test/debug.py

   1 """ debug utilities """
   2
   3 import os
   4 import pexpect
   5
   6 gdb_path = '/usr/bin/gdb'
   7
   8
   9 def spawn_gdb(binary_path, core_path, logger):
  10     if os.path.isfile(gdb_path) and os.access(gdb_path, os.X_OK):
  11         # automatically attach gdb
  12         gdb_cmdline = "%s %s %s" % (gdb_path, binary_path, core_path)
  13         gdb = pexpect.spawn(gdb_cmdline)
  14         gdb.interact()
  15         try:
  16             gdb.terminate(True)
  17         except:
  18             pass
  19         if gdb.isalive():
  20             raise Exception("GDB refused to die...")
  21     else:
  22         logger.error("Debugger '%s' does not exist or is not an "
  23                      "executable.." % gdb_path)