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How to debug binaries with cdtdebug.sh from command line? [message #1754588]

Mon, 20 February 2017 15:16

Thomas Mitterfellner

Messages: 2
Registered: February 2017

Junior Member

I try to debug a program not built with eclipse (but with some custom build system) using the standalone cdtdebug.sh script:
cdtdebug.sh -e /path/to/my_program some args

But when the GUI has started up, I cannot start debugging immediately:

Launching 'New_configuration' has encountered a problem. Program file does not exist

When I click on the /path/to/my_program in the Executable tab (the executable is automatically entered there), I get an error:

An internal error occurred during: "Reading Debug Symbol Information: boost".
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
        at java.nio.Buffer.position(Buffer.java:244)
        at org.eclipse.cdt.utils.debug.dwarf.DwarfReader.parseSourceInCULineInfo(DwarfReader.java:295)
        at org.eclipse.cdt.utils.debug.dwarf.DwarfReader.processCompileUnit(DwarfReader.java:647)
        at org.eclipse.cdt.utils.debug.dwarf.DwarfReader.processDebugInfoEntry(DwarfReader.java:606)
        at org.eclipse.cdt.utils.debug.dwarf.Dwarf.parseDebugInfoEntry(Dwarf.java:593)
        at org.eclipse.cdt.utils.debug.dwarf.Dwarf.parseDebugInfo(Dwarf.java:485)
        at org.eclipse.cdt.utils.debug.dwarf.Dwarf.parse(Dwarf.java:454)
        at org.eclipse.cdt.utils.debug.dwarf.DwarfReader.getSourceFilesFromDebugInfoSection(DwarfReader.java:564)
        at org.eclipse.cdt.utils.debug.dwarf.DwarfReader.getSourceFiles(DwarfReader.java:542)
        at org.eclipse.cdt.internal.debug.application.CompilerOptionParser.run(CompilerOptionParser.java:104)
        at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.Workspace.run(Workspace.java:2240)
        at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.Workspace.run(Workspace.java:2267)
        at org.eclipse.cdt.internal.debug.application.DebugExecutable.importAndCreateLaunchConfig(DebugExecutable.java:241)
        at org.eclipse.cdt.debug.application.ApplicationWorkbenchWindowAdvisor$PostWindowCreateRunnable.run(ApplicationWorkbenchWindowAdvisor.java:363)
        at org.eclipse.jface.operation.ModalContext$ModalContextThread.run(ModalContext.java:119)

Only after I enter the path to the executable manually in the Debug configuration, I can start debugging, which makes me wonder: shouldn't the -e switch provide that?

So my question is: is there an easy way I can start debugging just using some command from the command line?

The reason I want this is I have several different executables and would like to avoid having to enter their paths manually each time, or select some configuration, but rather jump-start to debugging each using my custom debugging launcher.
N.B.: It was possible to do this with the intel debugger idb (which was based on the eclipse framework) but they deprecated that, so I'm trying to switch to eclipse debugging.

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Re: How to debug binaries with cdtdebug.sh from command line? [message #1754721 is a reply to message #1754588]

Tue, 21 February 2017 19:20

Marc-André Laperle

Messages: 220
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

It looks like there might be a bug in CDT's Dwarf parsing. Can you try with another executable with debug info, like a simple hello world? Also, is this using the new Dwarf 5 by any chance? I'm asking in case because the spec just came out Wink

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Re: How to debug binaries with cdtdebug.sh from command line? [message #1755196 is a reply to message #1754588]

Tue, 28 February 2017 23:57

Travis Downs

Messages: 2
Registered: January 2017

Junior Member

I am getting the same DWARF parsing error, just when I click on some executable in the "Executables" view. Here's the full trace:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
	at java.nio.Buffer.position(Buffer.java:244)
	at org.eclipse.cdt.utils.debug.dwarf.DwarfReader.parseSourceInCULineInfo(DwarfReader.java:295)
	at org.eclipse.cdt.utils.debug.dwarf.DwarfReader.processCompileUnit(DwarfReader.java:647)
	at org.eclipse.cdt.utils.debug.dwarf.DwarfReader.processDebugInfoEntry(DwarfReader.java:606)
	at org.eclipse.cdt.utils.debug.dwarf.Dwarf.parseDebugInfoEntry(Dwarf.java:593)
	at org.eclipse.cdt.utils.debug.dwarf.Dwarf.parseDebugInfo(Dwarf.java:485)
	at org.eclipse.cdt.utils.debug.dwarf.Dwarf.parse(Dwarf.java:454)
	at org.eclipse.cdt.utils.debug.dwarf.DwarfReader.getSourceFilesFromDebugInfoSection(DwarfReader.java:564)
	at org.eclipse.cdt.utils.debug.dwarf.DwarfReader.getSourceFiles(DwarfReader.java:542)
	at org.eclipse.cdt.utils.debug.dwarf.DwarfReader.getSourceFiles(DwarfReader.java:655)
	at org.eclipse.cdt.debug.internal.core.executables.StandardSourceFilesProvider.getSourceFiles(StandardSourceFilesProvider.java:122)
	at org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core.executables.ExecutablesManager.getSourceFiles(ExecutablesManager.java:558)
	at org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core.executables.Executable.getSourceFiles(Executable.java:206)
	at org.eclipse.cdt.debug.internal.ui.views.executables.SourceFilesContentProvider$QuickParseJob.run(SourceFilesContentProvider.java:53)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.Worker.run(Worker.java:55)

Oddly, this problem happens only with the "debug" version of my binary, not the release one (but debug info is included in both).

My binary is a mix of C and asm code, with the C code apparently writing DWARF 2 and the asm writing DWARF 3. The crash seems probably related to the asm code since changing the debug format to stabs for the asm avoids the crash.

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Re: How to debug binaries with cdtdebug.sh from command line? [message #1780503 is a reply to message #1755196]

Tue, 23 January 2018 13:53

Thomas Mitterfellner

Messages: 2
Registered: February 2017

Junior Member

The program I'm trying to debug is a mix of C/Fortran and it's a large executable. A simple hello-world-like fortran program can be debugged, however.

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