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authorJakob Koschel <jkl820.git@gmail.com>2023-01-20 02:23:20 +0300
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2023-01-26 21:21:05 +0300
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docs/scripts/gdb: add necessary make scripts_gdb step
In order to debug the kernel successfully with gdb you need to run 'make scripts_gdb' nowadays. This was changed with the following commit: Commit 67274c083438340ad16c ("scripts/gdb: delay generation of gdb constants.py") In order to have a complete guide for beginners this remark should be added to the offial documentation. Signed-off-by: Jakob Koschel <jkl820.git@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230112-documentation-gdb-v2-1-292785c43dc9@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/gdb-kernel-debugging.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/gdb-kernel-debugging.rst
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@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ Setup
this mode. In this case, you should build the kernel with
CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE disabled if the architecture supports KASLR.
+- Build the gdb scripts (required on kernels v5.1 and above)::
+
+ make scripts_gdb
+
- Enable the gdb stub of QEMU/KVM, either
- at VM startup time by appending "-s" to the QEMU command line