From: | "korry" <korry(dot)douglas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> |
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To: | "Manolo SupaMA" <manolo(dot)espa(at)gmail(dot)com> |
Cc: | <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: Debugging PostgreSQL with GDB |
Date: | 2008-04-01 15:42:00 |
Message-ID: | 47F257C8.9080901@enterprisedb.com |
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> I have problems on how to debug PostgreSQL on Linux using GDB. I made
> some changes to src/backend/utils/sort/tuplesort.c but it hangs while
> performing run formation (where my changes are).
>
> I configured it using
>
> ./configure --prefix="/usr/local/pgsql/8.3/" CFLAGS="-O0 -DTRACE_SORT"
> --enable-debug --enable-cassert --enable-depend
>
> and trying to debug it using
>
> 'gdb postmaster'
> (which revealed to be not a very good idea) and
> 'gdb pg_ctl' followed by 'run -D /usr/local/psql/data'
>
> This last choice allowed me to set a breackpoint on puttuple_common
> (contained into tuplesort.c) but then I'm unable to run 'psql'.
> http://pastebin.com/m6a97b4dd
Run psql, find the process ID of the backend (server) process by
executing the command "SELECT * FROM pg_backend_pid();",
then attach to that process with gdb and set a breakpoint in your new
code; finally, go back to your psql session and execute a command that
exercises your code.
-- Korry
--
Korry Douglas <korryd(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com
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