Linux Kernel GDB tracepoint module demo release

[Hui Zhu <teawater@gmail.com>]

Hi,

GDB Tracepoint (http://sourceware.org/gdb/current/onlinedocs/gdb/Tracepoints.html)
is new feature that make GDB can debug real-time program.
I think this feature is very fit for debug Linux Kernel.  So I make a
lkm to make kernel support it. You can get it in
https://code.google.com/p/kgtp/

I just release the demo for it.  It just support collect $reg in
x86_32.  I will add the other tracepoint support in the future.

For example:
tar vxjf gtp_20100811.tar.bz2
cd gtp
make
insmod gtp.ko
gdb ./vmlinux
GNU gdb (GDB) 7.2.50.20100720-cvs
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There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.  Type "show copying"
and "show warranty" for details.
This GDB was configured as "i686-pc-linux-gnu".
For bug reporting instructions, please see:
<http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>...
Reading symbols from /vmlinux...done.
(gdb) target remote /proc/gtp
Remote debugging using /proc/gtp
0x00000000 in ?? ()
(gdb) trace vfs_readdir
Tracepoint 1 at 0xc01a1ac0: file
/home/teawater/kernel/linux-2.6/fs/readdir.c, line 23.
(gdb) actions
Enter actions for tracepoint 1, one per line.
End with a line saying just "end".
>collect $reg
>end
(gdb) tstart
(gdb) shell ls
(gdb) tstop
(gdb) tfind
Found trace frame 0, tracepoint 1
#0  0xc01a1ac1 in vfs_readdir (file=0xc5528d00, filler=0xc01a1900 <filldir64>,
    buf=0xc0d09f90) at /home/teawater/kernel/linux-2.6/fs/readdir.c:23
23	/home/teawater/kernel/linux-2.6/fs/readdir.c: No such file or directory.
	in /home/teawater/kernel/linux-2.6/fs/readdir.c
(gdb) info reg
eax            0xc5528d00	-984445696
ecx            0xc0d09f90	-1060069488
edx            0xc01a1900	-1072031488
ebx            0xfffffff7	-9
esp            0xc0d09f8c	0xc0d09f8c
ebp            0x0	0x0
esi            0x8061480	134616192
edi            0xc5528d00	-984445696
eip            0xc01a1ac1	0xc01a1ac1 <vfs_readdir+1>
eflags         0x286	[ PF SF IF ]
cs             0x60	96
ss             0x8061480	134616192
ds             0x7b	123
es             0x7b	123
fs             0x0	0
gs             0x0	0
(gdb) tfind
Found trace frame 1, tracepoint 1
0xc01a1ac1	23	in /home/teawater/kernel/linux-2.6/fs/readdir.c
(gdb) info reg
eax            0xc5528d00	-984445696
ecx            0xc0d09f90	-1060069488
edx            0xc01a1900	-1072031488
ebx            0xfffffff7	-9
esp            0xc0d09f8c	0xc0d09f8c
ebp            0x0	0x0
esi            0x8061480	134616192
edi            0xc5528d00	-984445696
eip            0xc01a1ac1	0xc01a1ac1 <vfs_readdir+1>
eflags         0x286	[ PF SF IF ]
cs             0x60	96
ss             0x8061480	134616192
ds             0x7b	123
es             0x7b	123
fs             0x0	0
gs             0x0	0
(gdb) tfind
Found trace frame 2, tracepoint 1
#0  0xc01a1ac1 in vfs_readdir (file=0xc5528300, filler=0xc01a19e0 <filldir>,
    buf=0xc6c2df90) at /home/teawater/kernel/linux-2.6/fs/readdir.c:23
23	in /home/teawater/kernel/linux-2.6/fs/readdir.c
(gdb)
Found trace frame 3, tracepoint 1
0xc01a1ac1	23	in /home/teawater/kernel/linux-2.6/fs/readdir.c
(gdb)
Target failed to find requested trace frame.
(gdb) quit
A debugging session is active.

	Inferior 1 [Remote target] will be killed.

Quit anyway? (y or n) y

Thanks,
Hui