Hi Guys,
I just wrote a module to test this. I put a BUG in the module_init
function. My code has a usage count of 1 on lsmod and hence it is not
being unloaded. Is there a way of attaching to this hanging code and tweek
around my running code ? If yes, please let me know how ?
> >
> > kernel BUG at filename:line number!
> >
> > What does this means ?
>
> well when writing normall C code you can stop the program and hang it until
> a debugger is attached but the kernel is harder because a debugger cannot be
> attached
>
> so when you have written code to try to test for things eg check for certin
> conditions that
> should not happen and they exist you can call BUG to get a kernel opps which
> could have gone
> unnoticed but could be much more fatel down the line like memory curruption
> etc..
>
Advance thanks for replies,
Thanks,
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