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Next: <a href="Source.html#Source" accesskey="n" rel="next">Source</a>, Previous: <a href="Process-Record-and-Replay.html#Process-Record-and-Replay" accesskey="p" rel="prev">Process Record and Replay</a>, Up: <a href="index.html#Top" accesskey="u" rel="up">Top</a> [<a href="index.html#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="Concept-Index.html#Concept-Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
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<a name="Examining-the-Stack"></a>
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<h2 class="chapter">8 Examining the Stack</h2>
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<p>When your program has stopped, the first thing you need to know is where it
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stopped and how it got there.
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<a name="index-call-stack"></a>
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<p>Each time your program performs a function call, information about the call
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is generated.
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That information includes the location of the call in your program,
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the arguments of the call,
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and the local variables of the function being called.
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The information is saved in a block of data called a <em>stack frame</em>.
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The stack frames are allocated in a region of memory called the <em>call
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stack</em>.
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<p>When your program stops, the <small>GDB</small> commands for examining the
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stack allow you to see all of this information.
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<a name="index-selected-frame"></a>
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<p>One of the stack frames is <em>selected</em> by <small>GDB</small> and many
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<small>GDB</small> commands refer implicitly to the selected frame. In
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particular, whenever you ask <small>GDB</small> for the value of a variable in
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your program, the value is found in the selected frame. There are
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special <small>GDB</small> commands to select whichever frame you are
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interested in. See <a href="Selection.html#Selection">Selecting a Frame</a>.
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<p>When your program stops, <small>GDB</small> automatically selects the
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<code>frame</code> command (see <a href="Frame-Info.html#Frame-Info">Information about a Frame</a>).
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Frames.html#Frames" accesskey="1">Frames</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Stack frames
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Backtrace.html#Backtrace" accesskey="2">Backtrace</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Backtraces
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