SBProcess

class lldb.SBProcess(*args)

Represents the process associated with the target program.

SBProcess supports thread iteration. For example (from test/lldbutil.py),

# ==================================================
# Utility functions related to Threads and Processes
# ==================================================

def get_stopped_threads(process, reason):
    '''Returns the thread(s) with the specified stop reason in a list.

    The list can be empty if no such thread exists.
    '''
    threads = []
    for t in process:
        if t.GetStopReason() == reason:
            threads.append(t)
    return threads

Attributes Summary

broadcaster A read only property that an lldb object that represents the broadcaster (lldb.SBBroadcaster) for this process.
eBroadcastBitInterrupt
eBroadcastBitProfileData
eBroadcastBitSTDERR
eBroadcastBitSTDOUT
eBroadcastBitStateChanged
eBroadcastBitStructuredData
exit_description A read only property that returns an exit description as a string of this process when the process state is lldb.eStateExited.
exit_state A read only property that returns an exit status as an integer of this process when the process state is lldb.eStateExited.
id A read only property that returns the process ID as an integer.
is_alive A read only property that returns a boolean value that indicates if this process is currently alive.
is_running A read only property that returns a boolean value that indicates if this process is currently running.
is_stopped A read only property that returns a boolean value that indicates if this process is currently stopped.
num_threads A read only property that returns the number of threads in this process as an integer.
selected_thread A read/write property that gets/sets the currently selected thread in this process.
state A read only property that returns an lldb enumeration value (see enumerations that start with “lldb.eState”) that represents the current state of this process (running, stopped, exited, etc.).
target A read only property that an lldb object that represents the target (lldb.SBTarget) that owns this process.
thread A read only property that returns an object that can access threads by thread index (thread = lldb.process.thread[12]).
threads A read only property that returns a list() of lldb.SBThread objects for this process.

Methods Summary

AllocateMemory(size, permissions, error) Allocates a block of memory within the process, with size and access permissions specified in the arguments.
AppendEventStateReport(SBProcess self, …)
Clear(SBProcess self)
Continue(SBProcess self)
CreateOSPluginThread(tid, context) Lazily create a thread on demand through the current OperatingSystem plug-in, if the current OperatingSystem plug-in supports it.
DeallocateMemory(ptr) Deallocates the block of memory (previously allocated using AllocateMemory) given in the argument.
Destroy(SBProcess self) Kills the process and shuts down all threads that were spawned to track and monitor process.
Detach(SBProcess self) Detach(SBProcess self, bool keep_stopped) -> SBError
EventIsProcessEvent(SBEvent event)
EventIsStructuredDataEvent(SBEvent event)
ForceScriptedState(SBProcess self, lldb)
GetAddressByteSize(SBProcess self)
GetAsyncProfileData(SBProcess self, char * dst)
GetBroadcaster(SBProcess self)
GetBroadcasterClass()
GetBroadcasterClassName()
GetByteOrder(SBProcess self)
GetDescription(SBProcess self, …)
GetExitDescription(SBProcess self)
GetExitStatus(SBProcess self)
GetExtendedBacktraceTypeAtIndex(idx) Takes an index argument, returns the name of one of the thread-origin extended backtrace methods as a str.
GetExtendedCrashInformation() Returns the process’ extended crash information.
GetHistoryThreads(SBProcess self, lldb)
GetInterruptedFromEvent(SBEvent event)
GetMemoryRegionInfo(SBProcess self, lldb, …)
GetMemoryRegions(SBProcess self)
GetNumExtendedBacktraceTypes() Return the number of different thread-origin extended backtraces this process can support as a uint32_t.
GetNumQueues(SBProcess self)
GetNumRestartedReasonsFromEvent(SBEvent event)
GetNumSupportedHardwareWatchpoints(…)
GetNumThreads(SBProcess self)
GetPluginName(SBProcess self)
GetProcessFromEvent(SBEvent event)
GetProcessID() Returns the process ID of the process.
GetProcessInfo() Get information about the process.
GetQueueAtIndex(SBProcess self, size_t index)
GetRestartedFromEvent(SBEvent event)
GetRestartedReasonAtIndexFromEvent(…)
GetSTDERR(dst) Reads data from the current process’s stderr stream.
GetSTDOUT(dst) Reads data from the current process’s stdout stream.
GetScriptedImplementation() Returns the implementation object of the process plugin if available.
GetSelectedThread() Returns the currently selected thread.
GetShortPluginName(SBProcess self)
GetState(SBProcess self)
GetStateFromEvent(SBEvent event)
GetStopEventForStopID(SBProcess self, …)
GetStopID(SBProcess self, …) Returns a stop id that will increase every time the process executes.
GetStructuredDataFromEvent(SBEvent event)
GetTarget(SBProcess self)
GetThreadAtIndex(index) Returns the INDEX’th thread from the list of current threads.
GetThreadByID(sb_thread_id) Returns the thread with the given thread ID.
GetThreadByIndexID(index_id) Returns the thread with the given thread IndexID.
GetUniqueID() Returns an integer ID that is guaranteed to be unique across all process instances.
GetUnixSignals(SBProcess self)
IsInstrumentationRuntimePresent(…)
IsValid(SBProcess self)
Kill(SBProcess self) Same as Destroy(self).
LoadImage(SBProcess self, …) LoadImage(SBProcess self, SBFileSpec local_image_spec, SBFileSpec remote_image_spec, SBError error) -> uint32_t
LoadImageUsingPaths(image_spec, paths, …) Load the library whose filename is given by image_spec looking in all the paths supplied in the paths argument.
PutSTDIN(src) Writes data into the current process’s stdin.
ReadCStringFromMemory(addr, char_buf, error) Reads a NULL terminated C string from the current process’s address space.
ReadMemory(addr, buf, error) Reads memory from the current process’s address space and removes any traps that may have been inserted into the memory.
ReadPointerFromMemory(addr, error) Reads a pointer from memory from an address and returns the value.
ReadUnsignedFromMemory(addr, byte_size, error) Reads an unsigned integer from memory given a byte size and an address.
RemoteAttachToProcessWithID(SBProcess self, …) Remote connection related functions.
RemoteLaunch(SBProcess self, …) See SBTarget.Launch for argument description and usage.
ReportEventState(SBProcess self, …) ReportEventState(SBProcess self, SBEvent event, lldb::FileSP BORROWED)
SaveCore(SBProcess self, …) SaveCore(SBProcess self, char const * file_name) -> SBError
SendAsyncInterrupt(SBProcess self)
SendEventData(SBProcess self, char const * data)
SetSelectedThread(SBProcess self, …)
SetSelectedThreadByID(SBProcess self, lldb)
SetSelectedThreadByIndexID(SBProcess self, …)
Signal(SBProcess self, int signal) Sends the process a unix signal.
Stop(SBProcess self)
UnloadImage(SBProcess self, uint32_t image_token)
WriteMemory(addr, buf, error) Writes memory to the current process’s address space and maintains any traps that might be present due to software breakpoints.
WriteMemoryAsCString(addr, str, error) WriteMemoryAsCString(self, addr, str, error):
get_process_thread_list() An accessor function that returns a list() that contains all threads in a lldb.SBProcess object.
get_threads_access_object() An accessor function that returns a modules_access() object which allows lazy thread access from a lldb.SBProcess object.

Attributes Documentation

broadcaster

A read only property that an lldb object that represents the broadcaster (lldb.SBBroadcaster) for this process.

eBroadcastBitInterrupt = <Mock name='mock.SBProcess_eBroadcastBitInterrupt' id='140084636073648'>
eBroadcastBitProfileData = <Mock name='mock.SBProcess_eBroadcastBitProfileData' id='140084636073792'>
eBroadcastBitSTDERR = <Mock name='mock.SBProcess_eBroadcastBitSTDERR' id='140084636073744'>
eBroadcastBitSTDOUT = <Mock name='mock.SBProcess_eBroadcastBitSTDOUT' id='140084636073696'>
eBroadcastBitStateChanged = <Mock name='mock.SBProcess_eBroadcastBitStateChanged' id='140084636073456'>
eBroadcastBitStructuredData = <Mock name='mock.SBProcess_eBroadcastBitStructuredData' id='140084636073840'>
exit_description

A read only property that returns an exit description as a string of this process when the process state is lldb.eStateExited.

exit_state

A read only property that returns an exit status as an integer of this process when the process state is lldb.eStateExited.

id

A read only property that returns the process ID as an integer.

is_alive

A read only property that returns a boolean value that indicates if this process is currently alive.

is_running

A read only property that returns a boolean value that indicates if this process is currently running.

is_stopped

A read only property that returns a boolean value that indicates if this process is currently stopped.

num_threads

A read only property that returns the number of threads in this process as an integer.

selected_thread

A read/write property that gets/sets the currently selected thread in this process. The getter returns a lldb.SBThread object and the setter takes an lldb.SBThread object.

state

A read only property that returns an lldb enumeration value (see enumerations that start with “lldb.eState”) that represents the current state of this process (running, stopped, exited, etc.).

target

A read only property that an lldb object that represents the target (lldb.SBTarget) that owns this process.

thread

A read only property that returns an object that can access threads by thread index (thread = lldb.process.thread[12]).

threads

A read only property that returns a list() of lldb.SBThread objects for this process.

Methods Documentation

AllocateMemory(size: size_t, permissions: uint32_t, error: SBError) → lldb::addr_t

Allocates a block of memory within the process, with size and access permissions specified in the arguments. The permissions argument is an or-combination of zero or more of lldb.ePermissionsWritable, lldb.ePermissionsReadable, and lldb.ePermissionsExecutable. Returns the address of the allocated buffer in the process, or lldb.LLDB_INVALID_ADDRESS if the allocation failed.

AppendEventStateReport(SBProcess self, SBEvent event, SBCommandReturnObject result)
Clear(SBProcess self)
Continue(SBProcess self) → SBError
CreateOSPluginThread(tid: lldb::tid_t, context: lldb::addr_t) → lldb::SBThread

Lazily create a thread on demand through the current OperatingSystem plug-in, if the current OperatingSystem plug-in supports it.

DeallocateMemory(ptr: lldb::addr_t) → lldb::SBError

Deallocates the block of memory (previously allocated using AllocateMemory) given in the argument.

Destroy(SBProcess self) → SBError

Kills the process and shuts down all threads that were spawned to track and monitor process.

Detach(SBProcess self) → SBError

Detach(SBProcess self, bool keep_stopped) -> SBError

static EventIsProcessEvent(SBEvent event) → bool
static EventIsStructuredDataEvent(SBEvent event) → bool
ForceScriptedState(SBProcess self, lldb::StateType new_state)
GetAddressByteSize(SBProcess self) → uint32_t
GetAsyncProfileData(SBProcess self, char * dst) → size_t
GetBroadcaster(SBProcess self) → SBBroadcaster
static GetBroadcasterClass() → char const *
static GetBroadcasterClassName() → char const *
GetByteOrder(SBProcess self) → lldb::ByteOrder
GetDescription(SBProcess self, SBStream description) → bool
GetExitDescription(SBProcess self) → char const *
GetExitStatus(SBProcess self) → int
GetExtendedBacktraceTypeAtIndex(idx: uint32_t) → char const *

Takes an index argument, returns the name of one of the thread-origin extended backtrace methods as a str.

GetExtendedCrashInformation() → lldb::SBStructuredData

Returns the process’ extended crash information.

GetHistoryThreads(SBProcess self, lldb::addr_t addr) → SBThreadCollection
static GetInterruptedFromEvent(SBEvent event) → bool
GetMemoryRegionInfo(SBProcess self, lldb::addr_t load_addr, SBMemoryRegionInfo region_info) → SBError
GetMemoryRegions(SBProcess self) → SBMemoryRegionInfoList
GetNumExtendedBacktraceTypes() → uint32_t

Return the number of different thread-origin extended backtraces this process can support as a uint32_t. When the process is stopped and you have an SBThread, lldb may be able to show a backtrace of when that thread was originally created, or the work item was enqueued to it (in the case of a libdispatch queue).

GetNumQueues(SBProcess self) → uint32_t
static GetNumRestartedReasonsFromEvent(SBEvent event) → size_t
GetNumSupportedHardwareWatchpoints(SBProcess self, SBError error) → uint32_t
GetNumThreads(SBProcess self) → uint32_t
GetPluginName(SBProcess self) → char const *
static GetProcessFromEvent(SBEvent event) → SBProcess
GetProcessID() → lldb::pid_t

Returns the process ID of the process.

GetProcessInfo() → lldb::SBProcessInfo

Get information about the process. Valid process info will only be returned when the process is alive, use IsValid() to check if the info returned is valid.

process_info = process.GetProcessInfo()
if process_info.IsValid():
    process_info.GetProcessID()
GetQueueAtIndex(SBProcess self, size_t index) → SBQueue
static GetRestartedFromEvent(SBEvent event) → bool
static GetRestartedReasonAtIndexFromEvent(SBEvent event, size_t idx) → char const *
GetSTDERR(dst: char *) → size_t

Reads data from the current process’s stderr stream. API client specifies the size of the buffer to read data into. It returns the byte buffer in a Python string.

GetSTDOUT(dst: char *) → size_t

Reads data from the current process’s stdout stream. API client specifies the size of the buffer to read data into. It returns the byte buffer in a Python string.

GetScriptedImplementation() → lldb::ScriptedObject

Returns the implementation object of the process plugin if available. None otherwise.

GetSelectedThread() → lldb::SBThread

Returns the currently selected thread.

GetShortPluginName(SBProcess self) → char const *
GetState(SBProcess self) → lldb::StateType
static GetStateFromEvent(SBEvent event) → lldb::StateType
GetStopEventForStopID(SBProcess self, uint32_t stop_id) → SBEvent
GetStopID(SBProcess self, bool include_expression_stops=False) → uint32_t

Returns a stop id that will increase every time the process executes. If include_expression_stops is true, then stops caused by expression evaluation will cause the returned value to increase, otherwise the counter returned will only increase when execution is continued explicitly by the user. Note, the value will always increase, but may increase by more than one per stop.

static GetStructuredDataFromEvent(SBEvent event) → SBStructuredData
GetTarget(SBProcess self) → SBTarget
GetThreadAtIndex(index: size_t) → lldb::SBThread

Returns the INDEX’th thread from the list of current threads. The index of a thread is only valid for the current stop. For a persistent thread identifier use either the thread ID or the IndexID. See help on SBThread for more details.

GetThreadByID(sb_thread_id: lldb::tid_t) → lldb::SBThread

Returns the thread with the given thread ID.

GetThreadByIndexID(index_id: uint32_t) → lldb::SBThread

Returns the thread with the given thread IndexID.

GetUniqueID() → uint32_t

Returns an integer ID that is guaranteed to be unique across all process instances. This is not the process ID, just a unique integer for comparison and caching purposes.

GetUnixSignals(SBProcess self) → SBUnixSignals
IsInstrumentationRuntimePresent(SBProcess self, lldb::InstrumentationRuntimeType type) → bool
IsValid(SBProcess self) → bool
Kill(SBProcess self) → SBError

Same as Destroy(self).

LoadImage(SBProcess self, SBFileSpec remote_image_spec, SBError error) → uint32_t

LoadImage(SBProcess self, SBFileSpec local_image_spec, SBFileSpec remote_image_spec, SBError error) -> uint32_t

LoadImageUsingPaths(image_spec: SBFileSpec, paths: SBStringList, loaded_path: SBFileSpec, error: SBError) → uint32_t

Load the library whose filename is given by image_spec looking in all the paths supplied in the paths argument. If successful, return a token that can be passed to UnloadImage and fill loaded_path with the path that was successfully loaded. On failure, return lldb.LLDB_INVALID_IMAGE_TOKEN.

PutSTDIN(src: char const *) → size_t

Writes data into the current process’s stdin. API client specifies a Python string as the only argument.

ReadCStringFromMemory(addr: lldb::addr_t, char_buf: void *, error: SBError) → size_t

Reads a NULL terminated C string from the current process’s address space. It returns a python string of the exact length, or truncates the string if the maximum character limit is reached. Example:

# Read a C string of at most 256 bytes from address '0x1000'
error = lldb.SBError()
cstring = process.ReadCStringFromMemory(0x1000, 256, error)
if error.Success():
    print('cstring: ', cstring)
else
    print('error: ', error)
ReadMemory(addr: lldb::addr_t, buf: void *, error: SBError) → size_t

Reads memory from the current process’s address space and removes any traps that may have been inserted into the memory. It returns the byte buffer in a Python string. Example:

# Read 4 bytes from address 'addr' and assume error.Success() is True.
content = process.ReadMemory(addr, 4, error)
new_bytes = bytearray(content)
ReadPointerFromMemory(addr: lldb::addr_t, error: SBError) → lldb::addr_t

Reads a pointer from memory from an address and returns the value. Example:

# Read a pointer from address 0x1000
error = lldb.SBError()
ptr = ReadPointerFromMemory(0x1000, error)
if error.Success():
    print('pointer: 0x%x' % ptr)
else
    print('error: ', error)
ReadUnsignedFromMemory(addr: lldb::addr_t, byte_size: uint32_t, error: SBError) → uint64_t

Reads an unsigned integer from memory given a byte size and an address. Returns the unsigned integer that was read. Example:

# Read a 4 byte unsigned integer from address 0x1000
error = lldb.SBError()
uint = ReadUnsignedFromMemory(0x1000, 4, error)
if error.Success():
    print('integer: %u' % uint)
else
    print('error: ', error)
RemoteAttachToProcessWithID(SBProcess self, lldb::pid_t pid, SBError error) → bool

Remote connection related functions. These will fail if the process is not in eStateConnected. They are intended for use when connecting to an externally managed debugserver instance.

RemoteLaunch(SBProcess self, char const ** argv, char const ** envp, char const * stdin_path, char const * stdout_path, char const * stderr_path, char const * working_directory, uint32_t launch_flags, bool stop_at_entry, SBError error) → bool

See SBTarget.Launch for argument description and usage.

ReportEventState(SBProcess self, SBEvent event, SBFile file)

ReportEventState(SBProcess self, SBEvent event, lldb::FileSP BORROWED)

SaveCore(SBProcess self, char const * file_name, char const * flavor, lldb::SaveCoreStyle core_style) → SBError

SaveCore(SBProcess self, char const * file_name) -> SBError

SendAsyncInterrupt(SBProcess self)
SendEventData(SBProcess self, char const * data) → SBError
SetSelectedThread(SBProcess self, SBThread thread) → bool
SetSelectedThreadByID(SBProcess self, lldb::tid_t tid) → bool
SetSelectedThreadByIndexID(SBProcess self, uint32_t index_id) → bool
Signal(SBProcess self, int signal) → SBError

Sends the process a unix signal.

Stop(SBProcess self) → SBError
UnloadImage(SBProcess self, uint32_t image_token) → SBError
WriteMemory(addr: lldb::addr_t, buf: void const *, error: SBError) → size_t

Writes memory to the current process’s address space and maintains any traps that might be present due to software breakpoints. Example:

# Create a Python string from the byte array.
new_value = str(bytes)
result = process.WriteMemory(addr, new_value, error)
if not error.Success() or result != len(bytes):
    print('SBProcess.WriteMemory() failed!')
WriteMemoryAsCString(addr, str, error)
WriteMemoryAsCString(self, addr, str, error):
This functions the same as WriteMemory except a null-terminator is appended to the end of the buffer if it is not there already.
get_process_thread_list()

An accessor function that returns a list() that contains all threads in a lldb.SBProcess object.

get_threads_access_object()

An accessor function that returns a modules_access() object which allows lazy thread access from a lldb.SBProcess object.

__iter__()

Iterate over all threads in a lldb.SBProcess object.

__len__()

Return the number of threads in a lldb.SBProcess object.