From 356ac1f9d79b5be1c6f53f547d6c32760b10b837 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Scott Rifenbark Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 09:27:48 -0700 Subject: documentation/poky-ref-manual/development.xml: Removed dbg and profile The sections describing how to debug remotely and how to use the oprifiler have been deleted. these sections are now in the YP Development Manual. (From yocto-docs rev: 5f277a38a7afe1cc06eafe2ef1b07cc24c8ec546) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie --- documentation/poky-ref-manual/development.xml | 481 -------------------------- 1 file changed, 481 deletions(-) (limited to 'documentation/poky-ref-manual') diff --git a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/development.xml b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/development.xml index 3d2276f9ee..b897efd550 100644 --- a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/development.xml +++ b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/development.xml @@ -117,487 +117,6 @@ - -
- Debugging With the GNU Project Debugger (GDB) Remotely - - - GDB allows you to examine running programs, which in turn help you to understand and fix problems. - It also allows you to perform post-mortem style analysis of program crashes. - GDB is available as a package within the Yocto Project and by default is - installed in sdk images. - See the "Reference: Images" appendix for a description of these - images. - You can find information on GDB at . - - - - For best results, install -dbg packages for the applications - you are going to debug. - Doing so makes available extra debug symbols that give you more meaningful output. - - - - Sometimes, due to memory or disk space constraints, it is not possible - to use GDB directly on the remote target to debug applications. - These constraints arise because GDB needs to load the debugging information and the - binaries of the process being debugged. - Additionally, GDB needs to perform many computations to locate information such as function - names, variable names and values, stack traces and so forth - even before starting the - debugging process. - These extra computations place more load on the target system and can alter the - characteristics of the program being debugged. - - - - To help get past the previously mentioned constraints, you can use Gdbserver. - Gdbserver runs on the remote target and does not load any debugging information - from the debugged process. - Instead, a GDB instance processes the debugging information that is run on a - remote computer - the host GDB. - The host GDB then sends control commands to Gdbserver to make it stop or start the debugged - program, as well as read or write memory regions of that debugged program. - All the debugging information loaded and processed as well - as all the heavy debugging is done by the host GDB. - Offloading these processes gives the Gdbserver running on the target a chance to remain - small and fast. - - - - Because the host GDB is responsible for loading the debugging information and - for doing the necessary processing to make actual debugging happen, the - user has to make sure the host can access the unstripped binaries complete - with their debugging information and also be sure the target is compiled with no optimizations. - The host GDB must also have local access to all the libraries used by the - debugged program. - Because Gdbserver does not need any local debugging information, the binaries on - the remote target can remain stripped. - However, the binaries must also be compiled without optimization - so they match the host's binaries. - - - - To remain consistent with GDB documentation and terminology, the binary being debugged - on the remote target machine is referred to as the "inferior" binary. - For documentation on GDB see the - GDB site. - - -
- Launching Gdbserver on the Target - - - First, make sure Gdbserver is installed on the target. - If it is not, install the package gdbserver, which needs the - libthread-db1 package. - - - - As an example, to launch Gdbserver on the target and make it ready to "debug" a - program located at /path/to/inferior, connect - to the target and launch: - - $ gdbserver localhost:2345 /path/to/inferior - - Gdbserver should now be listening on port 2345 for debugging - commands coming from a remote GDB process that is running on the host computer. - Communication between Gdbserver and the host GDB are done using TCP. - To use other communication protocols, please refer to the - Gdbserver documentation. - -
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- Launching GDB on the Host Computer - - - Running GDB on the host computer takes a number of stages. - This section describes those stages. - - -
- Building the Cross-GDB Package - - A suitable GDB cross-binary is required that runs on your host computer but - also knows about the the ABI of the remote target. - You can get this binary from the the Yocto Project meta-toolchain. - Here is an example: - - /usr/local/poky/eabi-glibc/arm/bin/arm-poky-linux-gnueabi-gdb - - where arm is the target architecture and - linux-gnueabi the target ABI. - - - - Alternatively, the Yocto Project can build the gdb-cross binary. - Here is an example: - - $ bitbake gdb-cross - - Once the binary is built, you can find it here: - - tmp/sysroots/<host-arch>/usr/bin/<target-abi>-gdb - - -
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- Making the Inferior Binaries Available - - - The inferior binary (complete with all debugging symbols) as well as any - libraries (and their debugging symbols) on which the inferior binary depends - need to be available. - There are a number of ways you can make these available. - - - - Perhaps the easiest way is to have an 'sdk' image that corresponds to the plain - image installed on the device. - In the case of core-image-sato, - core-image-sato-sdk would contain suitable symbols. - Because the sdk images already have the debugging symbols installed, it is just a - question of expanding the archive to some location and then informing GDB. - - - - Alternatively, Yocto Project can build a custom directory of files for a specific - debugging purpose by reusing its tmp/rootfs directory. - This directory contains the contents of the last built image. - This process assumes two things: - - The image running on the target was the last image to - be built by the Yocto Project. - The package (foo in the following - example) that contains the inferior binary to be debugged has been built - without optimization and has debugging information available. - - - - - The following steps show how to build the custom directory of files: - - Install the package (foo in this case) to - tmp/rootfs: - - $ tmp/sysroots/i686-linux/usr/bin/opkg-cl -f \ - tmp/work/<target-abi>/core-image-sato-1.0-r0/temp/opkg.conf -o \ - tmp/rootfs/ update - - Install the debugging information: - - $ tmp/sysroots/i686-linux/usr/bin/opkg-cl -f \ - tmp/work/<target-abi>/core-image-sato-1.0-r0/temp/opkg.conf \ - -o tmp/rootfs install foo - - $ tmp/sysroots/i686-linux/usr/bin/opkg-cl -f \ - tmp/work/<target-abi>/core-image-sato-1.0-r0/temp/opkg.conf \ - -o tmp/rootfs install foo-dbg - - - -
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- Launch the Host GDB - - - To launch the host GDB, you run the cross-gdb binary and provide - the inferior binary as part of the command line. - For example, the following command form continues with the example used in - the previous section. - This command form loads the foo binary - as well as the debugging information: - - $ <target-abi>-gdb rootfs/usr/bin/foo - - Once the GDB prompt appears, you must instruct GDB to load all the libraries - of the inferior binary from tmp/rootfs as follows: - - $ set solib-absolute-prefix /path/to/tmp/rootfs - - The pathname /path/to/tmp/rootfs must either be - the absolute path to tmp/rootfs or the location at which - binaries with debugging information reside. - - - - At this point you can have GDB connect to the Gdbserver that is running - on the remote target by using the following command form: - - $ target remote remote-target-ip-address:2345 - - The remote-target-ip-address is the IP address of the - remote target where the Gdbserver is running. - Port 2345 is the port on which the GDBSERVER is running. - -
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- Using the Debugger - - - You can now proceed with debugging as normal - as if you were debugging - on the local machine. - For example, to instruct GDB to break in the "main" function and then - continue with execution of the inferior binary use the following commands - from within GDB: - - (gdb) break main - (gdb) continue - - - - - For more information about using GDB, see the project's online documentation at - . - -
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- Profiling with OProfile - - - OProfile is a - statistical profiler well suited for finding performance - bottlenecks in both userspace software and in the kernel. - This profiler provides answers to questions like "Which functions does my application spend - the most time in when doing X?" - Because the Yocto Project is well integrated with OProfile, it makes profiling applications on target - hardware straightforward. - - - - To use OProfile, you need an image that has OProfile installed. - The easiest way to do this is with tools-profile in the - IMAGE_FEATURES variable. - You also need debugging symbols to be available on the system where the analysis - takes place. - You can gain access to the symbols by using dbg-pkgs in the - IMAGE_FEATURES variable or by - installing the appropriate -dbg packages. - - - - For successful call graph analysis, the binaries must preserve the frame - pointer register and should also be compiled with the - -fno-omit-framepointer flag. - In the Yocto Project you can achieve this by setting the - SELECTED_OPTIMIZATION - variable to - -fexpensive-optimizations -fno-omit-framepointer -frename-registers -O2. - You can also achieve it by setting the - DEBUG_BUILD variable to "1" in - the local.conf configuration file. - If you use the DEBUG_BUILD variable you will also add extra debug information - that can make the debug packages large. - - -
- Profiling on the Target - - - Using OProfile you can perform all the profiling work on the target device. - A simple OProfile session might look like the following: - - - - - # opcontrol --reset - # opcontrol --start --separate=lib --no-vmlinux -c 5 - . - . - [do whatever is being profiled] - . - . - # opcontrol --stop - $ opreport -cl - - - - - In this example, the reset command clears any previously profiled data. - The next command starts OProfile. - The options used when starting the profiler separate dynamic library data - within applications, disable kernel profiling, and enable callgraphing up to - five levels deep. - - To profile the kernel, you would specify the - --vmlinux=/path/to/vmlinux option. - The vmlinux file is usually in the Yocto Project file's - /boot/ directory and must match the running kernel. - - - - - After you perform your profiling tasks, the next command stops the profiler. - After that, you can view results with the opreport command with options - to see the separate library symbols and callgraph information. - - - - Callgraphing logs information about time spent in functions and about a function's - calling function (parent) and called functions (children). - The higher the callgraphing depth, the more accurate the results. - However, higher depths also increase the logging overhead. - Consequently, you should take care when setting the callgraphing depth. - - On ARM, binaries need to have the frame pointer enabled for callgraphing to work. - To accomplish this use the -fno-omit-framepointer option - with gcc. - - - - - For more information on using OProfile, see the OProfile - online documentation at - . - -
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- Using OProfileUI - - - A graphical user interface for OProfile is also available. - You can download and build this interface from the Yocto Project at - . - If the "tools-profile" image feature is selected, all necessary binaries - are installed onto the target device for OProfileUI interaction. - - - - Even though the Yocto Project usually includes all needed patches on the target device, you - might find you need other OProfile patches for recent OProfileUI features. - If so, see the - OProfileUI README for the most recent information. - - -
- Online Mode - - - Using OProfile in online mode assumes a working network connection with the target - hardware. - With this connection, you just need to run "oprofile-server" on the device. - By default, OProfile listens on port 4224. - - You can change the port using the --port command-line - option. - - - - - The client program is called oprofile-viewer and its UI is relatively - straightforward. - You access key functionality through the buttons on the toolbar, which - are duplicated in the menus. - Here are the buttons: - - Connect: Connects to the remote host. - You can also supply the IP address or hostname. - Disconnect: Disconnects from the target. - - Start: Starts profiling on the device. - - Stop: Stops profiling on the device and - downloads the data to the local host. - Stopping the profiler generates the profile and displays it in the viewer. - - Download: Downloads the data from the - target and generates the profile, which appears in the viewer. - Reset: Resets the sample data on the device. - Resetting the data removes sample information collected from previous - sampling runs. - Be sure you reset the data if you do not want to include old sample information. - - Save: Saves the data downloaded from the - target to another directory for later examination. - Open: Loads previously saved data. - - - - - - The client downloads the complete 'profile archive' from - the target to the host for processing. - This archive is a directory that contains the sample data, the object files, - and the debug information for the object files. - The archive is then converted using the oparchconv script, which is - included in this distribution. - The script uses opimport to convert the archive from - the target to something that can be processed on the host. - - - - Downloaded archives reside in the Yocto Project's build directory in - /tmp and are cleared up when they are no longer in use. - - - - If you wish to perform kernel profiling, you need to be sure - a vmlinux file that matches the running kernel is available. - In the Yocto Project, that file is usually located in - /boot/vmlinux-KERNELVERSION, where - KERNEL-version is the version of the kernel. - The Yocto Project generates separate vmlinux packages for each kernel - it builds. - Thus, it should just be a question of making sure a matching package is - installed (e.g. opkg install kernel-vmlinux. - The files are automatically installed into development and profiling images - alongside OProfile. - A configuration option exists within the OProfileUI settings page that you can use to - enter the location of the vmlinux file. - - - - Waiting for debug symbols to transfer from the device can be slow, and it - is not always necessary to actually have them on the device for OProfile use. - All that is needed is a copy of the filesystem with the debug symbols present - on the viewer system. - The "Launching GDB on the Host Computer" - section covers how to create such a directory with - the Yocto Project and how to use the OProfileUI Settings dialog to specify the location. - If you specify the directory, it will be used when the file checksums - match those on the system you are profiling. - -
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