I use xUbuntu 22.04.4 and the VSCode current version for linux (1.87.2)
I want to set the debugging of a .s
assembly (AT&T) file. I created a task.json
and a launch.json
file and allowed breakpoints everywhere in the settings.
When I launch the debugging, it is working, but the breakpoint is not taken into account. What can I change in my task.json
and launch.json
files (see code below)?
"version": "0.2.0",
"configurations": [
{
"name": "Launch Program",
"type": "cppdbg",
"request": "launch",
"program": "${fileDirname}/${fileBasenameNoExtension}",
"args": [],
"stopAtEntry": false,
"cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
"environment": [],
"externalConsole": true,
"MIMode": "gdb",
"setupCommands": [
{
"description": "Enable pretty-printing for gdb",
"text": "-enable-pretty-printing",
"ignoreFailures": true
}
],
"preLaunchTask": "build",
"miDebuggerPath": "/usr/bin/gdb"
}
]
}
{
"version": "2.0.0",
"tasks": [
{
"label": "build",
"type": "shell",
"command": "gcc",
"args": [
"-nostdlib", // Ne pas utiliser la bibliothèque standard
"-o", // Spécifie le nom du fichier de sortie
"${fileDirname}/${fileBasenameNoExtension}", // Nom du fichier de sortie
"${fileDirname}/${fileBasenameNoExtension}.s" // Chemin vers le fichier source
],
"group": {
"kind": "build",
"isDefault": true
},
"problemMatcher": {
"pattern": {
"regexp": "error"
}
},
"presentation": {
"reveal": "silent",
"panel": "dedicated",
"focus": true,
"clear": true
}
}
]
}
I found that I missed the -g
argument in the "args"
key in task.json
:
"args": [
"-g",
"-nostdlib", // ....
in order to create debugging information for asm source line numbers.
Without that, only disassembly mode would work, and setting breakpoints by address like b *0x400010
with an address copy/pasted from GDB disas
output.