Hi, >> Without being too long, the problem is KALSR. You have to disable it >> disabling the kernel option "Randomize the address of the kernel image (KASLR)", >> inside Processor type and features. In this way, gdb can translate >> all the symbols correctly (symbols <-> addresses). >> >> I really don't know how the developers test their code... because there >> is no evidence for this. > > Why do you think that it requires developers to use a debugger and qemu > to test their code? I've never used a debugger on the kernel in all of > my years of kernel development... > I agree the developers should not be doing it. It is documented that gdb/kgdb will not work if KALSAR is enabled. Please refer - https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e604f1cb85367d2e5fd4cf253296d190996da81a Regards, Saket Sinha _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
