Debugging Session for AGE using GDB

ahmedmohamed

Ahmed Mohamed

Posted on June 28, 2023

Debugging Session for AGE using GDB

After have Postgres configured with enabling debugging flags and a running Postgres instance. An open session running and age extension is loaded

  • Get PID of the current session

SELECT pg_backend_pid();

  • Open new terminal tab and run sudo gdb to run the debugger
  • Attach gdb to to the PID that we got from the previous step e.g. PID: 123

(gdb) attach 123

  • Add a break point to a specific line or function at some where

(gdb) b <function_name>

The following are The basic GDB commands:

  • b for breakpoint, (b )
  • c for continue - continues to the next breakpoint
  • n for next line
  • s for step into
  • p for print, (p *) for pointers
  • d for delete all breakpoints
  • q for quit

Ref:
apache age repo
GDB Docs

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ahmedmohamed
Ahmed Mohamed

Posted on June 28, 2023

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