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If +no <var>format</var> is given, the default format for the recording method +is used. If no <var>method</var> is given, the default method will be used. +Returns a <code>gdb.Record</code> object on success. Throw an exception on +failure. +</p> +<p>The following strings can be passed as <var>method</var>: +</p> +<ul> +<li> <code>"full"</code> +</li><li> <code>"btrace"</code>: Possible values for <var>format</var>: <code>"pt"</code>, +<code>"bts"</code> or leave out for default format. +</li></ul> +</dd></dl> + +<dl> +<dt><a name="index-gdb_002ecurrent_005frecording"></a>Function: <strong>gdb.current_recording</strong> <em>()</em></dt> +<dd><p>Access a currently running recording. Return a <code>gdb.Record</code> +object on success. Return <code>None</code> if no recording is currently +active. +</p></dd></dl> + +<dl> +<dt><a name="index-gdb_002estop_005frecording"></a>Function: <strong>gdb.stop_recording</strong> <em>()</em></dt> +<dd><p>Stop the current recording. Throw an exception if no recording is +currently active. All record objects become invalid after this call. +</p></dd></dl> + +<p>A <code>gdb.Record</code> object has the following attributes: +</p> +<dl> +<dt><a name="index-Record_002emethod"></a>Variable: <strong>Record.method</strong></dt> +<dd><p>A string with the current recording method, e.g. <code>full</code> or +<code>btrace</code>. +</p></dd></dl> + +<dl> +<dt><a name="index-Record_002eformat"></a>Variable: <strong>Record.format</strong></dt> +<dd><p>A string with the current recording format, e.g. <code>bt</code>, <code>pts</code> or +<code>None</code>. +</p></dd></dl> + +<dl> +<dt><a name="index-Record_002ebegin"></a>Variable: <strong>Record.begin</strong></dt> +<dd><p>A method specific instruction object representing the first instruction +in this recording. +</p></dd></dl> + +<dl> +<dt><a name="index-Record_002eend"></a>Variable: <strong>Record.end</strong></dt> +<dd><p>A method specific instruction object representing the current +instruction, that is not actually part of the recording. +</p></dd></dl> + +<dl> +<dt><a name="index-Record_002ereplay_005fposition"></a>Variable: <strong>Record.replay_position</strong></dt> +<dd><p>The instruction representing the current replay position. If there is +no replay active, this will be <code>None</code>. +</p></dd></dl> + +<dl> +<dt><a name="index-Record_002einstruction_005fhistory"></a>Variable: <strong>Record.instruction_history</strong></dt> +<dd><p>A list with all recorded instructions. +</p></dd></dl> + +<dl> +<dt><a name="index-Record_002efunction_005fcall_005fhistory"></a>Variable: <strong>Record.function_call_history</strong></dt> +<dd><p>A list with all recorded function call segments. +</p></dd></dl> + +<p>A <code>gdb.Record</code> object has the following methods: +</p> +<dl> +<dt><a name="index-Record_002egoto"></a>Function: <strong>Record.goto</strong> <em>(instruction)</em></dt> +<dd><p>Move the replay position to the given <var>instruction</var>. +</p></dd></dl> + +<p>The common <code>gdb.Instruction</code> class that recording method specific +instruction objects inherit from, has the following attributes: +</p> +<dl> +<dt><a name="index-Instruction_002epc"></a>Variable: <strong>Instruction.pc</strong></dt> +<dd><p>An integer representing this instruction’s address. +</p></dd></dl> + +<dl> +<dt><a name="index-Instruction_002edata"></a>Variable: <strong>Instruction.data</strong></dt> +<dd><p>A buffer with the raw instruction data. In Python 3, the return value is a +<code>memoryview</code> object. +</p></dd></dl> + +<dl> +<dt><a name="index-Instruction_002edecoded"></a>Variable: <strong>Instruction.decoded</strong></dt> +<dd><p>A human readable string with the disassembled instruction. +</p></dd></dl> + +<dl> +<dt><a name="index-Instruction_002esize"></a>Variable: <strong>Instruction.size</strong></dt> +<dd><p>The size of the instruction in bytes. +</p></dd></dl> + +<p>Additionally <code>gdb.RecordInstruction</code> has the following attributes: +</p> +<dl> +<dt><a name="index-RecordInstruction_002enumber"></a>Variable: <strong>RecordInstruction.number</strong></dt> +<dd><p>An integer identifying this instruction. <code>number</code> corresponds to +the numbers seen in <code>record instruction-history</code> +(see <a href="Process-Record-and-Replay.html#Process-Record-and-Replay">Process Record and Replay</a>). +</p></dd></dl> + +<dl> +<dt><a name="index-RecordInstruction_002esal"></a>Variable: <strong>RecordInstruction.sal</strong></dt> +<dd><p>A <code>gdb.Symtab_and_line</code> object representing the associated symtab +and line of this instruction. May be <code>None</code> if no debug information is +available. +</p></dd></dl> + +<dl> +<dt><a name="index-RecordInstruction_002eis_005fspeculative"></a>Variable: <strong>RecordInstruction.is_speculative</strong></dt> +<dd><p>A boolean indicating whether the instruction was executed speculatively. +</p></dd></dl> + +<p>If an error occured during recording or decoding a recording, this error is +represented by a <code>gdb.RecordGap</code> object in the instruction list. It has +the following attributes: +</p> +<dl> +<dt><a name="index-RecordGap_002enumber"></a>Variable: <strong>RecordGap.number</strong></dt> +<dd><p>An integer identifying this gap. <code>number</code> corresponds to the numbers seen +in <code>record instruction-history</code> (see <a href="Process-Record-and-Replay.html#Process-Record-and-Replay">Process Record and Replay</a>). +</p></dd></dl> + +<dl> +<dt><a name="index-RecordGap_002eerror_005fcode"></a>Variable: <strong>RecordGap.error_code</strong></dt> +<dd><p>A numerical representation of the reason for the gap. The value is specific to +the current recording method. +</p></dd></dl> + +<dl> +<dt><a name="index-RecordGap_002eerror_005fstring"></a>Variable: <strong>RecordGap.error_string</strong></dt> +<dd><p>A human readable string with the reason for the gap. +</p></dd></dl> + +<p>A <code>gdb.RecordFunctionSegment</code> object has the following attributes: +</p> +<dl> +<dt><a name="index-RecordFunctionSegment_002enumber"></a>Variable: <strong>RecordFunctionSegment.number</strong></dt> +<dd><p>An integer identifying this function segment. <code>number</code> corresponds to +the numbers seen in <code>record function-call-history</code> +(see <a href="Process-Record-and-Replay.html#Process-Record-and-Replay">Process Record and Replay</a>). +</p></dd></dl> + +<dl> +<dt><a name="index-RecordFunctionSegment_002esymbol"></a>Variable: <strong>RecordFunctionSegment.symbol</strong></dt> +<dd><p>A <code>gdb.Symbol</code> object representing the associated symbol. May be +<code>None</code> if no debug information is available. +</p></dd></dl> + +<dl> +<dt><a name="index-RecordFunctionSegment_002elevel"></a>Variable: <strong>RecordFunctionSegment.level</strong></dt> +<dd><p>An integer representing the function call’s stack level. May be +<code>None</code> if the function call is a gap. +</p></dd></dl> + +<dl> +<dt><a name="index-RecordFunctionSegment_002einstructions"></a>Variable: <strong>RecordFunctionSegment.instructions</strong></dt> +<dd><p>A list of <code>gdb.RecordInstruction</code> or <code>gdb.RecordGap</code> objects +associated with this function call. +</p></dd></dl> + +<dl> +<dt><a name="index-RecordFunctionSegment_002eup"></a>Variable: <strong>RecordFunctionSegment.up</strong></dt> +<dd><p>A <code>gdb.RecordFunctionSegment</code> object representing the caller’s +function segment. If the call has not been recorded, this will be the +function segment to which control returns. If neither the call nor the +return have been recorded, this will be <code>None</code>. +</p></dd></dl> + +<dl> +<dt><a name="index-RecordFunctionSegment_002eprev"></a>Variable: <strong>RecordFunctionSegment.prev</strong></dt> +<dd><p>A <code>gdb.RecordFunctionSegment</code> object representing the previous +segment of this function call. May be <code>None</code>. +</p></dd></dl> + +<dl> +<dt><a name="index-RecordFunctionSegment_002enext"></a>Variable: <strong>RecordFunctionSegment.next</strong></dt> +<dd><p>A <code>gdb.RecordFunctionSegment</code> object representing the next segment of +this function call. May be <code>None</code>. +</p></dd></dl> + +<p>The following example demonstrates the usage of these objects and +functions to create a function that will rewind a record to the last +time a function in a different file was executed. This would typically +be used to track the execution of user provided callback functions in a +library which typically are not visible in a back trace. +</p> +<div class="smallexample"> +<pre class="smallexample">def bringback (): + rec = gdb.current_recording () + if not rec: + return + + insn = rec.instruction_history + if len (insn) == 0: + return + + try: + position = insn.index (rec.replay_position) + except: + position = -1 + try: + filename = insn[position].sal.symtab.fullname () + except: + filename = None + + for i in reversed (insn[:position]): + try: + current = i.sal.symtab.fullname () + except: + current = None + + if filename == current: + continue + + rec.goto (i) + return +</pre></div> + +<p>Another possible application is to write a function that counts the +number of code executions in a given line range. This line range can +contain parts of functions or span across several functions and is not +limited to be contiguous. +</p> +<div class="smallexample"> +<pre class="smallexample">def countrange (filename, linerange): + count = 0 + + def filter_only (file_name): + for call in gdb.current_recording ().function_call_history: + try: + if file_name in call.symbol.symtab.fullname (): + yield call + except: + pass + + for c in filter_only (filename): + for i in c.instructions: + try: + if i.sal.line in linerange: + count += 1 + break; + except: + pass + + return count +</pre></div> + +<hr> +<div class="header"> +<p> +Next: <a href="CLI-Commands-In-Python.html#CLI-Commands-In-Python" accesskey="n" rel="next">CLI Commands In Python</a>, Previous: <a href="Threads-In-Python.html#Threads-In-Python" accesskey="p" rel="previous">Threads In Python</a>, Up: <a href="Python-API.html#Python-API" accesskey="u" rel="up">Python API</a> [<a href="index.html#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="Concept-Index.html#Concept-Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p> +</div> + + + +</body> +</html> |