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diff --git a/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/compiler-debugging.md b/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/compiler-debugging.md index 8f46e896e..35458b55c 100644 --- a/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/compiler-debugging.md +++ b/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/compiler-debugging.md @@ -16,9 +16,36 @@ set `debug = true` in your config.toml. Setting `debug = true` turns on many different debug options (e.g., `debug-assertions`, `debug-logging`, etc.) which can be individually tweaked if you want to, but many people -simply set `debug = true`. Check out the comments in config.toml.example for more info. +simply set `debug = true`. -You will need to rebuild the compiler once you've changed any configuration options. +If you want to use GDB to debug rustc, please set `config.toml` with options: + +```toml +[rust] +debug = true +debuginfo-level = 2 +``` + +> NOTE: +> This will use a lot of disk space +> (upwards of <!-- date-check Aug 2022 --> 35GB), +> and will take a lot more compile time. +> With `debuginfo-level = 1` (the default when `debug = true`), +> you will be able to track the execution path, +> but will lose the symbol information for debugging. + +The default configuration will enable `symbol-mangling-version` v0. +This requires at least GDB v10.2, +otherwise you need to disable new symbol-mangling-version in `config.toml`. + +```toml +[rust] +new-symbol-mangling = false +``` + +> See the comments in `config.toml.example` for more info. + +You will need to rebuild the compiler after changing any configuration option. ## `-Z` flags |