Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] qemu-m68k: add support for interrupt masking/unmasking

[Stefan Weil]

Am 29.03.2015 um 15:47 schrieb Waldemar Brodkorb:
> Hi Stefan,
> Stefan Weil wrote,
>
> > You can debug the kernel panic by attaching a cross debugger to the
> > running kernel.
> > If you have a kernel image with debug symbols, this is very comfortable.
> How would I do this?
> Tried to start qemu with -s -S and then attach with my cross-gdb
> using the kernel with debug symbols. But gdb does not recognize the
> panic:
> Command: mdev -s
> Command: ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 up
> Execution Finished, Exiting
>
> Sash command shell (version 1.1.1)
> /> Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
> exitcode=0x0000000b
>
> ---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
> exitcode=0x0000000b

Yes, the cross gdb won't recognize a kernel panic.

But you can set a breakpoint on the kernel code
which handles such panics, on one of the functions
shown in the kernel panic backtrace, or on printk.

Regards
Stefan