Re: How step over a ass call command?

On Sun, Oct 5, 2014 at 5:31 PM, Max Filippov <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 2:12 AM, Peng Yu <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Suppose that I use gdb with a binary file with source stripped.
>>
>>    0x1ea7 <main+45>:    mov    %eax,(%esp)
>>    0x1eaa <main+48>:    call   0x1f14
>>    0x1eaf <main+53>:    mov    0x1180(%ebx),%ecx
>>
>> Suppose that pc is at 0x1ea7 and I want to step 2 instructions to
>> 0x1eaf and without stopping inside call 0x1f14. "stepi" does not seem
>> to work in this case (my guess is that it only works with source code
>> for skipping function calls, but not at the assembly level.)
>>
>> Does anybody know what is the best way to get to the line 0x1eaf? (I
>> could set a breakpoint at 0x1eaf, but I found this is too cumbersome.)
>
> Try nexti, which is defined as
>     Execute one machine instruction, but if it is a function call, proceed
>     until the function returns

I am sorry. I meant to say "nexti" in my original email. "nexti" seems
to the same as "stepi" when the source code is stripped. Is it
supposed to be so?

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Regards,
Peng