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gdb single stepping takes ages
- From: Tim Sander <tim at krieglstein dot org>
- To: gdb at sourceware dot org
- Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 09:24:04 +0200
- Subject: gdb single stepping takes ages
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Hi
I am currently using openocd as a gdbserver backend for debugging an embedded
target with gdb 7.7. When i want to step over a single line with -exec-next:
for(int a=0; a<1000000;a++){ };
the time taken for the step is linear to the maximum count number and takes in
my setup about 1 second for one increment of a. Setting a temp breakpoint in
the next line and continuing works much faster.
So is there a way improve the stepping speed in such situations?
Best regards
Tim