KTRACE(1) KTRACE(1)
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 argument 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 instead prompts for the contents of the mem-
ory 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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