PetscAttachDebuggerErrorHandler#
Error handler that attaches a debugger to a running process when an error is detected. This routine is useful for examining variables, etc.
Synopsis#
#include "petscsys.h"   
PetscErrorCode PetscAttachDebuggerErrorHandler(MPI_Comm comm, int line, const char *fun, const char *file, PetscErrorCode num, PetscErrorType p, const char *mess, void *ctx)
Not Collective, No Fortran Support
Input Parameters#
- comm - communicator over which error occurred 
- line - the line number of the error (usually indicated by - __LINE__in the calling routine)
- fun - the function name of the calling routine 
- file - the file in which the error was detected (usually indicated by - __FILE__in the calling routine)
- mess - an error text string, usually just printed to the screen 
- num - the generic error number 
- p - - PETSC_ERROR_INITIALif error just detected, otherwise- PETSC_ERROR_REPEAT
- ctx - error handler context 
Notes#
By default the GNU debugger, gdb, is used except on macOS where lldb is used. Alternatives are cuda-gdb, lldb, dbx and xxgdb,xldb (on IBM rs6000), xdb (on HP-UX).
Most users need not directly employ this routine and the other error handlers, but can instead use the simplified interface SETERR, which has the calling sequence
  SETERRQ(PETSC_COMM_SELF, number, p, message)
Use PetscPushErrorHandler() to set the desired error handler.  The
currently available PETSc error handlers are
or you may write your own.
Developer Note#
This routine calls abort instead of returning because if it returned then MPI_Abort() would get called which can generate an exception
causing the debugger to be attached again in a cycle.
See Also#
PetscSetDebuggerFromString(), PetscSetDebugger(), PetscSetDefaultDebugger(), PetscError(), PetscPushErrorHandler(), PetscPopErrorHandler(), PetscTraceBackErrorHandler(),
PetscAbortErrorHandler(), PetscMPIAbortErrorHandler(), PetscEmacsClientErrorHandler(), PetscReturnErrorHandler(), PetscSetDebugTermainal()
Level#
developer
Location#
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