GDB debugging¶

Here are some notes on debugging with gdb while rebasing Replicant changes on top of the latest CyanogenMod.

adb shell
gdbserver 127.0.0.1:8022 --attach $(pidof mediaserver )

adb forward tcp:8022 tcp:8022

. build/envsetup.sh
lunch replicant_maguro-eng

$ arm-linux-androideabi-gdb
GNU gdb (GDB) 7.1-android-gg2
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This GDB was configured as "--host=i686-linux-gnu --target=arm-elf-linux".
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<http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>.
(gdb) set sysroot ./out/target/product/maguro/symbols/
(gdb) set solib-search-path ./out/target/product/maguro/symbols/system/lib/:./out/target/product/maguro/symbols/system/lib/hw/:./out/target/product/maguro/symbols/system/vendor/lib/hw/
(gdb) file ./out/target/product/maguro/symbols/system/bin/mediaserver
(gdb) target remote 127.0.0.1:8022