gdb - list source of current function without typing its name

Question

In GDB, the command:

list function

will list all the source for the function.

Is there a command that will list all of the source of the function you are currently in, without requiring you to manually type the function name?

You can keep hitting enter after list function to repeat the previous command and continue printing out the function 10 lines at a time. — Ben
– Ben, Commented Oct 10, 2012 at 17:33
And you can also run gdb inside Emacs with M-x gdb; I find this very useful. — Basile Starynkevitch
– Basile Starynkevitch, Commented Oct 10, 2012 at 17:57
By "implicitly" do you mean without typing the function name directly? — Ciro Santilli OurBigBook.com
– Ciro Santilli OurBigBook.com, Commented Jun 10, 2015 at 7:21
@CiroSantilli六四事件法轮功纳米比亚胡海峰 Yes - since a C program is a collection of functions you are always in a function, that's guaranteed. It would be useful to have a shortcut which will list the current function implicitly (i.e. without specifying the name of the curent function). — s5s
– s5s, Commented Jun 10, 2015 at 12:53

dpc.pw · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-10 20:47:53Z

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(gdb) help list
List specified function or line.
With no argument, lists ten more lines after or around previous listing.
"list -" lists the ten lines before a previous ten-line listing.
One argument specifies a line, and ten lines are listed around that line.
Two arguments with comma between specify starting and ending lines to list.
Lines can be specified in these ways:
  LINENUM, to list around that line in current file,
  FILE:LINENUM, to list around that line in that file,
  FUNCTION, to list around beginning of that function,
  FILE:FUNCTION, to distinguish among like-named static functions.
  *ADDRESS, to list around the line containing that address.
With two args if one is empty it stands for ten lines away from the other arg.

The *ADDRESS is what is interesting.

On x86/x64 current pointer is in rip register so:

(gdb) list *$pc
0x7ffff7b018a0 is at ../sysdeps/unix/syscall-template.S:82.
77  in ../sysdeps/unix/syscall-template.S

The example is from cat command as I don't have anything with debug info at hand.

answered Oct 10, 2012 at 20:47

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Ciro Santilli OurBigBook.com Over a year ago

This id not work for me on GDB 7.7: it printed 10 lines around the current line, just like list, not the entire function.

Ruslan Over a year ago

Why does rip being the program counter make any difference if you use $pc, the GDB's generic name for program counter? And, actually, on x86 (32-bit) it's not rip – there's even no such register. It's instead eip.

Timmmm Over a year ago

Yeah this does not behave any differently to just list.

Dave Hite · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-17 16:22:30Z

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When you are stopped in a function type bt for backtrace. Backtrace will list the current stack. The element at the top, #0, is usually the function you are interested in and the source file and line number is listed also.

For example:

(gdb) bt
#0  myClass::EntityTypeStruct::readAttributes (this=0x7fffd00066e0, buf=0x7fffd0006020 "", len=48)
    at /team/project/src/EntityTypeStruct.cc:55
#1  0x000000000044ca86 in workerThread (ts=0x7fffea71dcc0)
    at /team/project/src/threads/workerThread.cc:219
#2  0x00007ffff775e9d1 in start_thread () from /lib64/libpthread.so.0
#3  0x00007ffff6c07b5d in clone () from /lib64/libc.so.6

See http://www.chemie.fu-berlin.de/chemnet/use/info/gdb/gdb_7.html#SEC42 for more info.

Also, when you set a breakpoint you can specify commands that will run everytime you hit that breakpoint. See http://www.chemie.fu-berlin.de/chemnet/use/info/gdb/gdb_6.html#SEC35

So, if you know how many lines are in your function you could set a command to list all source lines of the function:

(gdb) break myClass::EntityTypeStruct::readAttributes
Breakpoint 1 at 0x61ec3b: file /team/project/src/EntityTypeStruct.cc, line 38.
(gdb) commands 1
list 38,104
end

answered Jun 17, 2014 at 16:22

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Geof Sawaya Over a year ago

A little late to the party, but clearly the best answer.

Timmmm Over a year ago

How? It doesn't even answer the question.

Gregg · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-25 20:18:38Z

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The 'frame' command shows the function name and the current line location and sets the current line for list to the current executable line.

set listsize 17
frame
list

lists the 8 lines surrounding the current line.

answered Feb 25, 2017 at 20:18

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Étienne · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-26 11:01:24Z

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gdbtui can be useful to view the source during debugging.

edited Nov 26, 2014 at 11:01

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answered Oct 10, 2012 at 17:13

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