Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2014 14:32:56 +0200 From: Andriy Gapon <avg@FreeBSD.org> To: Mark Johnston <markjdb@gmail.com> Cc: David Chisnall <theraven@FreeBSD.org>, FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org>, Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org>, Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> Subject: Re: HEADS UP: Standalone kernel debug files moving out of /boot/kernel/ Message-ID: <545B6A78.6000907@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20141029175833.GC80471@ip-172-31-25-62.ec2.internal> References: <CAPyFy2APVUxpAztmWY-ux7gUZ7B8Qk65CLHV_fVYmxsazKgCPg@mail.gmail.com> <CAN6yY1u8nEQQgY8ujj-3q5QaQXz0B35j6EADxbu0eqYuFb2CeA@mail.gmail.com> <CAPyFy2A0PW=yJO3FZN6Ks5RfwdO-=QDd465abpsYSgRQpFVyCg@mail.gmail.com> <B02B940F-986E-4A91-A3F2-B481DC64FB25@FreeBSD.org> <CAPyFy2AzoiP-cNf1NWFJa4KgOeqcRsqCZyvWAuayrRjz6tbfpg@mail.gmail.com> <54511184.2020600@FreeBSD.org> <20141029175833.GC80471@ip-172-31-25-62.ec2.internal>
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On 29/10/2014 19:58, Mark Johnston wrote: > A while ago I wrote some code for libproc to handle .gnu_debuglink and > read stripped sections out of the standalone debug file. Just in case, I have an ugly-ish local patch for that too: https://github.com/avg-I/freebsd/compare/wip/libproc-support-debug-files > It seemed to me > though that that kind of functionality really belongs somewhere more > central, maybe in libelf. I'm not really sure what the interface should > look like; I haven't seen any other libraries that handle external debug > files, aside from bfd. > > Also note that DTrace doesn't strictly need userland symbols to work. > The pid provider is a lot more useful if they're available though. Some thoughts on all of the above. -- Andriy Gapon
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