The following gdb/mi commands can be used to create catchpoints that stop the execution when C++ exceptions are being throw, rethrown, or caught.
-catch-throw
Command-catch-throw [ -t ] [ -r regexp]
Stop when the debuggee throws a C++ exception. If regexp is given, then only exceptions whose type matches the regular expression will be caught.
If `-t' is given, then the catchpoint is enabled only for one stop, the catchpoint is automatically deleted after stopping once for the event.
The corresponding gdb commands are `catch throw' and `tcatch throw' (see Set Catchpoints).
-catch-throw -r exception_type ^done,bkpt={number="1",type="catchpoint",disp="keep",enabled="y", what="exception throw",catch-type="throw", thread-groups=["i1"], regexp="exception_type",times="0"} (gdb) -exec-run ^running (gdb) ~"\n" ~"Catchpoint 1 (exception thrown), 0x00007ffff7ae00ed in __cxa_throw () from /lib64/libstdc++.so.6\n" *stopped,bkptno="1",reason="breakpoint-hit",disp="keep", frame={addr="0x00007ffff7ae00ed",func="__cxa_throw", args=[],from="/lib64/libstdc++.so.6",arch="i386:x86-64"}, thread-id="1",stopped-threads="all",core="6" (gdb)
-catch-rethrow
Command-catch-rethrow [ -t ] [ -r regexp]
Stop when a C++ exception is re-thrown. If regexp is given, then only exceptions whose type matches the regular expression will be caught.
If `-t' is given, then the catchpoint is enabled only for one stop, the catchpoint is automatically deleted after the first event is caught.
The corresponding gdb commands are `catch rethrow' and `tcatch rethrow' (see Set Catchpoints).
-catch-rethrow -r exception_type ^done,bkpt={number="1",type="catchpoint",disp="keep",enabled="y", what="exception rethrow",catch-type="rethrow", thread-groups=["i1"], regexp="exception_type",times="0"} (gdb) -exec-run ^running (gdb) ~"\n" ~"Catchpoint 1 (exception rethrown), 0x00007ffff7ae00ed in __cxa_rethrow () from /lib64/libstdc++.so.6\n" *stopped,bkptno="1",reason="breakpoint-hit",disp="keep", frame={addr="0x00007ffff7ae00ed",func="__cxa_rethrow", args=[],from="/lib64/libstdc++.so.6",arch="i386:x86-64"}, thread-id="1",stopped-threads="all",core="6" (gdb)
-catch-catch
Command-catch-catch [ -t ] [ -r regexp]
Stop when the debuggee catches a C++ exception. If regexp is given, then only exceptions whose type matches the regular expression will be caught.
If `-t' is given, then the catchpoint is enabled only for one stop, the catchpoint is automatically deleted after the first event is caught.
The corresponding gdb commands are `catch catch' and `tcatch catch' (see Set Catchpoints).
-catch-catch -r exception_type ^done,bkpt={number="1",type="catchpoint",disp="keep",enabled="y", what="exception catch",catch-type="catch", thread-groups=["i1"], regexp="exception_type",times="0"} (gdb) -exec-run ^running (gdb) ~"\n" ~"Catchpoint 1 (exception caught), 0x00007ffff7ae00ed in __cxa_begin_catch () from /lib64/libstdc++.so.6\n" *stopped,bkptno="1",reason="breakpoint-hit",disp="keep", frame={addr="0x00007ffff7ae00ed",func="__cxa_begin_catch", args=[],from="/lib64/libstdc++.so.6",arch="i386:x86-64"}, thread-id="1",stopped-threads="all",core="6" (gdb)