Debugging

XDS gdb architecture

This tool is written in Go.

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+-- bin/                # where xds-gdb binary will be built
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+-- gdb-XXX.go          # xds-gdb Go sources
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+-- conf.d/             # Linux configuration and startup files (systemd user service)
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+-- glide.yaml          # Go package dependency file
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+-- LICENSE             # XDS gdb license
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+-- main.go             # main entry point (Go)
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+-- Makefile            # makefile including
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+-- README.md           # readme
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+-- scripts/            # hold various scripts used for installation
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+-- vendor/             # temporary directory to hold Go dependencies packages

Debug

Install first Visual Studio Code and Go plugin (ext install lukehoban.Go)

Visual Studio Code launcher settings can be found into .vscode/launch.json.

Please follow instructions of xds-agent debugging chapter, knowing that you execute these same instructions in xds-gdb repo, in other words by replacing xds-agent references by xds-gdb.