linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 03/13] scripts/gdb: Add lx-symbols command

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Message-ID: <20130121211920.GP30577@one.firstfloor.org>
Date:	Mon, 21 Jan 2013 22:19:20 +0100
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@...mens.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@...driver.com>,
	kgdb-bugreport@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Tom Tromey <tromey@...hat.com>, Ben Widawsky <ben@...dawsk.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 03/13] scripts/gdb: Add lx-symbols command

On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 06:06:10PM +0100, Jan Kiszka wrote:
> This is probably the most useful helper when debugging kernel modules:
> lx-symbols will first reload vmlinux. Then it searches recursively for
> *.ko files in the specified paths and the current directory. Finally it
> walks the kernel's module list, issuing the necessary add-symbol-file
> command for each loaded module so that gdb know which module symbol
> correspond to which address.

Yes sounds very useful. I usually have to build everything
statically for gdb debugging. Would definitely use it if it was
in the standard tree.

-Andi
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