Using Virtualization to debug the OpenAFS Linux kernel module
Presenter:
- Cheyenne Wills, Sine Nomine Associates
Several of the Linux virtualization engines provide facilities that allow a running guest system to be examined and controlled by a source code debugger. With these facilities and some knowledge of the internals of the OpenAFS kernel module, the debugger can be used interactively to pause and examine the internal state and memory of a running guest system. In this talk we will focus on setting up and starting a debugging session to take a quick peek inside a running OpenAFS kernel module.