From patchwork Tue Feb 3 22:16:28 2026 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: AdrianF X-Patchwork-Id: 80368 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD897E8B370 for ; Tue, 3 Feb 2026 22:22:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mta-64-226.siemens.flowmailer.net (mta-64-226.siemens.flowmailer.net [185.136.64.226]) by mx.groups.io with SMTP id smtpd.msgproc02-g2.6009.1770157316111104452 for ; Tue, 03 Feb 2026 14:21:57 -0800 Authentication-Results: mx.groups.io; dkim=pass header.i=adrian.freihofer@siemens.com header.s=fm2 header.b=c1qrNDYK; spf=pass (domain: rts-flowmailer.siemens.com, ip: 185.136.64.226, mailfrom: fm-1329275-2026020322215407a3611e5b000207b2-vptla4@rts-flowmailer.siemens.com) Received: by mta-64-226.siemens.flowmailer.net with ESMTPSA id 2026020322215407a3611e5b000207b2 for ; Tue, 03 Feb 2026 23:21:54 +0100 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; s=fm2; d=siemens.com; i=adrian.freihofer@siemens.com; h=Date:From:Subject:To:Message-ID:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Cc:References:In-Reply-To; bh=Pb2CVcyi2Tbrb0594k8JqqK8GfbvknijF9X1OmF2Zjo=; b=c1qrNDYK4v7xqfE845U7jenu6emfKtTDq3bbaQBB+PtSLVx2dt4RiuPSAc+zYCc0X85bEB yWxAkeCCDTZckYOmRe/z/TwtECsPcKxBGo7WnloG/wHd1WjauP6b/sqTd3TlXZaXiz4EYZpT NTTUDOMVhOtQ1bO3Kfy4+FpY6tl52QGrtGa0ZIVt2yjkH2pilV4CxYNXo9AoKgPwHSePH/Fy rM46TguGUDl8jRwkpvigoo5qxR08AKwcNESMR6nzb0+OdvJM5u2Sofx9yJg+2C5k/mYwO/HQ QG20jKdlOLQsd5qR4Egp8D51jivW/uUtkxN3UhLK1ZmfDIM4fNgJVCdA==; From: AdrianF To: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org Cc: Adrian Freihofer Subject: [PATCH v4 12/12] devtool: ide-sdk: Support GDB pretty-printing for C++ STL types Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2026 23:16:28 +0100 Message-ID: <20260203222139.1599349-13-adrian.freihofer@siemens.com> In-Reply-To: <20260203222139.1599349-1-adrian.freihofer@siemens.com> References: <20260203222139.1599349-1-adrian.freihofer@siemens.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Flowmailer-Platform: Siemens Feedback-ID: 519:519-1329275:519-21489:flowmailer List-Id: X-Webhook-Received: from 45-33-107-173.ip.linodeusercontent.com [45.33.107.173] by aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org with HTTPS for ; Tue, 03 Feb 2026 22:22:01 -0000 X-Groupsio-URL: https://lists.openembedded.org/g/openembedded-core/message/230486 From: Adrian Freihofer GDB requires Python scripts provided by GCC to properly display C++ STL types. This commit adds support for configuring GDB to use these pretty-printers in the ide-sdk, covering both the ide_none and ide_code plugins. The implementation locates the GCC Python helper scripts in the sysroot and injects the necessary commands into the GDB initialization files and IDE debug configurations. This ensures that when debugging C++ applications, STL containers and other complex types are displayed in a readable format. Without this: (gdb) print numbers $1 = { >> = { _M_impl = {> = {> = {}, }, >::_Vector_impl_data> = {_M_start = 0x55555556c370, _M_finish = 0x55555556c37c, _M_end_of_storage = 0x55555556c37c}, }}, } With this: (gdb) print numbers $1 = std::vector of length 3, capacity 3 = {1, 2, 3} Signed-off-by: Adrian Freihofer --- scripts/lib/devtool/ide_plugins/ide_code.py | 14 +++++++++++ scripts/lib/devtool/ide_plugins/ide_none.py | 8 +++++++ scripts/lib/devtool/ide_sdk.py | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 48 insertions(+) diff --git a/scripts/lib/devtool/ide_plugins/ide_code.py b/scripts/lib/devtool/ide_plugins/ide_code.py index 647a5b8cc6..c2ee9b91c6 100644 --- a/scripts/lib/devtool/ide_plugins/ide_code.py +++ b/scripts/lib/devtool/ide_plugins/ide_code.py @@ -290,6 +290,20 @@ class IdeVSCode(IdeBase): logger.warning( "Cannot setup debug symbols configuration for GDB. IMAGE_GEN_DEBUGFS is not enabled.") + # Enable pretty-printing for gdb for resolving STL types with help of python scripts + pretty_printing_cmd = modified_recipe.gdb_pretty_print_scripts + if pretty_printing_cmd: + setup_commands += [ + { + "description": "Enable pretty-printing for gdb", + "text": "python " +";".join(pretty_printing_cmd) + }, + { + "description": "Enable pretty-printing for gdb", + "text": "-enable-pretty-printing" + } + ] + launch_config['sourceFileMap'] = src_file_map launch_config['setupCommands'] = setup_commands diff --git a/scripts/lib/devtool/ide_plugins/ide_none.py b/scripts/lib/devtool/ide_plugins/ide_none.py index ba65f6f7da..ed96afa33c 100644 --- a/scripts/lib/devtool/ide_plugins/ide_none.py +++ b/scripts/lib/devtool/ide_plugins/ide_none.py @@ -102,6 +102,14 @@ class GdbCrossConfigNone(GdbCrossConfig): "Cannot setup debug symbols configuration for GDB. IMAGE_GEN_DEBUGFS is not enabled.") # Disable debuginfod for now, the IDE configuration uses rootfs-dbg from the image workdir. gdbinit_lines.append('set debuginfod enabled off') + + # Enable pretty-printing for gdb for resolving STL types with help of python scripts + pretty_printing_cmd = self.modified_recipe.gdb_pretty_print_scripts + if pretty_printing_cmd: + gdbinit_lines.append(os.linesep +"python") + gdbinit_lines += pretty_printing_cmd + gdbinit_lines.append("end" + os.linesep) + gdbinit_lines.append( '%s %s:%d' % (remote_cmd, self.gdb_cross.host, self.gdbserver_port)) gdbinit_lines.append('set remote exec-file ' + self.binary.binary_path) diff --git a/scripts/lib/devtool/ide_sdk.py b/scripts/lib/devtool/ide_sdk.py index 78d7ed78c6..ba225f20b9 100755 --- a/scripts/lib/devtool/ide_sdk.py +++ b/scripts/lib/devtool/ide_sdk.py @@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import stat import subprocess import sys import shlex +import glob from argparse import RawTextHelpFormatter from enum import Enum @@ -414,6 +415,7 @@ class RecipeModified: self.staging_incdir = None self.strip_cmd = None self.target_arch = None + self.tcoverride = None self.topdir = None self.workdir = None # Service management @@ -437,6 +439,7 @@ class RecipeModified: # Populated after bitbake built all the recipes self._installed_binaries = None + self._gdb_pretty_print_scripts = None def initialize(self, config, workspace, tinfoil): recipe_d = parse_recipe( @@ -488,6 +491,7 @@ class RecipeModified: recipe_d.getVar('STAGING_INCDIR')) self.strip_cmd = recipe_d.getVar('STRIP') self.target_arch = recipe_d.getVar('TARGET_ARCH') + self.tcoverride = recipe_d.getVar('TCOVERRIDE') self.topdir = recipe_d.getVar('TOPDIR') self.workdir = os.path.realpath(recipe_d.getVar('WORKDIR')) @@ -632,6 +636,28 @@ class RecipeModified: return mappings + @property + def gdb_pretty_print_scripts(self): + if self._gdb_pretty_print_scripts is None: + if self.tcoverride == "toolchain-gcc": + gcc_python_helpers_pattern = os.path.join(self.recipe_sysroot, "usr", "share", "gcc-*", "python") + gcc_python_helpers_dirs = glob.glob(gcc_python_helpers_pattern) + if gcc_python_helpers_dirs: + gcc_python_helpers = gcc_python_helpers_dirs[0] + else: + logger.warning("Could not find gcc python helpers directory matching: %s", gcc_python_helpers_pattern) + gcc_python_helpers = "" + pretty_print_scripts = [ + "import sys", + "sys.path.insert(0, '" + gcc_python_helpers + "')", + "from libstdcxx.v6.printers import register_libstdcxx_printers", + "register_libstdcxx_printers(None)" + ] + self._gdb_pretty_print_scripts = pretty_print_scripts + else: + self._gdb_pretty_print_scripts = "" + return self._gdb_pretty_print_scripts + def __init_exported_variables(self, d): """Find all variables with export flag set.