gdb
source leave_this_file.py
leave_this_file
frame 0
MAX_STEPS = 10000
def get_file_name():
"""extract the file name for the bottommost frame"""
# example string
#0 main (argc=0x7, argv=0x7fffffffdaa8) at grep.c:2415
# <source fragment>
where_str = gdb.execute("frame 0", from_tty=False, to_string=True)
# last word of first line is file:line
file_line = where_str.splitlines()[0].split()[-1]
filename, _, line = file_line.rpartition(":")
# confirm that line number is an int, raise otherwise
int(line)
return filename
def step_out_of_file_once():
orig_file_name = get_file_name()
current_file_name = orig_file_name
counter = 0
for x in range(MAX_STEPS):
gdb.execute("step", from_tty=False, to_string=True)
counter += 1
current_file_name = get_file_name()
if orig_file_name != current_file_name:
break
print("%s: %30s, %s: %s" % ("new", current_file_name, "steps", counter))
class LeaveThisFile(gdb.Command):
"""step out of the current file"""
def __init__(self):
gdb.Command.__init__(
self, "leave_this_file", gdb.COMMAND_DATA, gdb.COMPLETE_SYMBOL, True
)
def invoke(self, arg, from_tty):
# interpret the arg as a number of times to execute the command
# 1 by default
if arg:
arg = int(arg)
else:
arg = 1
for x in range(arg):
step_out_of_file_once()
LeaveThisFile()
GNU grep
2415 {
(gdb) startQuit
(gdb) source leave_this_file.py
(gdb) leave_this_file 15
new: setlocale.c, steps: 18
new: pthread_rwlock_wrlock.c, steps: 8
new: ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86/hle.h, steps: 3
new: pthread_rwlock_wrlock.c, steps: 1
new: setlocale.c, steps: 7
new: ../sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/../strcmp.S, steps: 1
new: setlocale.c, steps: 48
new: getenv.c, steps: 4
new: ../sysdeps/x86_64/strlen.S, steps: 2
new: getenv.c, steps: 16
new: ../sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/../strcmp.S, steps: 64
new: getenv.c, steps: 53
new: setlocale.c, steps: 16
new: ../sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/../strchr.S, steps: 5
new: setlocale.c, steps: 23