Tools: Debugging Native and Java Code with WDB

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Tools for
Debugging
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gdb
Where am I? Summary
• We have seen what’s going on in each of the
threads in the JVM
• gdb with Java/Native support is a powerful tool
• Understand what’s going on in the JVM
– What are the native libraries that do the work?
– What is the overhead of using a certain Java
feature?
• Diagnose problems