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**** see [http://events.linuxfoundation.org/slides/2011/linuxcon-japan/lcj2011_wang.pdf Kernel crash logging and core dump] - Kong Wang, Redhat, at LinuxCon Japan 2011
 
**** see [http://events.linuxfoundation.org/slides/2011/linuxcon-japan/lcj2011_wang.pdf Kernel crash logging and core dump] - Kong Wang, Redhat, at LinuxCon Japan 2011
 
* parsing information
 
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** oops analysis: http://madwifi-project.org/wiki/DevDocs/KernelOops
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** There are many tutorials on analyzing a kernel Oops.  One of the best is the following:
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*** oops analysis: http://madwifi-project.org/wiki/DevDocs/KernelOops
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** [http://manpages.unixforum.co.uk/man-pages/linux/opensuse-10.2/8/ksymoops-man-page.html ksymoops] is used to convert addresses in an oops document to symbols
 
** [[GDB]] is used with coredump files
 
** [[GDB]] is used with coredump files
 
*** see [[GDB#Core_dump]]
 
*** see [[GDB#Core_dump]]

Latest revision as of 13:04, 8 December 2011

There are lots of tools for Linux for analyzing and debugging exceptions in both the kernel and user-space programs.

Outline

Debugging the kernel

(this section is only here temporarily)

  • target agents:
    • connectors:
      • adb
      • what do WR, MV and others use to set up or connect the debugger to the process?
    • debug agents
      • gdbserver
      • kgdb
  • host agents:
    • adb server
  • debuggers:
    • gdb
    • kdb (local interactive kernel debugging)