GDB Internals

This document documents the internals of the GNU debugger, GDB. It includes description of GDB's key algorithms and operations, as well as the mechanisms that adapt GDB to specific hosts and targets.

1. Summary

2. Overall Structure

3. Algorithms

4. User Interface

5. libgdb

6. Values

7. Stack Frames

8. Symbol Handling

9. Language Support

10. Host Definition

11. Target Architecture Definition

12. Target Descriptions

13. Target Vector Definition

14. Native Debugging

15. Support Libraries

16. Coding

17. Porting GDB

18. Versions and Branches

19. Start of New Year Procedure

20. Releasing GDB

21. Testsuite

22. Hints

A. GDB Currently available observers

B. GNU Free Documentation License    The license for this documentation

Index

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1. Summary
2. Overall Structure
3. Algorithms
4. User Interface
5. libgdb
6. Values
7. Stack Frames
8. Symbol Handling
9. Language Support
10. Host Definition
11. Target Architecture Definition
12. Target Descriptions
13. Target Vector Definition
14. Native Debugging
15. Support Libraries
16. Coding
17. Porting GDB
18. Versions and Branches
19. Start of New Year Procedure
20. Releasing GDB
21. Testsuite
22. Hints

A. GDB Currently available observers
B. GNU Free Documentation License		The license for this documentation
Index