clarify debugging instructions

git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@2901
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Nicholas Nethercote 2004-11-02 09:13:12 +00:00
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@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ file. Eg:
Debugging Valgrind with GDB
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To debug Valgrind itself with GDB, start Valgrind like this:
To debug stage 1 just run it under GDB in the normal way.
To debug Valgrind proper (stage 2) with GDB, start Valgrind like this:
valgrind --tool=none --wait-for-gdb=yes <prog>
@ -47,3 +49,7 @@ you want and do this in gdb:
jump *$eip
Code that runs in the target program such as the pthread replacement
code or the malloc replacement code would have to be debugged as part
of the target program, probably by attaching a debugger after it has
started. We are not sure if this would work, however.