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| author | Jon Turney <jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk> | 2022-11-01 19:52:57 +0300 |
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| committer | Jon Turney <jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk> | 2022-11-04 16:25:56 +0300 |
| commit | 8c68a8a4898f2607bf940716dbce5654f10c481b (patch) | |
| tree | 14910cd38acb481b0d50be9dd36fca85ccdf61c5 /winsup/doc | |
| parent | 564c88b89833d711281f7b5dd2b74b453dc66ea9 (diff) | |
Cygwin: Improve FAQ on early breakpoint for ASLR
gdb supports the 'disable-randomization' setting on Windows since [1]
(included in gdb 13).
https://sourceware.org/git/?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=commitdiff;h=bcb9251f029da8dcf360a4f5acfa3b4211c87bb0;hp=8fea1a81c7d9279a6f91e49ebacfb61e0f8ce008
Diffstat (limited to 'winsup/doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | winsup/doc/faq-programming.xml | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/winsup/doc/faq-programming.xml b/winsup/doc/faq-programming.xml index 7945b6b88..36d0a401f 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/faq-programming.xml +++ b/winsup/doc/faq-programming.xml @@ -844,6 +844,12 @@ Guide here: <ulink url="https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/dll.html"/>. Note that the DllMain entrypoints for linked DLLs will have been executed before this breakpoint is hit. </para> + +<para> + (It may be necessary to use the <command>gdb</command> command <command>set + disable-randomization on</command> to turn off ASLR for the debugee to + prevent the base address getting randomized.) +</para> </answer></qandaentry> <qandaentry id="faq.programming.debug"> |