Print variables in mlir file in gdb/lldb

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Hi, community!

I have a LLVMIR mlir file like:

1 func @ops(%arg: i32) {
2   %0 = llvm.add %arg0, arg0 : i32
3   ... // some code
4 }

then translate it and link it with debug mode:

mlir-translate -mlir-to-llvmir test.mlir | tee test.ll
llc test.ll --debugger-tune=gdb

which means I can debug it in the gdb.

So when I set a breakpoint (b test.mlir:3), how can I print the variables in this mlir file, like “%0”?

Thanks,
Pei

2

You can’t. Adding this would be an interesting project!

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Thanks for your reply!

Yeah, this could be useful while debugging.
How about having a function like func private @printF32(%arg0: f32), which can be called in the gdb/lldb?

Any ideas?

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Having such function is just a small part of it: generating the debug info expression to have %arg0 available is a bit more involved. See https://llvm.org/docs/SourceLevelDebugging.html for the LLVM-level doc.

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Thanks for the doc. Let me check it. :slight_smile: