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59.Dd August 23, 2020
60.Dt DDB 4
61.Os
62.Sh NAME
63.Nm ddb
64.Nd in-kernel debugger
65.Sh SYNOPSIS
66.Cd options DDB
67.Pp
68To enable history editing:
69.Cd options DDB_HISTORY_SIZE=integer
70.Pp
71To disable entering
72.\" XXX: hack; .Nm automatically introduces newline in SYNOPSIS
73.Ic ddb
74upon kernel panic:
75.Cd options DDB_ONPANIC=0
76.Pp
77To enable teeing all
78.\" XXX: hack; .Nm automatically introduces newline in SYNOPSIS
79.Ic ddb
80output to the kernel msgbuf:
81.Cd options DDB_TEE_MSGBUF=1
82.Pp
83To specify commands which will be executed on each entry to
84.Ic ddb :
85.Cd options DDB_COMMANDONENTER="trace;show registers"
86In this case, "trace" and then "show registers" will be executed automatically.
87.Pp
88To enable extended online help:
89.Cd options DDB_VERBOSE_HELP .
90.Sh DESCRIPTION
91.Nm
92is the in-kernel debugger.
93It may be entered at any time via a special key sequence, and
94optionally may be invoked when the kernel panics.
95.Sh ENTERING THE DEBUGGER
96Unless
97.Dv DDB_ONPANIC
98is set to 0,
99.Nm
100will be activated whenever the kernel would otherwise panic.
101.Pp
102.Nm
103may also be activated from the console.
104In general, sending a break on a serial console will activate
105.Nm .
106There are also key sequences for each port that will activate
107.Nm
108from the keyboard:
109.Bl -tag -offset indent -width "xen domU" -compact
110.It alpha
111<Ctrl>-<Alt>-<Esc> on PC style keyboards.
112.It amd64
113<Ctrl>-<Alt>-<Esc>
114.It ""
115<Break> on serial console.
116.It amiga
117<LAlt>-<LAmiga>-<F10>
118.It atari
119<Alt>-<LeftShift>-<F9>
120.It evbarm
121<Ctrl>-<Alt>-<Esc> on PC style keyboards.
122.It ""
123<Break> on serial console.
124.It ""
125Some models:
126+++++
127(five plus signs) on serial console.
128.It hp300
129<Shift>-<Reset>
130.It hpcarm
131<Ctrl>-<Alt>-<Esc>
132.It hpcmips
133<Ctrl>-<Alt>-<Esc>
134.It hpcsh
135<Ctrl>-<Alt>-<Esc>
136.It hppa
137<Ctrl>-<Alt>-<Esc> on PC style keyboards.
138.It ""
139+++++
140(five plus signs) on PDC console
141.It ""
142<Break> on serial console.
143.It i386
144<Ctrl>-<Alt>-<Esc>
145.It ""
146<Break> on serial console.
147.It mac68k
148<Command>-<Power>, or the Interrupt switch.
149.It macppc
150Some models:
151<Command>-<Option>-<Power>
152.It mvme68k
153Abort switch on CPU card.
154.It pmax
155<Do> on LK-201 rcons console.
156.It ""
157<Break> on serial console.
158.It sandpoint
159<Break> on serial console.
160.It sparc
161<L1>-A, or <Stop>-A on a Sun keyboard.
162.It ""
163<Break> on serial console.
164.It sparc64
165<L1>-A, or <Stop>-A on a Sun keyboard.
166.It ""
167<Break> on serial console.
168.It sun3
169<L1>-A, or <Stop>-A on a Sun keyboard.
170.It ""
171<Break> on serial console.
172.It vax
173<Esc>-<Shift>-D on serial console.
174.It x68k
175Interrupt switch on the body.
176.It xen dom0
177<Ctrl>-<Alt>-<Esc> on PC style keyboards.
178.It ""
179+++++
180(five plus signs) on serial console.
181.It xen domU
182+++++
183(five plus signs) on serial console.
184.It zaurus
185<Ctrl>-<Alt>-<Esc>
186.El
187.Pp
188The key sequence to activate
189.Nm
190can be changed by modifying
191.Dq hw.cnmagic
192with
193.Xr sysctl 8 .
194If the console is not dedicated to
195.Nm
196the sequence should not be easily typed by accident.
197In addition,
198.Nm
199may be explicitly activated by the debugging code in the kernel
200if
201.Cm DDB
202is configured.
203.Pp
204Commands can be automatically run when
205.Nm
206is entered by using
207.Cd options DDB_COMMANDONENTER
208or by setting
209.Ar ddb.commandonenter
210with
211.Xr sysctl 8 .
212Multiple commands can be separated by a semi-colon.
213.Sh COMMAND SYNTAX
214The general command syntax is:
215.Bd -ragged -offset indent
216.Ic command Ns Op / Ns Ar modifier
217.Ar address
218.Op , Ns Ar count
219.Ed
220.Pp
221The current memory location being edited is referred to as
222.Ar dot ,
223and the next location is
224.Ar next .
225They are displayed as hexadecimal numbers.
226.Pp
227Commands that examine and/or modify memory update
228.Ar dot
229to the address of the last line examined or the last location
230modified, and set
231.Ar next
232to the next location to be examined or modified.
233Other commands don't change
234.Ar dot ,
235and set
236.Ar next
237to be the same as
238.Ar dot .
239.Pp
240A blank line repeats the previous command from the address
241.Ar next
242with the previous
243.Cm count
244and no modifiers.
245Specifying
246.Cm address
247sets
248.Em dot
249to the address.
250If
251.Cm address
252is omitted,
253.Em dot
254is used.
255A missing
256.Cm count
257is taken to be 1 for printing commands, and infinity for stack traces.
258.Pp
259The syntax:
260.Bd -ragged -offset indent
261.Cm \&, Ns Ar count
262.Ed
263.Pp
264repeats the previous command, just as a blank line does, but with
265the specified
266.Cm count .
267.Pp
268.Nm
269has a
270.Xr more 1 Ns -like
271functionality; if a number of lines in a command's output exceeds the number
272defined in the
273.Va lines
274variable, then
275.Nm
276displays
277.Dq "--db more--"
278and waits for a response, which may be one of:
279.Bl -tag -offset indent -width "<return>"
280.It Aq return
281one more line.
282.It Aq space
283one more page.
284.It Ic q
285abort the current command, and return to the command input mode.
286.El
287.Pp
288You can set
289.Va lines
290variable to zero to disable this feature.
291.Pp
292If
293.Nm
294history editing is enabled (by defining the
295.D1 Cd options DDB_HISTORY_SIZE=num
296kernel option), then a history of the last
297.Cm num
298commands is kept.
299The history can be manipulated with the following key sequences:
300.Bl -tag -offset indent -width "<Ctrl>-P"
301.It <Ctrl>-P
302retrieve previous command in history (if any).
303.It <Ctrl>-N
304retrieve next command in history (if any).
305.El
306.Sh COMMANDS
307.Nm
308supports the following commands:
309.Bl -tag -width 5n
310.It Ic \&! Ns Ar address Ns Oo ( Ar expression Ns Oo Ar ,... Oc ) Oc
311A synonym for
312.Ic call .
313.It Ic break Ns Oo Cm /u Oc Ar address Ns Op , Ns Ar count
314Set a breakpoint at
315.Ar address .
316If
317.Ar count
318is supplied, continues
319.Pq Ar count Ns \-1
320times before stopping at the breakpoint.
321If the breakpoint is set, a breakpoint number is printed with
322.Sq \&# .
323This number can be used to
324.Ic delete
325the breakpoint, or to add
326conditions to it.
327.Pp
328If
329.Cm /u
330is specified,
331set a breakpoint at a user-space address.
332Without
333.Cm /u ,
334.Ar address
335is considered to be in the kernel-space, and an address in the wrong
336space will be rejected, and an error message will be emitted.
337This modifier may only be used if it is supported by machine dependent
338routines.
339.Pp
340Warning: if a user text is shadowed by a normal user-space debugger,
341user-space breakpoints may not work correctly.
342Setting a breakpoint at the low-level code paths may also cause
343strange behavior.
344.It Ic bt Ns Oo Cm /ul Oc Oo Ar frame-address Oc Ns Oo , Ns Ar count Oc
345A synonym for
346.Ic trace .
347.It Ic bt/t Ns Oo Cm /ul Oc Oo Ar pid Oc Ns Oo , Ns Ar count Oc
348A synonym for
349.Ic trace/t .
350.It Ic bt/a Ns Oo Cm /ul Oc Oo Ar lwpaddr Oc Ns Oo , Ns Ar count Oc
351A synonym for
352.Ic trace/a .
353.It Ic call Ar address Ns Oo ( Ns Ar expression Ns Oo Ar ,... Oc ) Oc
354Call the function specified by
355.Ar address
356with the argument(s) listed in parentheses.
357Parentheses may be omitted if the function takes no arguments.
358The number of arguments is currently limited to 10.
359.It Ic continue Ns Op Cm /c
360Continue execution until a breakpoint or watchpoint.
361If
362.Cm /c
363is specified, count instructions while executing.
364Some machines (e.g., pmax) also count loads and stores.
365.Pp
366Warning: when counting, the debugger is really silently
367single-stepping.
368This means that single-stepping on low-level may cause strange
369behavior.
370.It Ic delete Ar "address" | Cm # Ns Ar number
371Delete a breakpoint.
372The target breakpoint may be specified by
373.Ar address ,
374as per
375.Ic break ,
376or by the breakpoint number returned by
377.Ic break
378if it's prefixed with
379.Sq Cm \&# .
380.It Ic dmesg Op Ar count
381Prints the contents of the kernel message buffer.
382The optional
383.Ar count
384argument will limit printing to at most the last
385.Ar count
386bytes of the message buffer.
387.It Ic dwatch Ar address
388Delete the watchpoint at
389.Ar address
390that was previously set with
391.Ic watch
392command.
393.It Ic examine Ns Oo Cm / Ns Ar modifier Oc Ar address Ns Op , Ns Ar count
394Display the address locations according to the format in
395.Ar modifier .
396Multiple modifier formats display multiple locations.
397If
398.Ar modifier
399isn't specified, the modifier from the last use of
400.Ic examine
401is used.
402.Pp
403The valid format characters for
404.Ar modifier
405are:
406.Bl -tag -offset indent -width 2n -compact
407.It Cm b
408examine bytes (8 bits).
409.It Cm h
410examine half-words (16 bits).
411.It Cm l
412examine words (legacy
413.Dq long ,
41432 bits).
415.It Cm q
416examine quad-words (64 bits).
417.It Cm L
418examine long words (implementation dependent)
419.It Cm a
420print the location being examined.
421.It Cm A
422print the location with a line number if possible.
423.It Cm x
424display in unsigned hex.
425.It Cm z
426display in signed hex.
427.It Cm o
428display in unsigned octal.
429.It Cm d
430display in signed decimal.
431.It Cm u
432display in unsigned decimal.
433.It Cm r
434display in current radix, signed.
435.It Cm c
436display low 8 bits as a character.
437Non-printing characters as displayed as an octal escape code
438(e.g.,
439.Sq \e000 ) .
440.It Cm s
441display the NUL terminated string at the location.
442Non-printing characters are displayed as octal escapes.
443.It Cm m
444display in unsigned hex with a character dump at the end of each line.
445The location is displayed as hex at the beginning of each line.
446.It Cm p
447display as a pointer and it's symbol if possible.
448.It Cm i
449display as a machine instruction.
450.It Cm I
451display as a machine instruction, with possible alternative formats
452depending upon the machine:
453.Bl -tag -offset indent -width "sparc" -compact
454.It alpha
455print register operands
456.It m68k
457use Motorola syntax
458.It vax
459don't assume that each external label is a procedure entry mask
460.El
461.El
462.It Ic kill Ar pid Ns Op , Ns Ar signal_number
463Send a signal to the process specified by the
464.Ar pid .
465Note that
466.Ar pid
467is interpreted using the current radix (see
468.Cm trace/t
469command for details).
470If
471.Ar signal_number
472isn't specified, the SIGTERM signal is sent.
473.It Ic match Ns Op Cm /p
474A synonym for
475.Ic next .
476.It Ic next Ns Op Cm /p
477Stop at the matching return instruction.
478If
479.Cm /p
480is specified, print the call nesting depth and the
481cumulative instruction count at each call or return.
482Otherwise, only print when the matching return is hit.
483.It Ic print Ns Oo Cm /axzodurc Oc Ar address Op Ar address ...
484Print addresses
485.Ar address
486according to the modifier character, as per
487.Ic examine .
488Valid modifiers are:
489.Cm /a ,
490.Cm /x ,
491.Cm /z ,
492.Cm /o ,
493.Cm /d ,
494.Cm /u ,
495.Cm /r ,
496and
497.Cm /c
498(as per
499.Ic examine ) .
500If no modifier is specified, the most recent one specified is used.
501.Ar address
502may be a string, and is printed
503.Dq as-is .
504For example:
505.Bd -literal -offset indent
506print/x "eax = " $eax "\enecx = " $ecx "\en"
507.Ed
508.Pp
509will produce:
510.Bd -literal -offset indent
511eax = xxxxxx
512ecx = yyyyyy
513.Ed
514.It Ic ps Ns Oo Cm /a Oc Ns Oo Cm /n Oc Ns Oo Cm /w Oc Ns Oo Cm /l Oc
515A synonym for
516.Ic show all procs .
517.It Ic reboot Op Ar flags
518Reboot, using the optionally supplied boot
519.Ar flags ,
520which is a bitmask supporting the same values as for
521.Xr reboot 2 .
522Some of the more useful flags:
523.Bl -column "Value" "RB_POWERDOWN" "Description"
524.It Sy "Value" Ta Sy "Name" Ta Sy "Description"
525.It 0x1 Ta RB_ASKNAME Ta Ask for file name to reboot from
526.It 0x2 Ta RB_SINGLE Ta Reboot to single user mode
527.It 0x4 Ta RB_NOSYNC Ta Don't sync before reboot
528.It 0x8 Ta RB_HALT Ta Halt instead of reboot
529.It 0x40 Ta RB_KDB Ta Boot into kernel debugger
530.It 0x100 Ta RB_DUMP Ta Dump unconditionally before reboot
531.It 0x808 Ta RB_POWERDOWN Ta Power off (or at least halt)
532.El
533.Pp
534Note: Limitations of the command line interface preclude
535specification of a boot string.
536.It Ic search Ns Oo Cm /bhl Oc Ar address Ar value \
537Oo Ar mask Oc Oo , Ns Ar count Oc
538Search memory from
539.Ar address
540for
541.Ar value .
542The unit size is specified with a modifier character, as per
543.Ic examine .
544Valid modifiers are:
545.Cm /b ,
546.Cm /h ,
547and
548.Cm /l .
549If no modifier is specified,
550.Cm /l
551is used.
552.Pp
553This command might fail in interesting ways if it doesn't find
554.Ar value .
555This is because
556.Nm
557doesn't always recover from touching bad memory.
558The optional
559.Ar count
560limits the search.
561.It Ic set Cm $ Ns Ar variable Oo Cm = Oc Ar expression
562Set the named variable or register to the value of
563.Ar expression .
564Valid variable names are described in
565.Sx VARIABLES .
566.It Ic show all callout
567Display information about callouts in the system.
568See
569.Xr callout 9
570for more information on callouts.
571.It Ic show all locks Ns Op Cm /t
572Display details information about all active locks.
573If
574.Cm /t
575is specified, stack traces of LWPs holding locks are also printed.
576This command is only useful if a kernel is compiled with
577.Cd options LOCKDEBUG .
578.It Ic show all mount Ns Op Cm /f
579Display all mount points.
580If
581.Cm /f
582is specified, the complete vnode list is printed.
583.It Ic show all pages
584Display basic information about all physical pages managed by the VM system.
585For more detailed information about a single page, use
586.Ic show page .
587.It Ic show all pools Ns Op Cm /clp
588Display all pool information.
589Modifiers are the same as
590.Ic show pool .
591.It Ic "show\ all\ procs" Ns Oo Cm /a Oc Ns Oo Cm /n Oc Ns Oo Cm /w Oc Ns \
592Oo Cm /l Oc
593Display all process information.
594Valid modifiers:
595.Bl -tag -width 3n
596.It Cm /n
597show process information in a
598.Xr ps 1
599style format.
600Information printed includes: process ID, parent process ID,
601process group, UID, process status, process flags, number of LWPs,
602command name, and process wait channel message.
603.It Cm /a
604show each process ID, command name, kernel virtual addresses of
605each process' proc structure, u-area, and vmspace structure.
606The vmspace address is also the address of the process'
607vm_map structure, and can be used in the
608.Ic show map
609command.
610.It Cm /w
611show each LWP ID, process ID, command name, system call emulation,
612priority, wait channel message and wait channel address.
613LWPs currently running on a CPU are marked with the '\&>' sign.
614.It Cm /l
615show each LWP ID, process ID, process status, CPU ID the LWP runs on,
616process flags, kernel virtual address of LWP structure,
617LWP name and wait channel message.
618LWPs currently running on a CPU are marked with the '\&>' sign.
619This is the default.
620.El
621.It Ic show routes
622Dump the entire
623.Dv AF_INET
624routing table.
625This command is available only on systems which support inet.
626.It Ic show breaks
627Display all breakpoints.
628.It Ic show buf Ns Oo Cm /f Oc Ar address
629Print the struct buf at
630.Ar address .
631The
632.Cm /f
633does nothing at this time.
634.It Ic show event Ns Oo Cm /f Oc Ns Oo Cm /i Oc Ns Oo Cm /m Oc Ns \
635Oo Cm /t Oc
636Print all the non-zero
637.Xr evcnt 9
638event counters.
639Valid modifiers:
640.Bl -tag -width 3n
641.It Cm /f
642event counters with a count of zero are printed as well.
643.It Cm /i
644interrupted counters will be displayed.
645.It Cm /m
646misc counters will be displayed.
647.It Cm /t
648trap counters will be displayed.
649.El
650.Pp
651If none of
652.Cm /i ,
653.Cm /m ,
654or
655.Cm /t
656are specified, all are shown.
657You can combine any of these.
658For example, the modifier
659.Cm /itf
660will select both interrupt and trap events, including those that are non-zero.
661.It Ic show files Ar address
662Display information about the vnodes of the files that are currently
663open by the process associated with the proc structure at
664.Ar address .
665This address can be found using the
666.Ic show all procs /a
667command.
668If the kernel is compiled with
669.Cd options LOCKDEBUG
670then details about the locking of the underlying uvm object will also
671be displayed.
672.It Ic show lock Ar address
673Display information about a lock at
674.Ar address .
675This command is only useful if a kernel is compiled with
676.Cd options LOCKDEBUG .
677.It Ic show lockstats
678Display information about lock statistics.
679This command is only useful if a kernel is compiled with
680.Cd options LOCKDEBUG .
681.It Ic show map Ns Oo Cm /f Oc Ar address
682Print the vm_map at
683.Ar address .
684If
685.Cm /f
686is specified, the complete map is printed.
687.It Ic show mount Ns Oo Cm /f Oc Ar address
688Print the mount structure at
689.Ar address .
690If
691.Cm /f
692is specified, the complete vnode list is printed.
693.It Ic show mbuf Ns Oo Cm /cdv Oc Ar address
694Print the mbuf structure at
695.Ar address .
696Valid modifiers:
697.Bl -tag -width 4n -compact
698.It Cm /c
699The mbufs in the chain are NOT followed.
700.It Cm /d
701The data is dumped.
702.It Cm /v
703Decode the mbuf chain as a packet.
704It currently supports Ethernet, PPP, PPPoE, ARP, IPv4, ICMP, IPv6, ICMP6, TCP
705and UDP.
706.El
707.It Ic show ncache Ar address
708Dump the namecache list associated with vnode at
709.Ar address .
710.It Ic show object Ns Oo Cm /f Oc Ar address
711Print the vm_object at
712.Ar address .
713If
714.Cm /f
715is specified, the complete object is printed.
716.It Ic show page Ns Oo Cm /f Oc Ar address
717Print the vm_page at
718.Ar address .
719If
720.Cm /f
721is specified, the complete page is printed.
722.It Ic show panic
723Print the current "panic" string.
724.It Ic show pool Ns Oo Cm /clp Oc Ar address
725Print the pool at
726.Ar address .
727Valid modifiers:
728.Bl -tag -width 4n -compact
729.It Cm /c
730Print the cachelist and its statistics for this pool.
731.It Cm /l
732Print the log entries for this pool.
733.It Cm /p
734Print the pagelist for this pool.
735.El
736.It Ic show proc Ns Oo Cm /ap Oc Ar address | pid
737Show information about a process and its LWPs.
738LWPs currently running on a CPU are marked with the '\&>' sign.
739.Bl -tag -width 4n -compact
740.It Cm /a
741The argument passed is the kernel virtual address
742of LWP structure.
743.It Cm /p
744The argument passed is a PID.
745Note that
746.Ar pid
747is interpreted using the current radix (see
748.Cm trace/t
749command for details).
750This is the default.
751.El
752.It Ic show registers Ns Op Cm /u
753Display the register set.
754If
755.Cm /u
756is specified, display user registers instead of kernel registers
757or the currently save one.
758.Pp
759Warning: support for
760.Cm /u
761is machine dependent.
762If not supported, incorrect information will be displayed.
763.It Ic show sched_qs
764Print the state of the scheduler's run queues.
765For each run queue that has an LWP, the run queue index and the list
766of LWPs will be shown.
767If the run queue has LWPs, but the sched_whichqs bit is not set for that
768queue, the queue index will be prefixed with a
769.Sq \&! .
770.It Ic show socket Ns Oo Cm /ampv Oc
771Print usage of system's socket buffers.
772By default, empty sockets aren't printed.
773.Bl -tag -width 4n -compact
774.It Cm /a
775Print all processes which use the socket.
776.It Cm /m
777Print mbuf chain in the socket buffer.
778.It Cm /p
779By default, a process which uses the socket is printed (only one socket).
780If
781.Cm /p
782is specified, the process isn't printed.
783.It Cm /v
784Verbose mode.
785If
786.Cm /v
787is specified, all sockets are printed.
788.El
789.It Ic show uvmexp
790Print a selection of UVM counters and statistics.
791.It Ic show kernhist Ns Oo Cm /i Oc Oo Ar addr Ns Oo , Ns Ar count Oc Oc
792Dumps all the kernel histories if no address is specified, or the history
793at the address.
794If
795.Cm /i
796is specified, display information about the named history or all histories,
797instead of history entries.
798If
799.Ar count
800is specified, only the last
801.Ar count
802entries will be displayed.
803Currently the
804.Ar count
805handling is only performed if a single history is requested.
806This command is available only if a kernel is compiled with one or more
807of the kernel history options
808.Cd KERNHIST ,
809.Cd SYSCALL_DEBUG ,
810.Cd USB_DEBUG ,
811.Cd BIOHIST ,
812or
813.Cd UVMHIST .
814.It Ic show vnode Ns Oo Cm /f Oc Ar address
815Print the vnode at
816.Ar address .
817If
818.Cm /f
819is specified, the complete vnode is printed.
820.It Ic show vnode_lock Ns Oo Cm /f Oc Ar address
821Print the vnode which has its lock at
822.Ar address .
823If
824.Cm /f
825is specified, the complete vnode is printed.
826.It Ic show watches
827Display all watchpoints.
828.It Ic sifting Ns Oo Cm /F Oc Ar string
829Search the symbol tables for all symbols of which
830.Ar string
831is a substring, and display them.
832If
833.Cm /F
834is specified, a character is displayed immediately after each symbol
835name indicating the type of symbol.
836.Pp
837Object symbols display
838.Sy + ,
839function symbols display
840.Sy * ,
841section symbols display
842.Sy & ,
843and file symbols display
844.Sy / .
845.Pp
846To sift for a string beginning with a number, escape the first
847character with a backslash as:
848.Bd -literal -offset indent
849sifting \\386
850.Ed
851.It Ic step Ns Oo Cm /p Oc Op , Ns Ar count
852Single-step
853.Ar count
854times.
855If
856.Cm /p
857is specified, print each instruction at each step.
858Otherwise, only print the last instruction.
859.Pp
860Warning: depending on the machine type, it may not be possible
861to single-step through some low-level code paths or user-space
862code.
863On machines with software-emulated single-stepping (e.g., pmax),
864stepping through code executed by interrupt handlers will probably
865do the wrong thing.
866.It Ic sync
867Sync the disks, force a crash dump, and then reboot.
868.It Ic trace Ns Oo Cm /u Ns Oo Cm l Oc Oc Oo Ar frame-address Oc Ns \
869Oo , Ns Ar count Oc
870Stack trace from
871.Ar frame-address .
872If
873.Cm /u
874is specified, trace user-space, otherwise trace kernel-space.
875.Ar count
876is the number of frames to be traced.
877If
878.Ar count
879is omitted, all frames are printed.
880If
881.Cm /l
882is specified, the trace is printed and also stored in the kernel
883message buffer.
884.Pp
885Warning: user-space stack trace is valid only if the machine dependent
886code supports it.
887.It Ic trace/t Ns Oo Cm l Oc Oo Ar pid Oc Ns Oo , Ns Ar count Oc
888Stack trace by
889.Dq thread
890(process, on
891.Nx )
892rather than by stack frame address.
893Note that
894.Ar pid
895is interpreted using the current radix, whilst
896.Ic ps
897displays pids in decimal; prefix
898.Ar pid
899with
900.Sq 0t
901to force it to be interpreted as decimal (see
902.Sx VARIABLES
903section for radix).
904If
905.Cm /l
906is specified, the trace is printed and also stored in the kernel
907message buffer.
908.Pp
909Warning: trace by pid is valid only if the machine dependent code
910supports it.
911.It Ic trace/a Ns Oo Cm l Oc Oo Ar lwpaddr Oc Ns Oo , Ns Ar count Oc
912Stack trace by light weight process (LWP) address
913rather than by stack frame address.
914If
915.Cm /l
916is specified, the trace is printed and also stored in the kernel
917message buffer.
918.Pp
919Warning: trace by LWP address is valid only if the machine dependent
920code supports it.
921.It Ic until Ns Op Cm /p
922Stop at the next call or return instruction.
923If
924.Cm /p
925is specified, print the call nesting depth and the
926cumulative instruction count at each call or return.
927Otherwise, only print when the matching return is hit.
928.It Ic watch Ar address Ns Oo , Ns Ar size Oc
929Set a watchpoint for a region.
930Execution stops when an attempt to modify the region occurs.
931.Ar size
932defaults to 4.
933.Pp
934If you specify a wrong space address, the request is
935rejected with an error message.
936.Pp
937Warning: attempts to watch wired kernel memory may cause
938an unrecoverable error in some systems such as i386.
939Watchpoints on user addresses work the best.
940.It Ic whatis Ar address
941Describe what an address is.
942.It Ic write Ns Oo Cm /bhlBHL Oc Ar address Ar expression Oo Ar expression ... Oc
943Write the
944.Ar expression Ns s
945at succeeding locations.
946The unit size is specified with a modifier character, as per
947.Ic examine .
948Valid modifiers are:
949.Cm /b ,
950.Cm /h ,
951and
952.Cm /l .
953If no modifier is specified,
954.Cm /l
955is used.
956.Pp
957Specifying the modifiers in upper case,
958.Cm /B ,
959.Cm /H ,
960.Cm /L ,
961will prevent
962.Nm
963from reading the memory location first, which is useful for avoiding
964side effects when writing to I/O memory regions.
965.Pp
966Warning: since there is no delimiter between
967.Ar expression Ns s ,
968strange things may occur.
969It's best to enclose each
970.Ar expression
971in parentheses.
972.It Ic x Ns Oo Cm / Ns Ar modifier Oc Ar address Ns Op , Ns Ar count
973A synonym for
974.Ic examine .
975.\" XXX - these commands aren't implemented; jhawk 19 May 2000
976.\" .It Ic xf
977.\" Examine forward.
978.\" .Ic xf
979.\" re-executes the most recent
980.\" .Ic execute
981.\" command with the same parameters except that
982.\" .Ar address
983.\" is set to
984.\" .Ar next .
985.\" .It Ic xb
986.\" Examine backward.
987.\" .Ic xb
988.\" re-executes the most recent
989.\" .Ic execute
990.\" command with the same parameters, except that
991.\" .Ar address
992.\" is set to the last start address minus its size.
993.El
994.Sh MACHINE-SPECIFIC COMMANDS
995The "glue" code that hooks
996.Nm
997into the
998.Nx
999kernel for any given port can also add machine specific commands
1000to the
1001.Nm
1002command parser.
1003All of these commands are preceded by the command word
1004.Em machine
1005to indicate that they are part of the machine-specific command
1006set (e.g.
1007.Ic machine reboot ) .
1008Some of these commands are:
1009.Ss AARCH64
1010.Bl -tag -width "traptrace" -compact
1011.It Ic cpu
1012Switch to another CPU.
1013.It Ic cpuinfo
1014Print CPU information about the ``struct cpuinfo''.
1015.It Ic frame
1016Given a trap frame address, print out the trap frame.
1017.It Ic lwp
1018Print lwp information about the ``struct lwp''.
1019.It Ic pte
1020Print PTE information.
1021.It Ic reset
1022Reset the system.
1023.It Ic sysreg
1024Print system registers.
1025.It Ic watch
1026Set or clear a hardware watchpoint.
1027Pass the address to be watched, or watchpoint number to clear the watchpoint.
1028Optional modifiers are
1029.Dq l
1030for load access,
1031.Dq s
1032for store access,
1033.Dq 1
1034for 8 bit width,
1035.Dq 2
1036for 16 bit,
1037.Dq 3
1038for 24 bit,
1039.Dq 4
1040for 32 bit,
1041.Dq 5
1042for 40 bit,
1043.Dq 6
1044for 48 bit,
1045.Dq 7
1046for 56 bit,
1047.Dq 8
1048for 64 bit.
1049.El
1050.Ss ALPHA
1051.Bl -tag -width "traptrace" -compact
1052.It Ic cpu
1053Switch to another CPU.
1054.\" .It Ic halt
1055.\" Call the PROM monitor to halt the CPU.
1056.\" .It Ic reboot
1057.\" Call the PROM monitor to reboot the CPU.
1058.El
1059.Ss AMD64
1060.Bl -tag -width "traptrace" -compact
1061.It Ic cpu
1062Switch to another CPU.
1063.El
1064.Ss ARM32
1065.Bl -tag -width "traptrace" -compact
1066.It Ic frame
1067Given a trap frame address, print out the trap frame.
1068.It Ic reset
1069Reset the system.
1070.El
1071.Ss HPPA
1072.Bl -tag -width "traptrace" -compact
1073.It Ic frame
1074Without an address the default trap frame is printed.
1075Otherwise, the trap frame address can be given, or, when the
1076.Dq l
1077modifier is used, an LWP address.
1078.El
1079.Ss I386
1080.Bl -tag -width "traptrace" -compact
1081.It Ic cpu
1082Switch to another CPU.
1083.El
1084.Ss IA64
1085.Bl -tag -width "traptrace" -compact
1086.It Ic vector
1087Without a vector, information about all 256 vectors is shown.
1088Otherwise, the given vector is shown.
1089.El
1090.Ss MIPS
1091.Bl -tag -width "traptrace" -compact
1092.It Ic cp0
1093Dump CP0 (coprocessor 0) register values.
1094.It Ic cpu
1095Switch to another CPU.
1096.It Ic kvtop
1097Print the physical address for a given kernel virtual address.
1098.\" .It Ic mfcr -- document this!
1099.\" .It Ic mtcr -- document this!
1100.It Ic nmi
1101Send an NMI to a different CPU.
1102This DDB command is currently only implemented for Cavium
1103Octeon CPUs.
1104.It Ic reset
1105Reset the system.
1106Not implemented for many CPUs and/or systems.
1107.It Ic tlb
1108Print out the Translation Lookaside Buffer (TLB).
1109Use the
1110.Cm /v
1111modifier to show only valid TLB entries.
1112.It Ic watch
1113Set a hardware watchpoint on an address or a TLB ASID.
1114Pass the address to be watched.
1115If no address is specified, show a list of active watchpoints.
1116The modifiers are
1117.Cm /m
1118i for trap on an instruction fetch,
1119.Cm /r
1120for trap on a read,
1121.Cm /w
1122for trap on a write,
1123.Cm /m
1124for a mask on the address to match,
1125.Cm /a
1126for trap on a TLB ASID match.
1127The
1128.Cm /m
1129and
1130.Cm /a
1131modifiers require an extra argument for the mask and ASID respectively.
1132.It Ic unwatch
1133Clear a hardware watchpoint.
1134If an address is specified, clear watchpoints that match that address.
1135If no address is specified, clear all watchpoints.
1136.El
1137.Ss POWERPC 4xx
1138.Bl -tag -width "traptrace" -compact
1139.It Ic ctx
1140Print process MMU context information.
1141.It Ic pv
1142Print PA->VA mapping information.
1143.It Ic reset
1144Reset the system.
1145.It Ic tf
1146Display the contents of the trapframe.
1147.It Ic tlb
1148Display instruction translation storage buffer information.
1149.It Ic dcr
1150Set the DCR register.
1151Must be between 0x00 and 0x3ff.
1152.It Ic user
1153Display user memory.
1154Use the
1155.Dq i
1156modifier to get instruction decoding.
1157.El
1158.Ss POWERPC OEA
1159.Bl -tag -width "traptrace" -compact
1160.It Ic bat
1161Print BAT registers and translations.
1162.It Ic mmu
1163Print MMU registers.
1164.El
1165.Ss SH3
1166.Bl -tag -width "traptrace" -compact
1167.It Ic tlb
1168Print TLB entries.
1169.It Ic cache
1170Print cache entries.
1171.It Ic frame
1172Print switch frame and trap frames.
1173.It Ic stack
1174Print kernel stack usage.
1175Only works in
1176.Nx
1177kernels compiled with the
1178.Dv KSTACK_DEBUG
1179option.
1180.El
1181.Ss SPARC
1182.Bl -tag -width "traptrace" -compact
1183.It Ic cpu
1184Switch to another CPU.
1185.It Ic prom
1186Enter the Sun PROM monitor.
1187.It Ic proc
1188Display some information about the LWP pointed to, or curlwp.
1189.It Ic pcb
1190Display information about the
1191.Dq struct pcb
1192listed.
1193.It Ic page
1194Display the pointer to the
1195.Dq struct vm_page
1196for this physical address.
1197.El
1198.Ss SPARC64
1199.Bl -tag -width "traptrace" -compact
1200.It Ic ctx
1201Print process context information.
1202.It Ic cpu
1203Switch to another CPU.
1204.It Ic dtlb
1205Print data translation look-aside buffer context information.
1206.It Ic dtsb
1207Display data translation storage buffer information.
1208.It Ic kmap
1209Display information about the listed mapping in the kernel pmap.
1210Use the
1211.Dq f
1212modifier to get a full listing.
1213.It Ic extract
1214Extract the physical address for a given virtual address from the kernel pmap.
1215.It Ic fpstate
1216Dump the FPU state.
1217.It Ic itlb
1218Print instruction translation look-aside buffer context information.
1219.It Ic itsb
1220Display instruction translation storage buffer information.
1221.It Ic lwp
1222Display a struct lwp
1223.It Ic pcb
1224Display information about the
1225.Dq struct pcb
1226listed.
1227.It Ic pctx
1228Attempt to change process context.
1229.It Ic page
1230Display the pointer to the
1231.Dq struct vm_page
1232for this physical address.
1233.It Ic phys
1234Display physical memory.
1235.It Ic pmap
1236Display the pmap.
1237Use the
1238.Dq f
1239modifier to get a fuller listing.
1240.It Ic proc
1241Display some information about the process pointed to, or curproc.
1242.It Ic prom
1243Enter the OFW PROM.
1244.It Ic pv
1245Display the
1246.Dq struct pv_entry
1247pointed to.
1248.It Ic sir
1249Reset the machine and enter prom (do a Software Initiated Reset).
1250.It Ic stack
1251Dump the window stack.
1252Use the
1253.Dq u
1254modifier to get userland information.
1255.It Ic tf
1256Display full trap frame state.
1257This is most useful for inclusion with bug reports.
1258.It Ic ts
1259Display trap state.
1260.It Ic traptrace
1261Display or set trap trace information.
1262Use the
1263.Dq r
1264and
1265.Dq f
1266modifiers to get reversed and full information, respectively.
1267.It Ic watch
1268Set or clear a physical or virtual hardware watchpoint.
1269Pass the address to be watched, or
1270.Dq 0
1271(or omit the address) to clear the watchpoint.
1272Optional modifiers are
1273.Dq p
1274for physical address,
1275.Dq r
1276for trap on read access (default: trap on write access only),
1277.Dq b
1278for 8 bit width,
1279.Dq h
1280for 16 bit,
1281.Dq l
1282for 32 bit or
1283.Dq L
1284for 64 bit.
1285.It Ic window
1286Print register window information.
1287Argument is a stack frame number (0 is
1288top of stack, which is used when no index is given).
1289.El
1290.Ss SUN2, SUN3 and SUN3X
1291.Bl -tag -width "traptrace" -compact
1292.It Ic abort
1293Drop into monitor via abort (allows continue).
1294.It Ic halt
1295Exit to Sun PROM monitor as in
1296.Xr halt 8 .
1297.It Ic reboot
1298Reboot the machine as in
1299.Xr reboot 8 .
1300.It Ic pgmap
1301Given an address, print the address, segment map, page map, and
1302Page Table Entry (PTE).
1303.El
1304.Ss VAX
1305.Bl -tag -width "traptrace" -compact
1306.It Ic cpu
1307Switch to another CPU.
1308.El
1309.Sh VARIABLES
1310.Nm
1311accesses registers and variables as
1312.Cm $ Ns Ar name .
1313Register names are as per the
1314.Ic show registers
1315command.
1316Some variables are suffixed with numbers, and may have a modifier
1317following a colon immediately after the variable name.
1318For example, register variables may have a
1319.Sq u
1320modifier to indicate user register
1321(e.g.,
1322.Li "$eax:u" ) .
1323.Pp
1324Built-in variables currently supported are:
1325.Bl -tag -offset indent -width "maxwidth" -compact
1326.It Va dumpstack
1327If non-zero (the default),
1328causes a stack trace to be printed when
1329.Nm
1330is entered on panic.
1331.It Va fromconsole
1332If non-zero (the default),
1333the kernel allows to enter
1334.Nm
1335from the console (by break signal or special key sequence).
1336If the kernel configuration option
1337.D1 Cd options DDB_FROMCONSOLE=0
1338is used,
1339.Va fromconsole
1340will be initialized to off.
1341.It Va lines
1342The number of lines.
1343This is used by the
1344.Ic more
1345feature.
1346When this variable is set to zero the
1347.Ic more
1348feature is disabled.
1349.It Va maxoff
1350Addresses are printed as
1351.Li 'symbol'+offset
1352unless
1353.Li offset
1354is greater than
1355.Va maxoff .
1356.It Va maxwidth
1357The width of the displayed line.
1358.Nm
1359wraps the current line by printing new line when
1360.Va maxwidth
1361column is reached.
1362When this variable is set to zero
1363.Nm
1364doesn't perform any wrapping.
1365.It Va onpanic
1366If greater than zero (the default is 1),
1367.Nm
1368will be invoked when the kernel panics.
1369If the kernel configuration option
1370.D1 Cd options DDB_ONPANIC=0
1371is used,
1372.Va onpanic
1373will be initialized to off, causing a stack trace to be printed and
1374the system to be rebooted instead of
1375.Nm
1376being entered.
1377Setting
1378.Va onpanic
1379to \-1 suppresses the stack trace before reboot.
1380.It Va radix
1381Input and output radix.
1382.It Va tabstops
1383Tab stop width.
1384.It Va tee_msgbuf
1385If explicitly set to non zero (zero is the default) all
1386.Nm
1387output will not only be displayed on screen but
1388also be fed to the msgbuf.
1389The default of the variable can be set using the kernel configuration option
1390.D1 Cd options DDB_TEE_MSGBUF=1
1391which will initialize
1392.Va tee_msgbuf
1393to be 1.
1394This option is especially handy for poor souls
1395who don't have a serial console but want to recall
1396.Nm
1397output from a crash investigation.
1398This option is more generic than the /l command modifier possible for
1399selected commands as discussed above to log the output.
1400Mixing both /l
1401and this setting can give double loggings.
1402.It Va panicstackframes
1403Number of stack frames to display on panic.
1404Useful to avoid scrolling away the interesting frames on a glass tty.
1405Default value is
1406.Dv 65535
1407(all frames), useful value around
1408.Dv 10 .
1409.\" .It Va work Ns Sy xx
1410.\" Temporary work variable.
1411.\" .Sq Sy xx
1412.\" is between 0 and 31.
1413.El
1414.Pp
1415All built-in variables are accessible via
1416.Xr sysctl 3 .
1417.Sh EXPRESSIONS
1418Almost all expression operators in C are supported, except
1419.Sq \&~ ,
1420.Sq \&^ ,
1421and unary
1422.Sq \&& .
1423Special rules in
1424.Nm
1425are:
1426.Bl -tag -offset indent -width "identifier"
1427.It Ar identifier
1428name of a symbol.
1429It is translated to the address (or value) of it.
1430.Sq \&.
1431and
1432.Sq \&:
1433can be used in the identifier.
1434If supported by an object format dependent routine,
1435.Sm off
1436.Xo
1437.Oo Ar filename : Oc
1438.Ar function
1439.Oo : Ar line\ number Oc ,
1440.Xc
1441.Sm on
1442.Sm off
1443.Xo
1444.Oo Ar filename : Oc
1445.Ar variable ,
1446.Xc
1447.Sm on
1448and
1449.Sm off
1450.Xo
1451.Ar filename
1452.Oo : Ar "line number" Oc ,
1453.Xc
1454.Sm on
1455can be accepted as a symbol.
1456The symbol may be prefixed with
1457.Ar symbol_table_name\^ : :
1458(e.g.,
1459.Li emulator::mach_msg_trap )
1460to specify other than kernel symbols.
1461.It Ar number
1462number.
1463Radix is determined by the first two characters:
1464.Sq 0x
1465- hex,
1466.Sq 0o
1467- octal,
1468.Sq 0t
1469- decimal,
1470otherwise follow current radix.
1471.It Cm \&.
1472.Ar dot
1473.It Cm +
1474.Ar next
1475.It Cm ..
1476address of the start of the last line examined.
1477Unlike
1478.Ar dot
1479or
1480.Ar next ,
1481this is only changed by the
1482.Ic examine
1483or
1484.Ic write
1485commands.
1486.It Cm \&" \"" XXX: emacs highlighting
1487last address explicitly specified.
1488.It Cm $ Ns Ar name
1489register name or variable.
1490It is translated to the value of it.
1491It may be followed by a
1492.Sq \&:
1493and modifiers as described above.
1494.It Cm #
1495a binary operator which rounds up the left hand side to the next
1496multiple of right hand side.
1497.It Cm * Ns Ar expr
1498expression indirection.
1499It may be followed by a
1500.Sq \&:
1501and modifiers as described above.
1502.El
1503.Sh SEE ALSO
1504.Xr reboot 2 ,
1505.Xr options 4 ,
1506.Xr crash 8 ,
1507.Xr reboot 8 ,
1508.Xr sysctl 8 ,
1509.Xr cnmagic 9
1510.Sh HISTORY
1511The
1512.Nm
1513kernel debugger was written as part of the MACH project at
1514Carnegie-Mellon University.
1515