test/debug.py

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