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Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:09:12 +0100 From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> To: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, "Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche@...hat.com>, utrace-devel <utrace-devel@...hat.com>, Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>, Jim Keniston <jkenisto@...ibm.com>, Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com> Subject: Re: [RFC] [PATCH] In-kernel gdbstub based on utrace Infrastructure. On Mon, 2009-11-30 at 17:33 +0530, Srikar Dronamraju wrote: > This patch implements an in-kernel gdb stub. > It provides an interface between gdb and Linux Kernel by implementing > the remote serial protocol. This gdbstub uses utrace infrastructure. > This patch provides register set access, signal mapping, process event > handling, input/output operations. > > /proc/<pid>/gdb was chosen as file for gdb to interact with the > process through remote serial protocol. > > Hence users would have to use "target remote /proc/<pid>/gdb" command > on gdb prompt to start using this infrastructure. > > For Breakpointing support, gdbstub needs User space breakpointing > layer and uprobes layer which will be posted later. How does this compare to kgdb and related efforts? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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