wasm-micro-runtime/doc/source_debugging.md
Wenyong Huang 9ef37dd781
Implement source debugging for interpreter and AOT (#769)
Implement source debugging feature for classic interpreter and AOT:
- use `cmake -DWAMR_BUILD_DEBUG_INTERP=1` to enable interpreter debugging
- use `cmake -DWAMR_BUILD_DEBUG_AOT=1` to enable AOT debugging

See doc/source_debugging.md for more details.
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# WAMR source debugging
WAMR supports source level debugging based on DWARF (normally used in C/C++/Rust), source map (normally used in AssemblyScript) is not supported.
## Build wasm application with debug information
To debug your application, you need to compile them with debug information. You can use `-g` option when compiling the source code if you are using wasi-sdk (also work for emcc and rustc):
``` bash
/opt/wasi-sdk/bin/clang -g test.c -o test.wasm
```
Then you will get `test.wasm` which is a WebAssembly module with embedded DWARF sections. Further, you can use `llvm-dwarfdump` to check if the generated wasm file contains DWARF information:
``` bash
llvm-dwarfdump-12 test.wasm
```
## Debugging with interpreter
1. Build iwasm with source debugging feature
``` bash
cd ${WAMR_ROOT}/product-mini/platforms/linux
mkdir build && cd build
cmake .. -DWAMR_BUILD_DEBUG_INTERP=1
make
```
2. Execute iwasm with debug engine enabled
``` bash
iwasm -g=127.0.0.1:1234 test.wasm
```
3. Build customized lldb (assume you have already built llvm)
``` bash
cd ${WAMR_ROOT}/core/deps/llvm
git apply ../../../../build-scripts/lldb-wasm.patch
mkdir build && cd build
cmake ../llvm -DLLVM_ENABLE_PROJECTS="clang,lldb" -DLLVM_TARGETS_TO_BUILD:STRING="X86;WebAssembly"
make -j $(nproc)
```
4. Launch customized lldb and connect to iwasm
``` bash
lldb
(lldb) process connect -p wasm connect://127.0.0.1:1234
```
Then you can use lldb commands to debug your applications. Please refer to [lldb document](https://lldb.llvm.org/use/tutorial.html) for command usage.
> Known issue: `step over` on some function may be treated as `step in`, it will be fixed later.
## Debugging with AoT
> Note: AoT debugging is experimental and only a few debugging capabilities are supported.
1. Build lldb (assume you have already built llvm)
``` bash
cd ${WAMR_ROOT}/core/deps/llvm/build
cmake . -DLLVM_ENABLE_PROJECTS="clang;lldb"
make -j $(nproc)
```
2. Build wamrc with debugging feature
``` bash
cd ${WAMR_ROOT}/wamr-compiler
mkdir build && cd build
cmake .. -DWAMR_BUILD_DEBUG_AOT=1
make -j $(nproc)
```
3. Build iwasm with debugging feature
``` bash
cd ${WAMR_ROOT}/product-mini/platforms/linux
mkdir build && cd build
cmake .. -DWAMR_BUILD_DEBUG_AOT=1
make
```
4. Compile wasm module to AoT module
``` bash
wamrc -o test.aot test.wasm
```
5. Execute iwasm using lldb
``` bash
lldb-12 iwasm -- test.aot
```
Then you can use lldb commands to debug both wamr runtime and your wasm application in ***current terminal***