This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
docs/scripts/gdb: add necessary make scripts_gdb step
to the 5.15-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
docs-scripts-gdb-add-necessary-make-scripts_gdb-step.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.15 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 35e8f9af48d2b240a7bda436cd611fcc83d2193f
Author: Jakob Koschel <jkl820.git@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri Jan 20 00:23:20 2023 +0100
docs/scripts/gdb: add necessary make scripts_gdb step
[ Upstream commit 6b219431037bf98c9efd49716aea9b68440477a3 ]
In order to debug the kernel successfully with gdb you need to run
'make scripts_gdb' nowadays.
This was changed with the following commit:
Commit 67274c083438340ad16c ("scripts/gdb: delay generation of gdb
constants.py")
In order to have a complete guide for beginners this remark
should be added to the offial documentation.
Signed-off-by: Jakob Koschel <jkl820.git@xxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230112-documentation-gdb-v2-1-292785c43dc9@xxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/gdb-kernel-debugging.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/gdb-kernel-debugging.rst
index 8e0f1fe8d17ad..895285c037c72 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-tools/gdb-kernel-debugging.rst
+++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/gdb-kernel-debugging.rst
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ Setup
this mode. In this case, you should build the kernel with
CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE disabled if the architecture supports KASLR.
+- Build the gdb scripts (required on kernels v5.1 and above)::
+
+ make scripts_gdb
+
- Enable the gdb stub of QEMU/KVM, either
- at VM startup time by appending "-s" to the QEMU command line
