Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:16:53 +0100 | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | Re: [git pull] kgdb-light -v10 |
| |
On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 02:34:51PM -0500, Frank Ch. Eigler wrote: > Hi - > > On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 10:20:10AM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > > [...] Bear in mind that one of the things you do with kgdb is to > > modify kernel memory [...] > > Just for completeness, keep in mind that one can already > do these sorts of things on a batch basis using systemtap:
You don't even need systemtap: it has been always possible with gdb -write vmlinux /proc/kcore
The only value add of the kgdb stub is really that you can single step too and do post mortem (although the later works fine using kdump/crash these days too)
-Andi
| |