Kernel debugging with Kprobes

Posted by VISITOR on Aug 20, 2004 10:27 AM EDT
IBM developerWorks; By Prasanna S. Panchamukhi
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Collecting debugging information from the Linux™ kernel using printk is a well-known method -- and with Kprobes, it can be done without the need to constantly reboot and rebuild the kernel. Kprobes, in combination with 2.6 kernels, provides a lightweight, non-disruptive, and powerful mechanism to insert printk's dynamically. Logging debug info such as the kernel stack trace, kernel data structures, and registers has never been so easy!

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