内核开发比用户空间开发更难的一个因素就是内核调试艰难。内核错误往往会导致系统宕机，很难保留出错时的现场。调试内核的关键在于你的对内核的深刻理解。 在调试一个bug之前，我们所要做的准备工作有： 有一个被确认的bug，包含这个 bug 的内核版本号 ...

On various occasions, I’ve received inquiries about how to install and start using WinDbg. For this reason, in this post, I’m going to show you how to configure an environment with WinDbg and virtual ...

It used to be that building the Linux kernel was not easy. Testing and debugging were even worse. Nowadays, it is reasonably easy to build a custom kernel and test or debug it using virtualization.

Kprobes is a mechanism used to register breakpoints and corresponding handlers. After enabling Kprobes support in the kernel, we can debug any instruction at any kernel address. This article explains ...

Often the pivotal factor in achieving development timetables comes down to one's efficiency in finding and fixing bugs. Debugging inside the Linux kernel can be quite challenging. No matter how you ...

A growing body of academic research suggests that large language model agents can now produce bug reports and even patch suggestions that Linux kernel developers find actionable, a shift from earlier ...

As with many Linux-related topics, the issue of using debuggers to troubleshoot the Linux kernel is not only technical--it's political. Linux is being mostly developed on the x86 platform, which does ...

Advanced iOS kernel debugging for exploit developers: A presentation by Stefan Esser (@i0n1c) at the Breakpoint security conference in Melbourne, Australia. Synopsis: With the release of iOS 6 Apple ...

Advanced iOS kernel debugging for exploit developers: A presentation by Stefan Esser (@i0n1c) at the Breakpoint security conference in Melbourne, Australia. Synopsis: With the release of iOS 6 Apple ...