Problems debugging a UML kernel
UML has really helped me with some kernel module debugging in the past, but I'm having a problem getting it running in a new environment.
I'm having a problem where I can't seem to get into an interactive debug mode with a UML kernel.
In one window, I'm running:
gdb linux-2.4.26/linux
which prints out:
[root@cubalibre uml]# GNU gdb 6.2
Copyright 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are
welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions.
Type "show copying" to see the conditions.
There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for details.
This GDB was configured as "i686-pc-linux-gnu"...Using host libthread_db library "/lib/tls/libthread_db.so.1".
In another window, I run:
linux-2.4.26/linux debug gdb-pid=<pid of gdb> ubd0=fedora
At this point, UML starts up and prints out:
Checking for the skas3 patch in the host...not found Checking for /proc/mm...not found
tracing thread pid = 14094
Then, if I type 'att 1' in the gdb window, it prints out:
(gdb) Attaching to program: linux-2.4.26/linux, process 1
And then just stops. I never end up in the interactive debugging mode I've seen before. If I hit ^c, gdb gives me:
0xa015f2f1 in kill () at string.h:486
486 case 1: COMMON("\n\tstosb"); return s;
(gdb) Quit
(gdb)
but I can never actually run the kernel within the debugger.
My host is Fedora Core 2, running a custom built 2.6.7 kernel. I'm using a custom-built gdb version 6.2, although I see the same behaviour with my distribution's gdb (version 6.0post-0.20040223.19rh)
My uml host kernel is 2.6.7, patched with uml-2.6.7-2. I have CONFIG_PT_PROXY, TT and SKAS mode enabled.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
- Alex
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