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NAME
ktrace - interpret kernel stack dumps
SYNOPSIS
ktrace [ -i ] kernel pc sp [ link ]
DESCRIPTION
Ktrace translates a hexadecimal kernel stack dump into a sequence of
acid(1) commands to show the points in the call trace. The kernel ar‐
gument should be the path of the kernel being debugged, and pc and sp
are the PC and SP values given in the stack dump. For MIPS kernels,
the contents of the link register must also be supplied.
A stack trace consists of a ktrace command followed by a series of
lines containing fields of the form location=contents:
ktrace /kernel/path 80105bc1 8048e174
8048e114=80105ac6 8048e120=80140bb4 8048e134=8010031c
8048e16c=80137e45 8048e170=80105bc1 8048e178=80137e62
...
The trace can be edited to provide the correct kernel path and then
pasted into a shell window. If the -i option is present, ktrace in‐
stead prompts for the contents of the memory locations in which it is
interested; this is useful when the stack trace is on a screen rather
than in a machine readable form.
SOURCE
/sys/src/cmd/ktrace.c
SEE ALSO
acid(1), rdbfs(4)
BUGS
When examining a kernel trace resulting from an interrupt on top of
other interrupts, only the topmost call trace is printed.
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