SQL Server on Linux: An LLDB Debugging Tale


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You are aware of our statements indicating “Microsoft Loves Linux.”  Over the last couple of years the open source activities at Microsoft have accelerated all around me.  Recently I blogged about the design of of the debugger bridge and the use of LLDB.  In this post I want to highlight my recent debugging session into LLDB and show you how we are contributing to LLDB.

 

Scenario

We captured a core dump on a 2TB RAM system.  When loading it with LLDB the core dump would open but we could not symbolize stacks or see specific memory that