On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 6:03 PM, mohit verma <mohit89mlnc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 8:44 PM, mohit verma <mohit89mlnc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> hi, >> i am debugging the same firefox program. it is showing 33 threads running >> in my system .i switch to each thread and type the command "bt" to see the >> stack status of the thread . >> someone please guide me what the "bt" command shows is a stack attached to >> the perticular process or to the whole task (like firefox). >> and one more thing : i get different memory addresses by "bt" for a >> thread (not continuous as supposed to be for a stack). what does they mean? >> i am attaching the screenshot for this. > > > reply ,guys !!!! > is this the worst question ever asked? :) By default gdb shows the backtrace only for the current thread ([1]). The addresses shown in your screenshot are meaningless, because the program wasn't compiled with debugging symbols enabled. Also, the addresses are not continuous because they represent a function's trace. thanks, Daniel. [1] http://sourceware.org/gdb/current/onlinedocs/gdb/Backtrace.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
