From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6EB5C6FA8E for ; Mon, 27 Feb 2023 02:13:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S231203AbjB0CNt (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Feb 2023 21:13:49 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:41572 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S231154AbjB0CNR (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Feb 2023 21:13:17 -0500 Received: from dfw.source.kernel.org (dfw.source.kernel.org [139.178.84.217]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D0E3D1BAFE; Sun, 26 Feb 2023 18:11:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.kernel.org (relay.kernel.org [52.25.139.140]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by dfw.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0735060DD0; Mon, 27 Feb 2023 02:10:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D0564C433A1; Mon, 27 Feb 2023 02:10:53 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1677463854; bh=+w6xRfnl0rTwGBZqJJDym/Ma7rrvgFKMziUfFS+k078=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=FYdunrUYaB8/s8y6SQFktb3QTKjgQFoI5qQvBDT7raxWvblJRItABi1UJx/a+HPZ9 V3cFI5YxVxqs/2n3FhJY6xAw+zWJ45Ds/n2uFILBrEJARs4Hzn2hLbjm1U3PUKwRCD wcS0cntBYmcW9psAuVsYtiMF+mDTq7LaEAZEJVefB+eX1dqF3oytoDF7vw4TAldWA7 MaxX+87YfViJ+KvGormdrWOZaoL84psCRno1DQg/p5r3xc4fgjlRQgaqSQq/c5cK/b 0qvsroIYf248i2exs+AuBV60kHUV4wKaTYs5o7xqChA0PVf+TooTrmLjMPjBM1UuFU 6ZTLf4zFOU0vQ== From: Sasha Levin To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org Cc: Jakob Koschel , Jonathan Corbet , Sasha Levin , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.4 06/15] docs/scripts/gdb: add necessary make scripts_gdb step Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2023 21:10:25 -0500 Message-Id: <20230227021038.1052958-6-sashal@kernel.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.39.0 In-Reply-To: <20230227021038.1052958-1-sashal@kernel.org> References: <20230227021038.1052958-1-sashal@kernel.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-stable: review X-Patchwork-Hint: Ignore Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Jakob Koschel [ Upstream commit 6b219431037bf98c9efd49716aea9b68440477a3 ] 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 Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230112-documentation-gdb-v2-1-292785c43dc9@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin --- Documentation/dev-tools/gdb-kernel-debugging.rst | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/gdb-kernel-debugging.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/gdb-kernel-debugging.rst index 19df79286f000..afe4bc206486c 100644 --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/gdb-kernel-debugging.rst +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/gdb-kernel-debugging.rst @@ -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 -- 2.39.0