| """ debug utilities """ |
| |
| import os |
| import pexpect |
| import sys |
| |
| gdb_path = '/usr/bin/gdb' |
| |
| |
| def spawn_gdb(binary_path, core_path): |
| if os.path.isfile(gdb_path) and os.access(gdb_path, os.X_OK): |
| # automatically attach gdb |
| gdb_cmdline = "%s %s %s" % (gdb_path, binary_path, core_path) |
| gdb = pexpect.spawn(gdb_cmdline) |
| gdb.interact() |
| try: |
| gdb.terminate(True) |
| except: |
| pass |
| if gdb.isalive(): |
| raise Exception("GDB refused to die...") |
| else: |
| sys.stderr.write("Debugger '%s' does not exist or is not " |
| "an executable..\n" % gdb_path) |