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From: Jakob Koschel <jkl820.git@gmail.com>
To: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Jakob Koschel <jkl820.git@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] docs/scripts/gdb: add necessary make scripts_gdb step
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2023 00:23:20 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230112-documentation-gdb-v2-1-292785c43dc9@gmail.com> (raw)

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@gmail.com>
---
Changes in v2:
- Add correct Signed-off-by
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230112-documentation-gdb-v1-1-09ab556e9124@gmail.com
---
 Documentation/dev-tools/gdb-kernel-debugging.rst | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/gdb-kernel-debugging.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/gdb-kernel-debugging.rst
index 8e0f1fe8d17a..895285c037c7 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

---
base-commit: c757fc92a3f73734872c7793b97f06434773d65d
change-id: 20230112-documentation-gdb-af00d23b2b60

Best regards,
-- 
Jakob Koschel <jkl820.git@gmail.com>

             reply	other threads:[~2023-01-19 23:23 UTC|newest]

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2023-01-19 23:23 Jakob Koschel [this message]
2023-01-26 18:21 ` [PATCH v2] docs/scripts/gdb: add necessary make scripts_gdb step Jonathan Corbet

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