Debugging ROS project with core dump

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Debugging ROS project with core dump

[Step1]

Check core dump file check

$ ulimit -a
core file size          (blocks, -c) 0           #  <-- Prevents core dumps
data seg size           (kbytes, -d) unlimited
scheduling priority             (-e) 20
file size               (blocks, -f) unlimited
pending signals                 (-i) 16382
max locked memory       (kbytes, -l) 64
max memory size         (kbytes, -m) unlimited
open files                      (-n) 1024
pipe size            (512 bytes, -p) 8
POSIX message queues     (bytes, -q) 819200
real-time priority              (-r) 0
stack size              (kbytes, -s) 8192
cpu time               (seconds, -t) unlimited
max user processes              (-u) unlimited
virtual memory          (kbytes, -v) unlimited
file locks                      (-x) unlimited

Default corefile size is 0, it means it will not generate coredump file

Set the core size to unlimited:

ulimit -c unlimited

Then again ulimit -a

$ ulimit -a
core file size          (blocks, -c) unlimited

core file size is changed as unlimited

[Step2]

Let’s check coredump file generation with pid

$ cat /proc/sys/kernel/core_uses_pid
0

0 means core dump file pid is deactivated. let’s activate

echo 1 | sudo tee /proc/sys/kernel/core_uses_pid ...
$ cat /proc/sys/kernel/core_uses_pid
1

Now, it can generate coredump with pid

Example

let’s make segmentation fault

(base) ri@ri-GS75-Stealth-9SD:~/bumblebee_one$ roslaunch module module.launch 
~~~
[module-1] process has died [pid 10821, exit code -11, cmd 
~~~

The PID number is 10821

let’s check coredump file

$ cd ~/.ros
$ ls
~~~
core.10821
~~~

Finally, you can run coredump with gdb

$ gdb ~/yourprojectdir/devel/lib/module/module core.10821