Amit Purohit <amit.purohit@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Hi, > > I have a linux-2.6.7 setup as a vmware machine connected to a linux > host over serial port for debug purpose. I am trying to write a gdb > macro that will display the status of all the processes. I want to > know if the process is waiting for some event then what that event is. > This will help me identify the hung processes. > > ps -l shows us the status of the process, with the name of wchan (wait > channel). Is there any way to do this through a gdb macro. This isn't a direct answer to your question, but you can use the magic system request key feature over a serial cable to dump the state of all processes. I figure if you're hearty enough to use KGDB, you can also handle magic sysrq! Documentation/sysrq.txt -- Ed L Cashin <ecashin@xxxxxxxxxx> -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
