Question

Frequently, the same method X gets called from different other methods A, B, C. Is it possible to get a name of the caller method (A, B, C) from inside method X? Most preferably would be GDB console command (during debug) but stuff with NSLog would also be sufficient.

Answer 1

Typing bt while inside the called function will help. This prints the backtrace of the called functions; the function just below the called function in the call hierarchy is the one that called it.

(gdb) bt
#0  factorial (n=10) at recursive.c:13
#1  0x0040135e in main () at recursive.c:9

Observe, here, that main called factorial.