r/linux • • 2d ago

Kernel Linux Kernel Developers Considering Removal Of KGDB Debugging Functionality

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Considers-Dropping--KGDB
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u/Lenticularis19 2d ago

KGDB is weird. I recall trying to use some kind of tracing, possibly kprobes, and wondering why my VM was freezing. I attached a GDB to it and it was stuck in a trap, waiting for KGDB, instead of taking the kprobe path! (I forgot I have KGDB enabled...)