Tools: Debugging Native and Java Code with WDB

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Tools for

Debugging

gdb

Goals

• We will learn how to use gdb with Java 1.3.1:

• Debugging Java

– How to start up

– Skip the first signal

• Debugging a running Java application

– Where am I? The threads in the Java process

• Looking at native instructions generated by the runtime compiler

• Interpreting a SIGBUS

• Reading the stack traces in a core file

• Enabling remote diagnosis of problems

• Key to highlights in the text:

• Comments and explanations

• Commands to enter

• Highlights which you should notice