[Mono-list] Stepping into interncalls with the Mono Debugger

[Martin Baulig]

Hi,

the bug is now fixed in CVS and the debugger can now debug interncalls :-)

Documentation is in doc/FAQ.txt:

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* How do I enter a JIT trampoline ?

  Normally, the debugger hides JIT trampolines from the user, even when stepping one single
  instruction.  To force the debugger to debug a JIT trampoline, you need to use the
  `native stepi' command in the command line interface.


* How do I enter an interncall ?

  There are two ways of entering an interncall: if the module the interncall is contained in
  has debugging info and the `step' property is set (use `module <number> !ignore step' in the
  command line interface), the debugger will automatically enter the interncall when stepping
  by source lines.

  Example debugging session:

        [martin@einstein debugger]$ run-mono ./lib/Interpreter.exe ./test/N.exe
        Process @1 stopped at #0: 0x08365f63 in X.Main()+0x7 at N.cs:7.
        #0: 0x08365f63 in X.Main()+0x7 at N.cs:7
        0x08365f63      push   $0x41
           7            bool is_number = Char.IsNumber ('A');
        Mono debugger
        $ show modules
        3 /home/martin/MONO-LINUX/libexec/mono-debugger-jit-wrapper loaded ignore
        5 N loaded symbols step
        7 /home/martin/MONO-LINUX/lib/libmono.so.0 loaded ignore
        9 mscorlib loaded symbols step
        $ module 7 !ignore step
        $ s
        Process @1 stopped at #0: 0x400aa12c in ves_icall_System_Char_IsNumber+0x1c at unicode.c:110.
        0x400aa12c      movzwl 0xfffffff2(%ebp),%eax
        110    GUnicodeType t = g_unichar_type (c);

  You can also "force" the debugger to enter the intercalls by stepping by machine instructions;
  in this case, the debugger will automatically jump over the JIT trampoline and stop at the
  first instruction of the interncall.

  Example debugging session:

        [martin@einstein debugger]$ run-mono ./lib/Interpreter.exe ./test/N.exe
        Process @1 stopped at #0: 0x08366013 in X.Main()+0x7 at N.cs:7.
        #0: 0x08366013 in X.Main()+0x7 at N.cs:7
        0x08366013      push   $0x41
         7            bool is_number = Char.IsNumber ('A');
        Mono debugger
        $ i
        Process @1 stopped at #0: 0x08366018 in X.Main()+0xc at N.cs:7.
        0x08366018      call   System.Char.IsNumber(System.Char)
         7            bool is_number = Char.IsNumber ('A');
        $
        Process @1 stopped at #0: 0x400aa110.
        0x400aa110      push   %ebp


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Please let me know if you have any more questions or problems.

-- 
Martin Baulig
martin@gnome.org
martin@ximian.com