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From: Hui Zhu <teawater@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 09:37:06 +0800
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Subject: Re: Linux Kernel GDB tracepoint module demo release
To: Michael Snyder <msnyder@vmware.com>
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KGTP use Kprobes, I think it can work with most part of kernel.

Thanks,
Hui

On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 05:10, Michael Snyder <msnyder@vmware.com> wrote:
> Actually, this is kind of interesting.
> Can your system set a tracepoint at any arbitrary location in the
> kernel? ?If so, I think that makes it more powerful than existing
> systems such as LTTng, which can only trace statically pre-determined
> locations.
>
> Hui Zhu wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> GDB Tracepoint
>> (http://sourceware.org/gdb/current/onlinedocs/gdb/Tracepoints.html)
>> is new feature that make GDB can debug real-time program.
>> I think this feature is very fit for debug Linux Kernel. ?So I make a
>> lkm to make kernel support it. You can get it in
>> https://code.google.com/p/kgtp/
>>
>> I just release the demo for it. ?It just support collect $reg in
>> x86_32. ?I will add the other tracepoint support in the future.
>>
>> For example:
>> tar vxjf gtp_20100811.tar.bz2
>> cd gtp
>> make
>> insmod gtp.ko
>> gdb ./vmlinux
>> GNU gdb (GDB) 7.2.50.20100720-cvs
>> Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>> License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
>> <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
>> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
>> There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. ?Type "show copying"
>> and "show warranty" for details.
>> This GDB was configured as "i686-pc-linux-gnu".
>> For bug reporting instructions, please see:
>> <http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>...
>> Reading symbols from /vmlinux...done.
>> (gdb) target remote /proc/gtp
>> Remote debugging using /proc/gtp
>> 0x00000000 in ?? ()
>> (gdb) trace vfs_readdir
>> Tracepoint 1 at 0xc01a1ac0: file
>> /home/teawater/kernel/linux-2.6/fs/readdir.c, line 23.
>> (gdb) actions
>> Enter actions for tracepoint 1, one per line.
>> End with a line saying just "end".
>>>
>>> collect $reg
>>> end
>>
>> (gdb) tstart
>> (gdb) shell ls
>> (gdb) tstop
>> (gdb) tfind
>> Found trace frame 0, tracepoint 1
>> #0 ?0xc01a1ac1 in vfs_readdir (file=0xc5528d00, filler=0xc01a1900
>> <filldir64>,
>> ? ?buf=0xc0d09f90) at /home/teawater/kernel/linux-2.6/fs/readdir.c:23
>> 23 ? ? ?/home/teawater/kernel/linux-2.6/fs/readdir.c: No such file or
>> directory.
>> ? ? ? ?in /home/teawater/kernel/linux-2.6/fs/readdir.c
>> (gdb) info reg
>> eax ? ? ? ? ? ?0xc5528d00 ? ? ? -984445696
>> ecx ? ? ? ? ? ?0xc0d09f90 ? ? ? -1060069488
>> edx ? ? ? ? ? ?0xc01a1900 ? ? ? -1072031488
>> ebx ? ? ? ? ? ?0xfffffff7 ? ? ? -9
>> esp ? ? ? ? ? ?0xc0d09f8c ? ? ? 0xc0d09f8c
>> ebp ? ? ? ? ? ?0x0 ? ? ?0x0
>> esi ? ? ? ? ? ?0x8061480 ? ? ? ?134616192
>> edi ? ? ? ? ? ?0xc5528d00 ? ? ? -984445696
>> eip ? ? ? ? ? ?0xc01a1ac1 ? ? ? 0xc01a1ac1 <vfs_readdir+1>
>> eflags ? ? ? ? 0x286 ? ?[ PF SF IF ]
>> cs ? ? ? ? ? ? 0x60 ? ? 96
>> ss ? ? ? ? ? ? 0x8061480 ? ? ? ?134616192
>> ds ? ? ? ? ? ? 0x7b ? ? 123
>> es ? ? ? ? ? ? 0x7b ? ? 123
>> fs ? ? ? ? ? ? 0x0 ? ? ?0
>> gs ? ? ? ? ? ? 0x0 ? ? ?0
>> (gdb) tfind
>> Found trace frame 1, tracepoint 1
>> 0xc01a1ac1 ? ? ?23 ? ? ?in /home/teawater/kernel/linux-2.6/fs/readdir.c
>> (gdb) info reg
>> eax ? ? ? ? ? ?0xc5528d00 ? ? ? -984445696
>> ecx ? ? ? ? ? ?0xc0d09f90 ? ? ? -1060069488
>> edx ? ? ? ? ? ?0xc01a1900 ? ? ? -1072031488
>> ebx ? ? ? ? ? ?0xfffffff7 ? ? ? -9
>> esp ? ? ? ? ? ?0xc0d09f8c ? ? ? 0xc0d09f8c
>> ebp ? ? ? ? ? ?0x0 ? ? ?0x0
>> esi ? ? ? ? ? ?0x8061480 ? ? ? ?134616192
>> edi ? ? ? ? ? ?0xc5528d00 ? ? ? -984445696
>> eip ? ? ? ? ? ?0xc01a1ac1 ? ? ? 0xc01a1ac1 <vfs_readdir+1>
>> eflags ? ? ? ? 0x286 ? ?[ PF SF IF ]
>> cs ? ? ? ? ? ? 0x60 ? ? 96
>> ss ? ? ? ? ? ? 0x8061480 ? ? ? ?134616192
>> ds ? ? ? ? ? ? 0x7b ? ? 123
>> es ? ? ? ? ? ? 0x7b ? ? 123
>> fs ? ? ? ? ? ? 0x0 ? ? ?0
>> gs ? ? ? ? ? ? 0x0 ? ? ?0
>> (gdb) tfind
>> Found trace frame 2, tracepoint 1
>> #0 ?0xc01a1ac1 in vfs_readdir (file=0xc5528300, filler=0xc01a19e0
>> <filldir>,
>> ? ?buf=0xc6c2df90) at /home/teawater/kernel/linux-2.6/fs/readdir.c:23
>> 23 ? ? ?in /home/teawater/kernel/linux-2.6/fs/readdir.c
>> (gdb)
>> Found trace frame 3, tracepoint 1
>> 0xc01a1ac1 ? ? ?23 ? ? ?in /home/teawater/kernel/linux-2.6/fs/readdir.c
>> (gdb)
>> Target failed to find requested trace frame.
>> (gdb) quit
>> A debugging session is active.
>>
>> ? ? ? ?Inferior 1 [Remote target] will be killed.
>>
>> Quit anyway? (y or n) y
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Hui
>
>
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