Guide to controlling process

本文主要讨论的内容是：对process的运行进行控制，它是gdb的一个非常重要的特性。

章节

run and kill，即运行和终止程序，下面是涉及这个主题的章节

• 4 Running Programs Under GDB
• 6 Running programs backward
• 7 Recording Inferior’s Execution and Replaying It

stop and continue，即在process运行过程中，stop、continue，下面是涉及这个主题的章节：

• 5 Stopping and Continuing

alter

• 17 Altering Execution

Mode

process execution 是非常复杂的，它不仅仅涉及gdb，还涉及OS；对于各种复杂的场景，gdb都有着较好的支持，因此可以看到，在gdb中，有着非常多的mode，本节对gdb中涉及process execution的mode进行汇总：

Mode	章节	简介
All-Stop Mode and Non-Stop Mode	5.5 Stopping and Starting Multi-thread Programs
Scheduler locking mode	5.5.1 All-Stop Mode
Schedule-multiple mode	5.5.1 All-Stop Mode
Normal execution、record mode and replay mode	7 Recording Inferior’s Execution and Replaying It
Foreground (synchronous) and background (asynchronous)	5.5.3 Background Execution

Command shortcut

command	chapter	explanation
run	See Starting your Program.
attach	See Debugging an Already-running Process.
step	See step.
stepi	See stepi.
next	See next.
nexti	See nexti.
continue	See continue.
finish	See finish.
until	See until.