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In GDB, how can I jump directly up to the topmost call stack frame?

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Problem

I have a C program that seg faults after descending deep into an infinite recursive mess. Backtracing the process in GDB is useless because the call stack frame is at least 1000 frames deep, and the repeated function calls are series of four common recursive function calls (so breakpoints seem usel…

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gdb>> up N

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Fix for: In GDB, how can I jump directly up to the topmost call stack frame?

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You can specify 'bt' with a negative number to start from topmost frame: bt -20 You can then use 'frame' (or 'f') to directly go to the frame you wish.

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