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30 This directory contains source code for sample debugger modules for the Modular
31 Debugger (MDB). These modules demonstrate how developers can use the MDB
32 programming API to extend the capabilities of MDB itself. MDB is an extensible
33 utility for low-level debugging and editing of the live operating system,
34 operating system crash dumps, user processes, user process core dumps, and
35 object files. For a more detailed description of MDB features and documentation
36 for the MDB programming API, refer to the manual, "Solaris Modular Debugger
37 Guide". This document is available on-line at http://docs.sun.com.
41 As the files in this directory are owned by the administrator, you should make
42 a copy of this directory to your home directory or other location before you
43 begin experimenting with MDB. If you wish to change the configuration, edit
44 the CC and LINT macro definitions in Makefile.sparc, Makefile.sparcv9,
45 Makefile.i386 and Makefile.amd64 to point to the appropriate pathnames.
46 The Makefiles contained in this directory are set up to use the C compiler (cc)
47 and lint utility found in your $PATH. These four Makefiles can also be used
48 to define base compiler settings for the corresponding instruction set
51 Makefile.sparc - rules for building 32-bit SPARC objects
52 Makefile.sparcv9 - rules for building 64-bit SPARC objects
53 Makefile.i386 - rules for building 32-bit x86 objects
54 Makefile.amd64 - rules for building 64-bit x86 objects
56 The Makefile.common file adds common compiler and linker flags to these base
57 definitions, and defines the rules for building the example modules. You will
58 not need to change any of the definitions here in order to build the examples.
59 If you wish to construct additional modules of your own, edit the MODULES macro
60 at the top of Makefile.common. For example, if you create a new module source
61 file common/mymodule.c, you should change:
63 < MODULES = example1.so example2.so
67 > MODULES = example1.so example2.so mymodule.so
69 and then execute "make".
73 The Makefile in this directory supports the following targets:
75 make all (default) - build all modules for the current machine
76 make clean - remove object files from build directories
77 make clean.lint - remove lint files from build directories
78 make clobber - remove objects, modules, and lint files
79 make lint - run lint against each example module
81 To build the example modules, execute "make" in this directory. This will
82 execute the default "make all" target.
86 After you successfully compile the example modules, the module object files
87 reside in one or more of the i386/, amd64/, sparc/, and sparcv9/ subdirectories
88 depending on the ISAs supported on your machine. In order to load the example
89 modules, you can either use the ::load built-in dcmd with the absolute pathname
90 of a given module, or you can adjust the module library path to include the
91 directory where your modules are located. This can be done using the ::set -L
92 built-in dcmd. For example:
94 > ::set -L %o:/usr/demo/mdb/%i
97 The %o token expands to the old value of the path. The %i token expands to
98 the appropriate ISA name. You can restore this setting each time you use
99 MDB by adding the ::set directive to your $HOME/.mdbrc file. This file, if
100 present, is processed automatically each time you start the debugger.
102 5. Example 1: Echo and Vmstat
104 The first example module provides the source code for two example loadable
105 dcmds. ::simple_echo is a command to echo back its arguments, similar to
106 /usr/bin/echo or MDB's built-in ::echo dcmd. ::vminfo is a command to read
107 and print the kernel's global virtual memory statistics structure. This
108 example introduces the basic structure of an MDB module and demonstrates some
109 simple argument processing. In order to use ::vminfo, you will need to apply
110 MDB to a crash dump of your system, or to the live kernel. To apply MDB to a
111 crash dump, you might execute:
113 $ mdb unix.0 vmcore.0
115 To apply MDB to the live kernel, become super-user and then execute:
119 6. Example 2: Proc Walker and PS
121 The second example module provides a more realistic example of something you
122 might want to do with MDB: print a formatted table of active processes,
123 similar to the /usr/bin/ps command or MDB's ::ps dcmd. This example
124 introduces the concept of a walker, a set of functions which describe how to
125 iterate over a data structure, and them demonstrates how the ::simple_ps
126 dcmd can be built using this walker. Using the simple_proc walker, you can
127 obtain a listing of kernel proc_t addresses:
139 Using the ::simple_ps dcmd you can obtain a formatted listing of processes:
148 7. Packaging and Installation
150 If you are a software developer, you may wish to develop and deliver MDB
151 modules along with your software products in order to facilitate analysis
152 of software problems at customer sites. Your completed MDB modules should
153 be packaged along with your software and delivered into the appropriate
154 MDB module directory. For kernel debugging modules, your module should
155 be delivered in one of the following directories:
158 /usr/platform/`uname -i`/lib/mdb/kvm
160 and should be named after your kernel module. For example, the "ip" kernel
161 module has a debugging module named "ip.so".