How to know who called the function from core file in gdb

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Hi,
I have a core file generated from my application.

When am seeing the core file segafult has been generated because of a looping

bt
in Delet_value(dest=12345,del_node=0xde41dd40) at file leaving.c
in Delet_value(dest=12345,del_node=0xde41dd40) at file leaving.c
in Delet_value(dest=12345,del_node=0xde41dd40) at file leaving.c
....

and this conitues
The function is called from many places in my application .How do I go to the code who called this as am unable to go for it though giving enter or up command as it is generated from a loop.
Can anybody please help me on this.

Posted 12-Dec-13 5:45am

saroj kymar panda

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 12-Dec-13 11:54am

Do you mean GNU Project Debugger? Anything else. The hint: you need to get the call stack at some point.
—SA

saroj kymar panda 12-Dec-13 11:57am

Hi Sergey,
I need to get the call stack but the issue is as it generated by a for loop getting the call stack is through up command is tiring so is there any way to reach to it.

saroj kymar panda 12-Dec-13 12:20pm

Sergey,
Thanks for your kind help.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 12-Dec-13 12:49pm

You are very welcome.
—SA

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-12T05:58:00

Please see my comment to the question.

For further detail, please see:
http://www.chemie.fu-berlin.de/chemnet/use/info/gdb/gdb_7.html[^],
http://sourceware.org/gdb/onlinedocs/gdb/Stack.html[^],
http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-3.3.6/gnat_ug_unx/Introduction-to-GDB-Commands.html[^].

Now, when you know the keywords, you can search for other suitable documentation on the topic.

—SA