On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 02:48:15PM -0700, Mike Shapiro wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 02:45:43PM -0700, Jonathan Adams wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 01:08:01PM -0300, Rafael Vanoni wrote:
> > > I'm making some small changes to mdb_modapi.c and I'd like to know if
> > > there's a way to check whether the running instance is debugging a core
> > > file or a live target. Looking through the target flags, I didn't see
> > > anything like that. But I was wondering if there is something in another
> > > part of the target, or even in mdb_t structure that has that information.
> >
> > Out of curiosity, what kind of changes are you making?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > - jonathan
>
> Along same lines:
>
> - mdb_prop_postmortem already answers that question for you
> and is part of the module API
If you just want to know if you're debugging a snapshot (core or KMDB) v.s.
a live system changing underneath you, you can use
mdb_get_state()
and compare it with the MDB_STATE_* values.
Cheers,
- jonathan
