GSoC/2016/StatusReports/PeifengYu

KDevelop: LLDB Support

The aim of the project is to integrate LLDB as a C/C++ debugging backend for KDevelop. By adding decent IDE support for LLDB, it would be useful for users on platforms where GDB support is rather scarce and make it possible to use KDevelop completing daily debug tasks.

Work report

• Project page
• Project commits
  (from d2e8761413b3fa039a79c59b32f9176e120f0b74 to 08b771eaa81335277054d9ebe620c860b666147d)
• GSoC Proposal
• 2016/04/23 1st Blog post
• 2016/05/14 2nd Blog post
• 2016/06/28 3rd Blog post
• 2016/08/03 4th Blog post
• 2016/08/21 Final blog post

Project Status

The code has been merged into the master branch in the repository.

• Debug session:
  • Session control (begin, start, kill, etc.):

    done

  • Execution control (next, jump, interrupt, etc.):

    done

  • Debugger console

    done

  • Breakpoints:
    • Basic breakpoints

      done

    • Conditional breakpoints

      done

  • Infomation inspection
    • Frame & stack

      done

    • Local variables & expressions

      done

    • Info when hovering over symbols

      done

    • Pretty printer & Unicode

      done

    • Disassembly & register

      blocked by upstream bug

    • Memory view

      unfinished

  • Functionalities
    • Multi-threaded debugee

      done

    • Remote debugging

      done

    • Attach to process

      blocked by upstream bug

    • Examine core file

      unfinished

    • Drkonqi support

      unfinished

• Launch configuration
  • Debug configuration page

    done

Screenshots

LLDB launch configuration

A debug session

Tool views

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