[Opera-Linux] gdb plugin debugging

[Patricia Aas]

Note that when I say instance I mean instance of the same plugin:

all flash apps run in the same pluginwrapper and so on.

Patricia

On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 11:26:47 +0100, Patricia Aas <psmaas at opera.com> wrote:

> Hi Kai,
>
> Does it crash every time - everywhere?
>
> If it is only a specific instance that crashes you could take advantage  
> of
> the fact that all instances share the same wrapper:
>
> 1. start gdb with the wrapper
> 2. Load a page with a non-crashing plugin instance
> 3. attach the wrapper
> 4. load page with crashing instance
> 5. get your backtrace :)
>
> Patricia
>
> On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:34:51 +0100, Kai Hendry <hendry at aplixcorp.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Guys,
>>
>> Sidenote: http://natalian.org/archives/2007/11/12/google-mailman/
>>
>> I am looking for a tip to debug plugins within GDB and Opera.
>>
>> Since Opera uses /usr/lib/opera/plugins/operapluginwrapper I am not
>> sure how to attach gdb to the beginning of the process. I can attach
>> gdb once the plugin is invoked, though by this time, the plugin has
>> crashed. :( Studying it with OPERA_KEEP_BLOCKED_PLUGIN enabled isn't
>> good enough.
>>
>> I did try unsuccessfully wrapping (with a gdb invocation) the wrapper.  
>> ;)
>>
>> Any suggestions? Btw I am using Opera 9.24, build 671 on Debian.
>>
>> Kind regards,
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