Tag: kernel debuggers
Kernel Debugging Using Kprobe and Jprobe
Debugging is like plumbing; it involves fixing difficult, hidden problems -- so, besides the vital experience, both debuggers and plumbers must have a specialised...
Kernel Tracing with ftrace, Part 2
In my previous article, we had a working setup of ftrace, and explored options to enable and disable it. In this article, we will...
Debugging the Linux Kernel with debugfs
debugfs is a simple memory-based filesystem, designed specifically to debug Linux kernel code, and not to be confused with the debugfs filesystem utility. Introduced...