401134 in main ()
1: x/10i $rip-5
0x40112f <frame_dummy+15>: add BYTE PTR [rbp+0x48],dl
0x401132 <main+2>: mov ebp,esp
=> 0x401134 <main+4>: sub rsp,0x10
0x401138 <main+8>: movabs rdi,0x402004
0x401142 <main+18>: mov al,0x0
0x401144 <main+20>: call 0x401030 <printf@plt>
0x401149 <main+25>: xor ecx,ecx
0x40114b <main+27>: mov DWORD PTR [rbp-0x4],eax
0x40114e <main+30>: mov eax,ecx
0x401150 <main+32>: add rsp,0x10
(gdb) 0x0000000000401138 in main ()
1: x/10i $rip-5
0x401133 <main+3>: in eax,0x48
0x401135 <main+5>: sub esp,0x10
=> 0x401138 <main+8>: movabs rdi,0x402004
0x401142 <main+18>: mov al,0x0
0x401144 <main+20>: call 0x401030 <printf@plt>
0x401149 <main+25>: xor ecx,ecx
0x40114b <main+27>: mov DWORD PTR [rbp-0x4],eax
0x40114e <main+30>: mov eax,ecx
0x401150 <main+32>: add rsp,0x10
0x401154 <main+36>: pop rbp
(gdb) 0x0000000000401142 in main ()
1: x/10i $rip-5
0x40113d <main+13>: add BYTE PTR [rax],al
0x40113f <main+15>: add BYTE PTR [rax],al
0x401141 <main+17>: add BYTE PTR [rax-0x1181800],dh
0x401147 <main+23>: (bad)
0x401148 <main+24>: push QWORD PTR [rcx]
0x40114a <main+26>: leave
0x40114b <main+27>: mov DWORD PTR [rbp-0x4],eax
0x40114e <main+30>: mov eax,ecx
0x401150 <main+32>: add rsp,0x10
0x401154 <main+36>: pop rbp
--
Regards,
Peng
More information about the Gdb
mailing list