Re: kgdb for mainline kernel: core-lite [patch 1/3]

From: Amit S. Kale (amitkale_at_emsyssoft.com)
Date: 03/08/04

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    To: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Date:	Mon, 8 Mar 2004 16:19:16 +0530

    On Monday 08 Mar 2004 3:56 pm, Andrew Morton wrote:
    > "Amit S. Kale" <amitkale@emsyssoft.com> wrote:
    > > Here are features that are present only in full kgdb:
    > > 1. Thread support (aka info threads)
    >
    > argh, disaster. I discussed this with Tom a week or so ago when it looked
    > like this it was being chopped out and I recall being told that the
    > discussion was referring to something else.
    >
    > Ho-hum, sorry. Can we please put this back in?

    Err., well this is one of the particularly dirty parts of kgdb. That's why
    it's been kept away. It takes care of correct thread backtraces in some rare
    cases.

    If you consider it an absolutely must, we can do something so that the dirty
    part is kept away and info threads almost always works.

    >
    > > 2. console messages through gdb
    >
    > hm, it was occasionally handy. Is there a lot of code involved?

    Nope. Code is already in, it's just a matter of adding a config option.

    >
    > > 3. Automatic loading of modules in gdb
    >
    > OK. I think. What does this feature actually do?

    This feature lets gdb hook onto a kernel function to detect loading and
    unloading of modules and preserves module section information for later use
    by gdb. At present this is broken for 2.6 kernels. I am working on this.

    >
    > > 4. Support for x86_64
    > > 5. Support for powerpc
    >
    > These are planned, I assume?

    Yes. As soon as i386 goes in. x86_64 is already very clean. There was another
    opinion about whether x86_64 should be the first one to go in!

    ppc might need some work.

    > > 6. kgdb over ethernet [This isn't ready in the full version as well at
    > > this point of time]
    >
    > OK. But the version in -mm and -mpm works OK, does it not? Is there some
    > difference in implementation which causes it to be broken in your tree?

    There are some differences. The one in my tree also apparently works to some
    extent. It's being worked on.

    -Amit

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