Question

For example, I have a function NamespaceA::ClassB::FunctionC() in my program. I know I can ask GDB to break there, by “break NamespaceA::ClassB::FunctionC”. But what should I do if I only want GDB to break there, after this function is called, say, 100 times?

I think a workaround solution is adding one more variable in the program, and then there is “break … if cond” command in GDB i can use. But can i achieve the same thing without adding variables to my program?

Thank you.

Answer 1

(gdb) continue 100

should do the trick

(gdb) help continue
Continue program being debugged, after signal or breakpoint.
 If proceeding from breakpoint, a number N may be used as an argument,
 which means to set the ignore count of that breakpoint to N – 1 (so that
 the breakpoint won’t break until the Nth time it is reached).