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59.Dd March 30, 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 sysreg
1022Print system registers.
1023.It Ic watch
1024Set or clear a hardware watchpoint.
1025Pass the address to be watched, or watchpoint number to clear the watchpoint.
1026Optional modifiers are
1027.Dq l
1028for load access,
1029.Dq s
1030for store access,
1031.Dq 1
1032for 8 bit width,
1033.Dq 2
1034for 16 bit,
1035.Dq 3
1036for 24 bit,
1037.Dq 4
1038for 32 bit,
1039.Dq 5
1040for 40 bit,
1041.Dq 6
1042for 48 bit,
1043.Dq 7
1044for 56 bit,
1045.Dq 8
1046for 64 bit.
1047.El
1048.Ss ALPHA
1049.Bl -tag -width "traptrace" -compact
1050.It Ic cpu
1051Switch to another cpu.
1052.\" .It Ic halt
1053.\" Call the PROM monitor to halt the CPU.
1054.\" .It Ic reboot
1055.\" Call the PROM monitor to reboot the CPU.
1056.El
1057.Ss AMD64
1058.Bl -tag -width "traptrace" -compact
1059.It Ic cpu
1060Switch to another cpu.
1061.El
1062.Ss ARM32
1063.Bl -tag -width "traptrace" -compact
1064.It Ic frame
1065Given a trap frame address, print out the trap frame.
1066.El
1067.Ss HPPA
1068.Bl -tag -width "traptrace" -compact
1069.It Ic frame
1070Without an address the default trap frame is printed.
1071Otherwise, the trap frame address can be given, or, when the
1072.Dq l
1073modifier is used, an LWP address.
1074.El
1075.Ss I386
1076.Bl -tag -width "traptrace" -compact
1077.It Ic cpu
1078Switch to another cpu.
1079.El
1080.Ss IA64
1081.Bl -tag -width "traptrace" -compact
1082.It Ic vector
1083Without a vector, information about all 256 vectors is shown.
1084Otherwise, the given vector is shown.
1085.El
1086.Ss MIPS
1087.Bl -tag -width "traptrace" -compact
1088.It Ic cp0
1089Dump CP0 (coprocessor 0) register values.
1090.It Ic kvtop
1091Print the physical address for a given kernel virtual address.
1092.It Ic tlb
1093Print out the Translation Lookaside Buffer (TLB).
1094Only works in
1095.Nx
1096kernels compiled with
1097.Dv DEBUG
1098option.
1099.El
1100.Ss POWERPC 4xx
1101.Bl -tag -width "traptrace" -compact
1102.It Ic ctx
1103Print process MMU context information.
1104.It Ic pv
1105Print PA->VA mapping information.
1106.It Ic reset
1107Reset the system.
1108.It Ic tf
1109Display the contents of the trapframe.
1110.It Ic tlb
1111Display instruction translation storage buffer information.
1112.It Ic dcr
1113Set the DCR register.
1114Must be between 0x00 and 0x3ff.
1115.It Ic user
1116Display user memory.
1117Use the
1118.Dq i
1119modifier to get instruction decoding.
1120.El
1121.Ss POWERPC OEA
1122.Bl -tag -width "traptrace" -compact
1123.It Ic bat
1124Print BAT registers and translations.
1125.It Ic mmu
1126Print MMU registers.
1127.El
1128.Ss SH3
1129.Bl -tag -width "traptrace" -compact
1130.It Ic tlb
1131Print TLB entries.
1132.It Ic cache
1133Print cache entries.
1134.It Ic frame
1135Print switch frame and trap frames.
1136.It Ic stack
1137Print kernel stack usage.
1138Only works in
1139.Nx
1140kernels compiled with the
1141.Dv KSTACK_DEBUG
1142option.
1143.El
1144.Ss SPARC
1145.Bl -tag -width "traptrace" -compact
1146.It Ic cpu
1147Switch to another cpu.
1148.It Ic prom
1149Enter the Sun PROM monitor.
1150.It Ic proc
1151Display some information about the LWP pointed to, or curlwp.
1152.It Ic pcb
1153Display information about the
1154.Dq struct pcb
1155listed.
1156.It Ic page
1157Display the pointer to the
1158.Dq struct vm_page
1159for this physical address.
1160.El
1161.Ss SPARC64
1162.Bl -tag -width "traptrace" -compact
1163.It Ic ctx
1164Print process context information.
1165.It Ic cpu
1166Switch to another cpu.
1167.It Ic dtlb
1168Print data translation look-aside buffer context information.
1169.It Ic dtsb
1170Display data translation storage buffer information.
1171.It Ic kmap
1172Display information about the listed mapping in the kernel pmap.
1173Use the
1174.Dq f
1175modifier to get a full listing.
1176.It Ic extract
1177Extract the physical address for a given virtual address from the kernel pmap.
1178.It Ic fpstate
1179Dump the FPU state.
1180.It Ic itlb
1181Print instruction translation look-aside buffer context information.
1182.It Ic itsb
1183Display instruction translation storage buffer information.
1184.It Ic lwp
1185Display a struct lwp
1186.It Ic pcb
1187Display information about the
1188.Dq struct pcb
1189listed.
1190.It Ic pctx
1191Attempt to change process context.
1192.It Ic page
1193Display the pointer to the
1194.Dq struct vm_page
1195for this physical address.
1196.It Ic phys
1197Display physical memory.
1198.It Ic pmap
1199Display the pmap.
1200Use the
1201.Dq f
1202modifier to get a fuller listing.
1203.It Ic proc
1204Display some information about the process pointed to, or curproc.
1205.It Ic prom
1206Enter the OFW PROM.
1207.It Ic pv
1208Display the
1209.Dq struct pv_entry
1210pointed to.
1211.It Ic sir
1212Reset the machine and enter prom (do a Software Initiated Reset).
1213.It Ic stack
1214Dump the window stack.
1215Use the
1216.Dq u
1217modifier to get userland information.
1218.It Ic tf
1219Display full trap frame state.
1220This is most useful for inclusion with bug reports.
1221.It Ic ts
1222Display trap state.
1223.It Ic traptrace
1224Display or set trap trace information.
1225Use the
1226.Dq r
1227and
1228.Dq f
1229modifiers to get reversed and full information, respectively.
1230.It Ic watch
1231Set or clear a physical or virtual hardware watchpoint.
1232Pass the address to be watched, or
1233.Dq 0
1234(or omit the address) to clear the watchpoint.
1235Optional modifiers are
1236.Dq p
1237for physical address,
1238.Dq r
1239for trap on read access (default: trap on write access only),
1240.Dq b
1241for 8 bit width,
1242.Dq h
1243for 16 bit,
1244.Dq l
1245for 32 bit or
1246.Dq L
1247for 64 bit.
1248.It Ic window
1249Print register window information.
1250Argument is a stack frame number (0 is
1251top of stack, which is used when no index is given).
1252.El
1253.Ss SUN2, SUN3 and SUN3X
1254.Bl -tag -width "traptrace" -compact
1255.It Ic abort
1256Drop into monitor via abort (allows continue).
1257.It Ic halt
1258Exit to Sun PROM monitor as in
1259.Xr halt 8 .
1260.It Ic reboot
1261Reboot the machine as in
1262.Xr reboot 8 .
1263.It Ic pgmap
1264Given an address, print the address, segment map, page map, and
1265Page Table Entry (PTE).
1266.El
1267.Ss VAX
1268.Bl -tag -width "traptrace" -compact
1269.It Ic cpu
1270Switch to another cpu.
1271.El
1272.Sh VARIABLES
1273.Nm
1274accesses registers and variables as
1275.Cm $ Ns Ar name .
1276Register names are as per the
1277.Ic show registers
1278command.
1279Some variables are suffixed with numbers, and may have a modifier
1280following a colon immediately after the variable name.
1281For example, register variables may have a
1282.Sq u
1283modifier to indicate user register
1284(e.g.,
1285.Li "$eax:u" ) .
1286.Pp
1287Built-in variables currently supported are:
1288.Bl -tag -offset indent -width "maxwidth" -compact
1289.It Va dumpstack
1290If non-zero (the default),
1291causes a stack trace to be printed when
1292.Nm
1293is entered on panic.
1294.It Va fromconsole
1295If non-zero (the default),
1296the kernel allows to enter
1297.Nm
1298from the console (by break signal or special key sequence).
1299If the kernel configuration option
1300.D1 Cd options DDB_FROMCONSOLE=0
1301is used,
1302.Va fromconsole
1303will be initialized to off.
1304.It Va lines
1305The number of lines.
1306This is used by the
1307.Ic more
1308feature.
1309When this variable is set to zero the
1310.Ic more
1311feature is disabled.
1312.It Va maxoff
1313Addresses are printed as
1314.Li 'symbol'+offset
1315unless
1316.Li offset
1317is greater than
1318.Va maxoff .
1319.It Va maxwidth
1320The width of the displayed line.
1321.Nm
1322wraps the current line by printing new line when
1323.Va maxwidth
1324column is reached.
1325When this variable is set to zero
1326.Nm
1327doesn't perform any wrapping.
1328.It Va onpanic
1329If greater than zero (the default is 1),
1330.Nm
1331will be invoked when the kernel panics.
1332If the kernel configuration option
1333.D1 Cd options DDB_ONPANIC=0
1334is used,
1335.Va onpanic
1336will be initialized to off, causing a stack trace to be printed and
1337the system to be rebooted instead of
1338.Nm
1339being entered.
1340Setting
1341.Va onpanic
1342to \-1 suppresses the stack trace before reboot.
1343.It Va radix
1344Input and output radix.
1345.It Va tabstops
1346Tab stop width.
1347.It Va tee_msgbuf
1348If explicitly set to non zero (zero is the default) all
1349.Nm
1350output will not only be displayed on screen but
1351also be fed to the msgbuf.
1352The default of the variable can be set using the kernel configuration option
1353.D1 Cd options DDB_TEE_MSGBUF=1
1354which will initialize
1355.Va tee_msgbuf
1356to be 1.
1357This option is especially handy for poor souls
1358who don't have a serial console but want to recall
1359.Nm
1360output from a crash investigation.
1361This option is more generic than the /l command modifier possible for
1362selected commands as discussed above to log the output.
1363Mixing both /l
1364and this setting can give double loggings.
1365.It Va panicstackframes
1366Number of stack frames to display on panic.
1367Useful to avoid scrolling away the interesting frames on a glass tty.
1368Default value is
1369.Dv 65535
1370(all frames), useful value around
1371.Dv 10 .
1372.\" .It Va work Ns Sy xx
1373.\" Temporary work variable.
1374.\" .Sq Sy xx
1375.\" is between 0 and 31.
1376.El
1377.Pp
1378All built-in variables are accessible via
1379.Xr sysctl 3 .
1380.Sh EXPRESSIONS
1381Almost all expression operators in C are supported, except
1382.Sq \&~ ,
1383.Sq \&^ ,
1384and unary
1385.Sq \&& .
1386Special rules in
1387.Nm
1388are:
1389.Bl -tag -offset indent -width "identifier"
1390.It Ar identifier
1391name of a symbol.
1392It is translated to the address (or value) of it.
1393.Sq \&.
1394and
1395.Sq \&:
1396can be used in the identifier.
1397If supported by an object format dependent routine,
1398.Sm off
1399.Xo
1400.Oo Ar filename : Oc
1401.Ar function
1402.Oo : Ar line\ number Oc ,
1403.Xc
1404.Sm on
1405.Sm off
1406.Xo
1407.Oo Ar filename : Oc
1408.Ar variable ,
1409.Xc
1410.Sm on
1411and
1412.Sm off
1413.Xo
1414.Ar filename
1415.Oo : Ar "line number" Oc ,
1416.Xc
1417.Sm on
1418can be accepted as a symbol.
1419The symbol may be prefixed with
1420.Ar symbol_table_name\^ : :
1421(e.g.,
1422.Li emulator::mach_msg_trap )
1423to specify other than kernel symbols.
1424.It Ar number
1425number.
1426Radix is determined by the first two characters:
1427.Sq 0x
1428- hex,
1429.Sq 0o
1430- octal,
1431.Sq 0t
1432- decimal,
1433otherwise follow current radix.
1434.It Cm \&.
1435.Ar dot
1436.It Cm +
1437.Ar next
1438.It Cm ..
1439address of the start of the last line examined.
1440Unlike
1441.Ar dot
1442or
1443.Ar next ,
1444this is only changed by the
1445.Ic examine
1446or
1447.Ic write
1448commands.
1449.It Cm \&" \"" XXX: emacs highlighting
1450last address explicitly specified.
1451.It Cm $ Ns Ar name
1452register name or variable.
1453It is translated to the value of it.
1454It may be followed by a
1455.Sq \&:
1456and modifiers as described above.
1457.It Cm #
1458a binary operator which rounds up the left hand side to the next
1459multiple of right hand side.
1460.It Cm * Ns Ar expr
1461expression indirection.
1462It may be followed by a
1463.Sq \&:
1464and modifiers as described above.
1465.El
1466.Sh SEE ALSO
1467.Xr reboot 2 ,
1468.Xr options 4 ,
1469.Xr crash 8 ,
1470.Xr reboot 8 ,
1471.Xr sysctl 8 ,
1472.Xr cnmagic 9
1473.Sh HISTORY
1474The
1475.Nm
1476kernel debugger was written as part of the MACH project at
1477Carnegie-Mellon University.
1478