Is there a way to reset breakpoint stats in GDB?

Question

Assume the following .gdbinit:

break foobar
ignore 1 1
run

The program is started using gdb --args ./myprogram --argument1 --argument2 etc.

Now, when I start this the first time around all is fine and dandy. However, if I issue a run on the (gdb) prompt in order to restart the program with the last-known command line, the ignore line will simply not take effect.

The reason is of course clear. The first time around I end up with

(gdb) info break
Num     Type           Disp Enb Address            What
1       breakpoint     keep y   0x000000000061ea6a in foobar at ../foobar.c:1173
        breakpoint already hit 1 time

And any subsequent run starts with whatever value is shown for X in breakpoint already hit X time. Naturally that value will already exceed the limit set by ignore.

How can I reset the stats on the breakpoints or better yet how can I cause run to do that automatically for me?

Answer 1

How can I reset the stats on the breakpoints or better yet how can I cause run to do that automatically for me?

One way to do that is:

# ~/.gdbinit
break foobar
break main
commands 2
  silent
  ignore 1 1
  continue
end

Now, every time you run, you hit silent breakpoint on main, which resets the ignore count on foobar breakpoint and continues.