Extending GDB debugger capabilities with Python
summary
Shows how to extend the GDB debugger using Python to improve debugging of production issues such as crashes and core dumps. Covers using GDB Python extensions and scripts to automate inspection workflows and extract useful information from coredumps in customer environments.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction
- 5:03GDB Python extension
- 11:01Lists in Tarantula
- 21:37List traversal
- 28:23Data type detection
- 31:55Debugging fibers
- 36:41JIT and garbage collector
- 42:44Q&A
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