Hi Leonard, I think it will be kernel-mode debugging since debugging an application in user mode is not an OS awareness imo. Of course, some of kernel's modules might run in user-mode, but it will be ok I think.
Thanks for your reference, I'll take a look at it. Also, I found out that ARM supports OS awareness in their DS-5 debugger. They have a mechanism for adding new operating systems. All you need to do is to describe OS' model (thread's or task's structure for example). I think that is how it might be done in LLDB. On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 9:26 PM Leonard Mosescu <mose...@google.com> wrote: > Hi Alexander, are you interested in user-mode, kernel-mode debugging or > both? > > Fore reference, the current state of the art regarding OS-awareness > debugging is debugging tools for windows > <https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/debugger/index> > (windbg > & co.). This is not surprising since the tools were developed alongside > Windows. Obviously they are specific to Windows, but it's good example of > how the OS-awareness might look like. > > > On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 11:37 AM, Alexander Polyakov via lldb-dev < > lldb-dev@lists.llvm.org> wrote: > >> Hi lldb-dev, >> >> I'm a senior student at Saint Petersburg State University. The one of my >> possible diploma themes is "OS Awareness in LLDB". Generally, the OS >> awareness extends a debugger to provide a representation of the OS threads >> - or tasks - and other relevant data structures, typically semaphores, >> mutexes, or queues. >> >> I want to ask the community if OS awareness is interesting for LLDB users >> and developers? The main goal is to create some base on top of LLDB that >> can be extended to support awareness for different operating systems. >> >> Also, if you have a good article or other useful information about OS >> awareness, please share it with me. >> >> Thanks in advance! >> >> -- >> Alexander >> >> _______________________________________________ >> lldb-dev mailing list >> lldb-dev@lists.llvm.org >> http://lists.llvm.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lldb-dev >> >> > -- Alexander
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