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ollydbg:
Here is the dll test, it works also OK when I separate the debug symbols in the dll.

dll header files:


--- Code: ---#ifndef __DLL_H__
#define __DLL_H__

#include <windows.h>

/*  To use this exported function of dll, include this header
 *  in your project.
 */

#ifdef BUILD_DLL
    #define DLL_EXPORT __declspec(dllexport)
#else
    #define DLL_EXPORT __declspec(dllimport)
#endif


#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C"
{
#endif

void DLL_EXPORT SomeFunction(const LPCSTR sometext);

#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif

#endif // __DLL_H__


--- End code ---


dll.cpp file:


--- Code: ---#include "dll.h"

// a sample exported function
void DLL_EXPORT SomeFunction(const LPCSTR sometext)
{
    MessageBoxA(0, sometext, "DLL Message", MB_OK | MB_ICONINFORMATION);
    int a = 0;
    int b = 5;
    int c = b/a;
}

extern "C" DLL_EXPORT BOOL APIENTRY DllMain(HINSTANCE hinstDLL, DWORD fdwReason, LPVOID lpvReserved)
{
    switch (fdwReason)
    {
        case DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH:
            // attach to process
            // return FALSE to fail DLL load
            break;

        case DLL_PROCESS_DETACH:
            // detach from process
            break;

        case DLL_THREAD_ATTACH:
            // attach to thread
            break;

        case DLL_THREAD_DETACH:
            // detach from thread
            break;
    }
    return TRUE; // succesful
}


--- End code ---

Now, the exe (main.cpp) file needs to adjust like below:


--- Code: ---
/* Public Domain.
 *
 * A sample C++ program for Dr.MinGW.
 */

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

#include "exchndl.h"

#include "dll.h"

static void Function(int i, double j, const char * pszString) {
    sscanf("12345", "%i", (int *)1);
}

struct Class {
    static void StaticMethod(int i, float j) {
        Function(i * 2, j, "Hello");
    }

    void Method(void) {
        StaticMethod(4, 5.6f);
    }
};

int main() {
    ExcHndlInit();
    Class instance;

    SomeFunction("abc");

    //instance.Method();
    return 0;
}


--- End code ---

The "test-drmingw.exe" and "test-drmingw-dll.dll" were all put in the "bin/Debug" folder, then I run the command below to separate all the debug symbols:


--- Code: ---objcopy --only-keep-debug test-drmingw.exe test-drmingw.debug
strip --strip-debug --strip-unneeded test-drmingw.exe
objcopy --add-gnu-debuglink test-drmingw.debug test-drmingw.exe

objcopy --only-keep-debug test-drmingw-dll.dll test-drmingw-dll.debug
strip --strip-debug --strip-unneeded test-drmingw-dll.dll
objcopy --add-gnu-debuglink test-drmingw-dll.debug test-drmingw-dll.dll

--- End code ---

The next step is: try to load the dll file from a sub folder, such as "bin/Debug/plugin", put the "test-drmingw-dll.dll" and "test-drmingw-dll.debug" in the "plugin" folder.

ollydbg:
OK, the dynamically loading of the dll and calling the function also works.

To do this, I have:

1, change the main.cpp (the code to generate the exe file) like below:


--- Code: ---#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

#include "exchndl.h"

typedef void (*SomeFunctionPtr)(const LPCSTR);

int main() {
    ExcHndlInit();

    HMODULE h = LoadLibrary("plugin/test-drmingw-dll.dll");
    SomeFunctionPtr f = reinterpret_cast<SomeFunctionPtr>(GetProcAddress(h, "SomeFunction"));
    f("abc");

    return 0;
}

--- End code ---

and separate the debug symbol of this exe file by calling:


--- Code: ---objcopy --only-keep-debug test-drmingw.exe test-drmingw.debug
strip --strip-debug --strip-unneeded test-drmingw.exe
objcopy --add-gnu-debuglink test-drmingw.debug test-drmingw.exe

--- End code ---

2, now I move the two files "test-drmingw-dll.dll" and "test-drmingw-dll.debug" to a sub-folder "bin/Debug/plugin".

Since those two files were already debug symbol separated files, I do not need to rebuild the dlls.

3, run the exe file, it will crash inside the dll function call, now see whether the "test-drmingw.RPT" in the root folder (the "bin/Debug" folder).

Yes, it does show the correct call stack with source code lines.

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