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Date:      Tue, 2 Jan 2001 14:03:16 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Zhiui Zhang <zzhang@cs.binghamton.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: kernel debugging suggestion needed
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0101021402410.38463-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.4.21.0101021251070.3528-100000@opal>

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On Tue, 2 Jan 2001, Zhiui Zhang wrote:

> 
> I have written a KLD and am debugging it. The program often hangs after
> runs for a while (I guess it enters into some dead loop).  Is there a way
> to attach to the process and somehow find out which code it is executing
> (with remote debugging or ddb)?

kld debugging is a bit tricky.  Take a look at the debugging macros and
bits that Greg Lehey put together for vinum for a starting point. You have
to calculate the appropriate offset to get to the KLD code in gdb.

Doug White                    |  FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu     |  www.FreeBSD.org



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