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 4.19-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-4.19 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. commit 8fb7712dc995b97e6e70c5b9d6c48ecc034725ed 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 19df79286f000..afe4bc206486c 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