problems of using the 2.6.26 Linux Kernel Debugger (KGDB) with VMware

[min li <fly.limin@gmail.com>]

Hi everyone:
Recently I was using kgdb and VMware workstation to debug linux kernel 2.6.26.
I compiled and install kgdb according to the following webpage：
http://jaredrobinson.com/blog/using-the-2626-linux-kernel-debugger-kgdb-with-vmware/

But I still have some problems：
When I start gdb like：gdb ./vmliunx, it shows：

[root@localhost linux-2.6.26]# gdb ./vmlinux
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This GDB was configured as "i386-redhat-linux-gnu"...
Using host libthread_db library "/lib/libthread_db.so.1".
(gdb) set remotebaud 115200
(gdb) target remote /dev/ttyS0
Remote debugging using /dev/ttyS0
warning: shared library handler failed to enable breakpoint
0xc045516d in ?? ()

Then I type "n", it shows：
(gdb) n
Cannot find bounds of current function

I simply realize the output "0xc045516d in ?? ()" is different from
common output
"breakpoint () at kernel/kgdb.c:1212
1212:atomic_set(&kgdb_setting_breakpoint, 0);" which I found on some webpages

The real problem is that when I set breakpoints at like "sys_open",
"sys_getdents64", the kernel execution didn't stop at that point.
But if I "echo g > /proc/sysrq-trigger " in target machine, it can
stop running. In the development machine, I still only can send
"continue" command to make the target run again, if I send "next"
command, it shows just like above.

Does anybody confront this kind of problems, please give me some
suggestions, I really appreciate that!

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Min Li
School of Computer Science and Technology
Cluster and Grid Computing Lab
Services Computing Technology and System Lab
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Wuhan, 430074, China
Tel: +86-139-8625-1431
Email: fly.limin@gmail.com