Multiple breakpoint issue when debugging loadable kernel module

Jan Kiszka jan.kiszka@web.de
Thu Oct 27 07:21:00 GMT 2011


On 2011-10-27 02:22, Vimal wrote:
> Hi Jan,
> 
> Well, I am glad that the bug is reproduced by someone else. :)
> 
> On 26 October 2011 17:10, Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@web.de> wrote:
>>
>> Maybe the commit is only that big because cvs-to-git conversion merged
>> too much into a single commit. I can't imagine that such a huge change
>> is done in one step.
>>
> 
> Could be, but it points to a bunch of commits that could be a potential problem.
> 
>>
>> At least it is a critical one as it makes kernel module debugging nearly
>> impossible. I'm preparing a LinuxCon talk about how cool kernel
>> debugging with gdb and qemu can be - looks like I have to skip this
>> part... ;)
> 
> Maybe you can use gdb version before that particular commit?

That's what I'm doing right now, but I'd like to use [1] and maybe write
some more helpers. :)

> 
> I've filed a bug report, which lists some variants of the bug:
> http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13346

Thanks, will have an eye on it.

Jan

[1] http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gdb.devel/25898

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