[ros-users] [Discourse.ros.org] [Next Generation ROS] Gtest test fixture debug with gdb

[Ethan Gao]

Since ros2 uses gtest framework for the unit tests, but how do you debug your internal code of the test fixture ?

for example
`$  gdb test_node__rmw_fastrtps_cpp`

and when I list the code, it can merely show the gtest trigger code but nothing about the real test content, this results in no breakpoint which you can set in your test content. as follows:

    Reading symbols from test_node__rmw_fastrtps_cpp...done.
    (gdb) l
    21	// A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
    22	// OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
    23	// SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
    24	// LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
    25	// DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
    26	// THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
    27	// (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
    28	// OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
    29	
    30	#include <stdio.h>
    (gdb) l
    31	
    32	#include "gtest/gtest.h"
    33	
    34	GTEST_API_ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
    35	  printf("Running main() from gtest_main.cc\n");
    36	  testing::InitGoogleTest(&argc, argv);
    37	  return RUN_ALL_TESTS();
    38	}

and the test_node__rmw_fastrtps_cpp actually contains  the following 4 test fixtures

    (gdb) run --gtest_list_tests
     Starting program: /home/ethan/Myspace/sandbox/ros2_overlay/build/rcl/test/test_node__rmw_fastrtps_cpp --gtest_list_tests
     [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
     Using host libthread_db library "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1".
     Running main() from gtest_main.cc
     TestNodeFixture__rmw_fastrtps_cpp.
          test_rcl_node_accessors
          test_rcl_node_life_cycle
          test_rcl_node_name_restrictions
          test_rcl_node_namespace_restrictions
     [Inferior 1 (process 12853) exited normally]

So how to set breakpoint to debug or track the code for the test fixture (e.g test_rcl_node_life_cycle above) ?





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