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kgdb not returning control to gdb

I've compiled a kernel with kgdb support and I'm trying to debug it. I have two machines running, a debug machine (running the kgdb kernel) and the machine I'm using to debug it. They are connected ...
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Kernel and QEMU : Unable to mount root fs error

I am trying to run a distro in the virtual disk image with a custom kernel,so that I can experiment and debug the kernel. I followed this to make a disk image and then install Debian to it. Now I ...
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Debugging Linux Kernel with QEMU

I was trying to study the debugging of kernel using QEMU. I tried initially and failed due to the fact that there was no virtual file system. The answers to this post suggests that there should be a ...
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Linux, Debugger program development

We are trying to implement the debugger program which will takes either PID or Program name as input and Invoke the gdb by using PID. Below is two small programs are written, Not able to figure out ...
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How to debug system freeze?

I'm experiencing strange bug when I close lid of my laptop - system freezes (no reaction on keys, no response form ssh) hard and displays some strange colour effects. The kernel log (after reboot) ...
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What is the difference between /proc/self/stack and output from pstack?

I have been looking through the documentation for /proc and the "stack" object being a new'ish object in proc, I have also looked through the kernel commit to create it -- however the documentation ...