> Hi, > > We are doing some initializations in 2 phases: pre-gdb and post-gdb. > Why is that necessary? Can we do that in 1 phase only? No. > > I guess the post-init step is needed because it cannot be done before > gdb is initialized, which is of course done between pre-gdb and > post-gdb. I looked at the code, but dont see anything special that can > answer this question. But I am sure that I missed something there. Any > pointer? > Look at main(). The things that are done in the per-arch PRE_GDB machdep_init() functions are required for things like virtual-to-physical address translation of unity-mapped kernel virtual addresses. Without doing them first, read_in_kernel_config() and/or kernel_init() could not run at all, which is where the first readmem() calls are made. Later on, after gdb has run, further datatype-specific information is gathered in the POST_GDB sections. Dave Anderson > Many thanks, > J > > > > ------------------------------ > > -- > Crash-utility mailing list > Crash-utility@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/crash-utility > > > End of Crash-utility Digest, Vol 36, Issue 19 > ********************************************* > -- Crash-utility mailing list Crash-utility@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/crash-utility
