You can patch your kernel with kgdb and set the break point at the function servicing your system call and single step. http://kgdb.sourceforge.net/ Usman --- Anticipating a Reply <ruxyz@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi , > > Is there a way by which we can trace the flow of execution of a process , when it is executing > the kernel code path ? > > Any tool which does this would help understand which all functions / code path is taken in the > kernel when a particular program executes. > > strace provides just the system call invocation, but I would like to know what happens within the > kernel when the system call executes . > > Cheers ! http://www.beconvinced.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find what you?re looking for faster http://search.yahoo.com -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
