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I know the basics of how to use gdb. But I would like to learn some advanced debugging techniques using gdb. What are the best resources - books, blogs, tutorials - that any of you use regularly. I did look at this question: Tips or resources for learning advanced debugging techniques GDB in xcode but what I'm looking for is the GDB equivalent of the following:

http://www.dumpanalysis.org/

http://WinDbg.info

Memory Dump Analysis Anthology

I understand that this is subjective question. But there are lot of questions which are very similar in nature (e.g The Definitive C++ Book Guide and List) and this question is not asked in here. If there is a duplicate that I missed please site it in the comments and close this question.

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  • The aim of the question is to merely collect some of the resources that other developers have used and found it to be very useful. I did my due research on the internet and couldn't find anything that stood out like the examples I have cited with regards to WinDBG. The question does not solicit opinions.
    – yasouser
    Jan 10, 2014 at 20:58
  • If you want to learn gdb specifics, Debugging with GDB linked in the SO answer is a good place to go. If you want to learn advanced debugging techniques, it's usually more about general computer and OS architecture knowledge than about anything else.
    – peterph
    Jan 10, 2014 at 23:41

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Norman Matloff's book on debugging: The Art of Debugging is quite good, though I don't know if you would consider it advanced. There is also his online tutorial, Guide to Faster, Less Frustrating Debugging, which might be an earlier version of the book.

There is also a tutorial My debugging tutorial, linked from the page Norm Matloff's DDD Tutorial.

Personally, I use print statements. :-) I've tried to use GDB in the past, but only with C++ (I don't use C). The problems I had were that, first GDB was itself quite buggy, and second, did not cope well with displaying complex C++ structures. This was some time ago, and the situation may have improved.

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  • +1 for the Guide to Faster, lesser frustrating debugging link.
    – yasouser
    Jan 10, 2014 at 8:05

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