linux.git/Documentation/dev-tools/gdb-kernel-debugging.rst, branch v4.13.7 Clone of https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git docs: disable KASLR when debugging kernel 2017-09-27T12:43:14+00:00 Zhouyi Zhou zhouzhouyi@gmail.com 2017-07-07T08:51:45+00:00 4dbc0357900dc4b07dc1001f4a9bc6245b91aa41 commit e604f1cb85367d2e5fd4cf253296d190996da81a upstream. commit 6807c84652b0 ("x86: Enable KASLR by default") enables KASLR by default on x86. While KASLR will confuse gdb which resolve kernel symbol address from symbol table of vmlinux. We should turn off KASLR for kernel debugging. Signed-off-by: Zhouyi Zhou <zhouzhouyi@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Kieran Bingham <kbingham@kernel.org> Acked-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Natale Patriciello <natale.patriciello@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
commit e604f1cb85367d2e5fd4cf253296d190996da81a upstream.

commit 6807c84652b0 ("x86: Enable KASLR by default") enables KASLR
by default on x86. While KASLR will confuse gdb which resolve kernel
symbol address from symbol table of vmlinux. We should turn off KASLR for
kernel debugging.

Signed-off-by: Zhouyi Zhou <zhouzhouyi@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Kieran Bingham <kbingham@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: Natale Patriciello <natale.patriciello@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
docs: Sphinxify gdb-kernel-debugging.txt and move to dev-tools 2016-08-18T23:43:24+00:00 Jonathan Corbet corbet@lwn.net 2016-08-08T21:55:49+00:00 5f0962748d46c63aaf5c46dcb1c8f52dfb7b717f Acked-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> 
Acked-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>