peterz wrote: > Hmm,. wouldn't it make much more sense to extend the current kgdb stub > to include userspace debugging, providing an all-in-one solution? > I think it would be much more powerful to be able to observe the full > software stack and not be limited by this user<->kernel barrier.
There exist other tools for this broad a scope (systemtap being one), and present gdb is not well suited for this. That makes this idea an exciting potential for the future, but not a practical short-term goal. - FChE