source: branches/samba-3.5.x/selftest/gdb_backtrace

#!/bin/sh

BASENAME=`basename $0`

if [ -n "$VALGRIND" -o -n "$SMBD_VALGRIND" ]; then
        echo "${BASENAME}: Not running debugger under valgrind"
        exit 1
fi

# we want everything on stderr, so the program is not disturbed
exec 1>&2

BASENAME=`basename $0`
UNAME=`uname`

PID=$1
BINARY=$2

test x"${PID}" = x"" && {
        echo "Usage: ${BASENAME} <pid> [<binary>]"
        exit 1
}

DB_LIST="gdb"
case "${UNAME}" in
        #
        # on Tru64 we need to try ladebug first
        # because gdb crashes itself...
        #
        OSF1)
                DB_LIST="ladebug ${DB_LIST}"
        ;;
esac

for DB in ${DB_LIST}; do
        DB_BIN=`which ${DB} 2>/dev/null | grep '^/'`
        test x"${DB_BIN}" != x"" && {
                break
        }
done

test x"${DB_BIN}" = x"" && {
        echo "${BASENAME}: ERROR: No debugger found."
        exit 1
}

#
# we first try to use /proc/${PID}/exe
# then fallback to the binary from the commandline
# then we search for the commandline argument with
# 'which'
#
test -f "/proc/${PID}/exe" && BINARY="/proc/${PID}/exe"
test x"${BINARY}" = x"" && BINARY="/proc/${PID}/exe"
test -f "${BINARY}" || BINARY=`which ${BINARY}`

test -f "${BINARY}" || {
        echo "${BASENAME}: ERROR: Cannot find binary '${BINARY}'."
        exit 1
}

echo "${BASENAME}: Trying to use ${DB_BIN} on ${BINARY} on PID ${PID}"

BATCHFILE_PRE=/tmp/gdb_backtrace_pre.$$
BATCHFILE_MAIN=/tmp/gdb_backtrace_main.$$
case "${DB}" in
        ladebug)
cat << EOF  > ${BATCHFILE_PRE}
set \$stoponattach
EOF

cat << EOF  > ${BATCHFILE_MAIN}
where
quit
EOF
        ${DB_BIN} -c "${BATCHFILE_MAIN}" -i "${BATCHFILE_PRE}" -pid "${PID}" "${BINARY}"
        ;;
        gdb)
cat << EOF  > ${BATCHFILE_MAIN}
set height 1000
bt full
quit
EOF
        ${DB_BIN} -x "${BATCHFILE_MAIN}" "${BINARY}" "${PID}"
        ;;
esac
/bin/rm -f ${BATCHFILE_PRE} ${BATCHFILE_MAIN}