Building a Debugger

This repository contains the source code for the book Building a Debugger.

See Errata for errata.

If you ordered the Early Access version of the book and want to update your code to the current version, see the Early Access Upgrade Guide.

• Chapter 1: Project Setup
• Chapter 2: Compilation and Computer Architecture (no code)
• Chapter 3: Attaching to a Process
• Chapter 4: Pipes, procfs, and Automated Testing
• Chapter 5: Registers
• Chapter 6: Testing Registers with x64 Assembly
• Chapter 7: Software Breakpoints
• Chapter 8: Memory and Disassembly
• Chapter 9: Hardware Breakpoints and Watchpoints
• Chapter 10: Signals and Syscalls
• Chapter 11: Object Files
• Chapter 12: Debug Information
• Chapter 13: Line Tables
• Chapter 14: Source-Level Breakpoints and Stepping
• Chapter 15: Call Frame Information
• Chapter 16: Stack Unwinding
• Chapter 17: Shared Libraries
• Chapter 18: Multithreading
• Chapter 19: DWARF Expressions
• Chapter 20: Variables and Types
• Chapter 21: Expression Evaluation

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