[mdb-discuss] Re: mdb examples?

2005-10-06 Thread Stefan Parvu
> I cover various examples in a kernel crash dump and > debugging > course that I teach at Sun. > (bad traps, memory corruption, memory leaks, stack > overflows, logic > errors, and several different hangs.) > Maybe Sun can start offering the course to outside > customers? Well that might be cool

[mdb-discuss] "A"bort in kmdb pager kills kmdb?

2005-10-06 Thread Jürgen Keil
I was running the snv_22 kernel on a 32-bit x86 box under kmdb control, with a breakpoint at bind_node+15, like this bind_node+15:b , , q, n, c, a]" is activated. I pressed the 'a' key and kmdb enters a strange state: kmdb is stuck at the bind_node+15 breakpoint. It isn't possible to

[mdb-discuss] Re: mdb examples?

2005-10-06 Thread Eric Schrock
There is also a list of interesting blog entries at: http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/mdb/tips/ I haven't had the cycles to update it recently, but let me know if you find any other useful blog posts out there. - Eric On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 08:31:03AM -0700, Adam Leventhal wrote: > Comi

[mdb-discuss] Re: Re: mdb examples?

2005-10-06 Thread Stefan Parvu
right, there is no such thing like the magic blueprint. Yesss, I had these links but not all of them. Thanks I will just bookmark them for future. stefan This message posted from opensolaris.org

[mdb-discuss] Re: mdb examples?

2005-10-06 Thread Adam Leventhal
Coming up with canonical mdb(1) use is a little like decscribing the canonical bug -- it doesn't really make sense since each problem is a little different. The best examples might be just on ordinary bugs; you can find some here: http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/mws?entry=sendmail_died_in_a_t

[mdb-discuss] Re: mdb examples?

2005-10-06 Thread Max Bruning
Hi. I guess by CDROM, you mean course notes and lab materials? There is no CDROM for the course. The course (which I wrote) is owned by Sun, otherwise I would be happy to send you the materials. I may end up writing my own course if I decide there are enough people out there to make it worth wh

[mdb-discuss] Re: mdb examples?

2005-10-06 Thread Max Bruning
I cover various examples in a kernel crash dump and debugging course that I teach at Sun. (bad traps, memory corruption, memory leaks, stack overflows, logic errors, and several different hangs.) Maybe Sun can start offering the course to outside customers? max > --- prasad wrote: > >> Is there

[mdb-discuss] Re: mdb examples?

2005-10-06 Thread Stefan Parvu
--- prasad wrote: > Is there a "Learn mdb by solving real world > problems" type of a doc? DTrace has some great > examples for learning and I was wondering if mdb has > something similar. I think there are no such examples. I have always asked about these kind of things: - how to debug a cor