Debug information
The Debug perspective lets you manage the debugging or running of a program in the Workbench. You can control the execution of your program by setting breakpoints, suspending launched programs, stepping through your code, and examining the contents of variables.
The Debug perspective displays the following information:
- The stack frame for the suspended threads for each target that you are debugging
- Each thread in your program represented as a node in the tree
- The process for each program that you are running
The Debug perspective also drives the Source Editor. As you step through your program, the Source Editor highlights the location of the execution pointer.
CUDA
This view displays current state of your CUDA-compatible devices. You can see hierarchy from either application point of view or a hardware point of view. This view allows you filtering CUDA elements and to pin individual threads for tracking their state.
Variables
You can view information about the variables in a selected stack frame in the Variables view. When execution stops, the changed values are by default highlighted with yellow background. Like the other debug-related views, the Variables view does not refresh as you run your executable. A refresh occurs when execution stops.
Expressions
An expression is a snippet of code that can be evaluated to produce a result. The context for an expression depends on the particular debug model. Some expressions may need to be evaluated at a specific location in the program so that the variables can be referenced. You can view information about expressions in the Expressions view.
Registers
You can view information about the registers in a selected stack frame. Values that have changed are highlighted in the Registers view when your program stops.
Memory
You can inspect and change your process memory.
Disassembly
You can view disassembled code.
Modules
You can view information about the modules (executables and shared libraries) loaded in the current debug session.
Signals
You can view the signals defined on the selected debug target and how the debugger handles each one.
Nsight overview
Debug overview
Run and Debug dialog box
Debug views
