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[Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH] Allow debugging of SVM guests with gdbserver-xen

To: Travis Betak <travis.betak@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH] Allow debugging of SVM guests with gdbserver-xen
From: Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:27:27 +0100
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On 25/8/06 9:26 pm, "Travis Betak" <travis.betak@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> This patch provides (or at least provided) SVM similar functionality to
> what VMX has by allowing source-level debugging of unmodified guests.
> 
> I did my development and testing against changeset 11131 and all worked
> fine.  However, recent changesets have broken gdbserver-xen's memory
> read/write interface with the guest --- at least with respect to SVM
> guests.  I haven't examined the problem too closely yet, but I think
> this is a side effect from the shadow2 merge.
> 
> Anyway, if acceptable, please apply to -unstable.  I'm going to look
> at the libxc/ptrace code a little more closely to see if I can root
> cause the problem.

The patch doesn't apply to unstable tip, so let's leave this until you've
resolved the issues and post a fully working patch.

 -- Keir



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