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Mastering Embedded Linux Programming

You're reading from   Mastering Embedded Linux Programming Unleash the full potential of Embedded Linux with Linux 4.9 and Yocto Project 2.2 (Morty) Updates

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781787283282
Length 478 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Preface 1. Starting Out FREE CHAPTER 2. Learning About Toolchains 3. All About Bootloaders 4. Configuring and Building the Kernel 5. Building a Root Filesystem 6. Selecting a Build System 7. Creating a Storage Strategy 8. Updating Software in the Field 9. Interfacing with Device Drivers 10. Starting Up – The init Program 11. Managing Power 12. Learning About Processes and Threads 13. Managing Memory 14. Debugging with GDB 15. Profiling and Tracing 16. Real-Time Programming

Debugging forks and threads

What happens when the program you are debugging forks? Does the debug session follow the parent process or the child? This behavior is controlled by follow-fork-mode, which may be parent or child, with parent being the default. Unfortunately, current versions of gdbserver do not support this option, so it only works for native debugging. If you really need to debug the child process while using gdbserver, a workaround is to modify the code so that the child loops on a variable immediately after the fork, giving you the opportunity to attach a new gdbserver session to it and then to set the variable so that it drops out of the loop.

When a thread in a multi-threaded process hits a breakpoint, the default behavior is for all threads to halt. In most cases, this is the best thing to do as it allows you to look at static variables without them being changed...

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