NAME
GDB::bt - Get perl backtraces from coredump files
SYNOPSIS
$ gdb-bt.pl core.17373
Reading symbols from perl...
[New LWP 17373]
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
Using host libthread_db library "/usr/lib/libthread_db.so.1".
Core was generated by `rpc '.
Program terminated with signal SIGABRT, Aborted.
#0 __GI_raise (sig=sig@entry=6) at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c:50
50../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c: No such file or directory.
Perl version = 32 ' '
[0] 0x5597599303b2 "lib/Panda/XServer/RPC/Async/WClientImpl.pm":119
[1] 0x5597599303b2 "lib/Panda/XServer/RPC/Async/WClientImpl.pm":63
[2] 0x559757a89492 "lib/Panda/XServer/RPC/WClientImpl.pm":162
[3] 0x559757a89492 "lib/Panda/XServer/RPC/WClientImpl.pm":106
[4] 0x5597560d1e12 "t/03-xserver/01-rpc-async.t":35
[5] 0x5597575113f2 "lib/Panda/Timer.pm":48
[6] 0x559756ca0c42 "/home/b/development/crazy-panda/core-dev/t/lib/Panda/TestEnvironment.pm":192
[7] 0x559756ca0c42 "/home/b/development/crazy-panda/core-dev/t/lib/Panda/TestEnvironment.pm":192
[8] 0x5597560d1e12 "t/03-xserver/01-rpc-async.t":56DESCRIPTION
If your perl program segfaults you can easily extract C backtraces, however perl bactraces are not available. Usually you can guess correctly them (e.g. from logs), but that takes time and it is error-prone. The proposed script solves at least partially solves the problem.
The script target audience is: XS-modules writers and bug-reporters (for perl core and XS-modules).
LIMITATIONS
Currently it was tested on the following configurations:
If it works on your perl and it is not listed here, please, let us know.
INTERNALS
The main script is written in Python, as gdb out of the box has official Python-bindings. To extend it, you should look a the perl sources somewhere around pp_ctl.c / caller_cx and duplicate the code in the Python script. Yes, you have to expand all perl macroses, undocumented perl internals etc., to let it work. There is no other way.
AUTHOR
Ivan Baidakou <dmol@cpan.org>, Crazy Panda LTD
LICENSE
You may distribute this code under the same terms as Perl itself.