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There's a baseline of functionality that I'm developing on top of Fedora 13's gdb. | |||
Some features require additional work in gdb, which I've filed RFE bugs for. Naturally this will require coordination with gdb to ensure that they land in Fedora 14. | |||
== Contingency Plan == | == Contingency Plan == | ||
Revision as of 22:05, 7 July 2010
Memory Debugging Tools
Summary
The gdb debugger has been extended with new commands that make it easier to track down and fix excessive memory usage within programs and libraries.
Owner
- Name: Dave Malcolm
- Email: <dmalcolm@redhat.com>
Current status
- Targeted release: Fedora 42
- Last updated: 2010-07-07
- Percentage of completion: 10%
Initial version of code ready to upload; preparing upstream project for initial launch: https://fedorahosted.org/gdb-heap/
RFEs filed for gdb
- RHBZ #610241: RFE: please expose "info symbol ADDRESS" in the python API
- RHBZ #610249: RFE: notification about changes in the inferior process
Detailed Description
Benefit to Fedora
Scope
How To Test
User Experience
Dependencies
There's a baseline of functionality that I'm developing on top of Fedora 13's gdb.
Some features require additional work in gdb, which I've filed RFE bugs for. Naturally this will require coordination with gdb to ensure that they land in Fedora 14.