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From: "Vladimir A. Gurevich" <vag@paulidav.org>
To: colin <colin@realtek.com.tw>
Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Subject: Re: KGDB: I cannot stop execution by using "ctrl+c"
Date: Wed, 03 Nov 2004 07:21:02 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4188F75E.9010105@paulidav.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <01e101c4c182$5d0f2780$8b1a13ac@realtek.com.tw>

Hello Colin,

colin wrote:

>When using gdb to debug Linux kernel, I found that it cannot be stopped
>temporarily by using "ctrl+c".
>After the first strike of "ctrl+c", nothing happen.
>After the second, Linux kernel will show these messages:
>    Interrupted while waiting for the program.
>    Give up (and stop debugging it)? (y or n)
>If choose yes, kernel will totally stop and it goes back to gdb shell.
>How can I stop kernel temporarily and then resume it?
>
You should use the following command in GDB:

    set remotebreak 1

After that it will start to behave as you expect it to, i.e. it will 
interrupt the kernel as soon as you press CTRL-C.

Happy hacking,
Vladimir

  parent reply	other threads:[~2004-11-03 15:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-11-03  8:51 KGDB: I cannot stop execution by using "ctrl+c" colin
2004-11-03  8:51 ` colin
2004-11-03 15:21 ` Vladimir A. Gurevich [this message]
2004-11-12  7:49   ` colin
2004-11-12  7:49     ` colin

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