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28.Dd $Mdocdate: October 26 2020 $
29.Dt DDB 4
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm ddb
33.Nd kernel debugger
34.Sh DESCRIPTION
35The
36.Nm
37debugger provides a means for debugging the kernel,
38and analysing the kernel after a system crash ("panic"), with a
39.Xr gdb 1 Ns \&-like
40syntax.
41.Pp
42.Nm
43is invoked upon a kernel panic when the
44.Xr sysctl 8
45.Va ddb.panic
46is set to 1.
47It may be invoked from the console when the sysctl
48.Va ddb.console
49is set to 1, using any of the following methods:
50.Bl -dash -offset 3n
51.It
52Using the key sequence
53.Li Ctrl-Alt-Esc .
54.It
55Sending a
56.Dv BREAK
57when using a serial console.
58.It
59Writing to the sysctl
60.Va ddb.trigger .
61.It
62For i386 and amd64 architectures,
63using the key sequence
64.Li Ctrl-Alt-Delete
65when the sysctl
66.Va machdep.kbdreset
67is set to 2.
68.El
69.Pp
70.Nm
71prompts for commands on the console with:
72.Pp
73.Dl ddb>
74.Pp
75The general syntax of a
76.Nm
77command is:
78.Bd -ragged -offset indent
79.Ar command
80.Oo Ic / Ns Ar modifiers Oc " "
81.Oo Ar address Oc Ns
82.Op Ic \&, Ns Ar count
83.Ed
84.Pp
85To save typing,
86.Nm
87makes use of a context inferred from previous commands.
88In this context,
89the current location is called
90.Va dot .
91.\" The
92.\" .Va dot
93.\" is displayed with
94.\" a hexadecimal format at a prompt.
95The
96.Ic examine ,
97.Ic search ,
98.Ic show struct ,
99and
100.Ic write
101commands update
102.Va dot
103to be that of the last address
104examined or the last location modified, and
105have intuitive effects on
106.Va next
107and
108.Va prev .
109All the other commands do not change
110.Va dot ,
111and set
112.Va next
113to be the same.
114(See
115.Sx VARIABLES . )
116.Pp
117.\" Specifying
118.\" .Ar address
119.\" in a command sets
120.\" .Va dot .
121An expression can be used in place of
122.Ar address
123(see
124.Sx EXPRESSIONS ) .
125Omitting
126.Ar address
127in a command uses the last value of
128.Va dot .
129A missing
130.Ar count
131is taken to be 1 for printing commands or \*(If
132for stack traces.
133Entering a blank line causes the last command to be repeated using
134.Va next
135in place of
136.Ar address ,
137a
138.Ar count
139of 1, and no modifiers.
140.Pp
141.Nm
142has a feature like
143.Xr more 1
144for the output.
145If the number of lines output in response to one command exceeds the number
146set in the
147.Va $lines
148variable, it displays the message
149.Ql "--db_more--"
150and waits for a response.
151.Pp
152The valid responses are:
153.Pp
154.Bl -tag -width 10n -offset indent -compact
155.It Aq Ic space
156One more page.
157.It Aq Ic return
158One more line.
159.It Ic q
160Abort the current command, and return to the command input mode.
161.El
162.Pp
163The following command line editing keys are provided:
164.Pp
165.Bl -tag -width 10n -offset indent -compact
166.It Ic ^b
167back one character
168.It Ic ^f
169forward one character
170.It Ic ^a
171beginning of line
172.It Ic ^e
173end of line
174.It Ic ^w
175erase word back
176.It Ic ^h | Aq Ic del
177erase previous character
178.It Ic ^d
179erase next character
180.It Ic ^k
181delete to end of line
182.It Ic ^u
183delete line
184.It Ic ^p
185previous in command history
186.It Ic ^n
187next in command history
188.It Ic ^r
189redraw line
190.It Ic ^t
191exchange the two characters to the left of the cursor
192.El
193.Sh COMMANDS
194The following commands may be typed at the
195.Ql ddb>
196prompt.
197Some commands consist of more than one word, and if only the first word
198or words are entered, the possible alternatives to complete the command
199are displayed and no other action is performed.
200.Bl -tag -width 10n
201.\" --------------------
202.It Ic help
203List the available commands.
204.\" --------------------
205.Tg examine
206.It Xo
207.Oo Ic e Oc Ns
208.Ic x Ns Op Ic amine
209.Op Cm /bhlqaAxzodurcsmiI
210.Op Ar addr Ns
211.Op Ic \&, Ns Ar count
212.Xc
213Display the contents at address
214.Ar addr
215according to the formats in the modifier.
216If no format is specified, the last formats specified for this command
217are used.
218.Pp
219The format characters are:
220.Pp
221.Bl -tag -width 4n -compact
222.It Cm /b
223look at by bytes (8 bits)
224.It Cm /h
225look at by half words (16 bits)
226.It Cm /l
227look at by long words (32 bits) (default)
228.It Cm /q
229look at by long longs (64 bits) (only available on 64-bit platforms)
230.It Cm /a
231print the location being displayed
232.It Cm /A
233print the location with a line number if possible
234.It Cm /x
235display in unsigned hex
236.It Cm /z
237display in signed hex
238.It Cm /o
239display in unsigned octal
240.It Cm /d
241display in signed decimal
242.It Cm /u
243display in unsigned decimal
244.It Cm /r
245display in current radix, signed
246.It Cm /c
247display low 8 bits as a character.
248Non-printing characters are displayed as an octal escape code (e.g., '\e000').
249.It Cm /s
250display the null-terminated string at the location.
251Non-printing characters are displayed as octal escapes.
252.It Cm /m
253display in unsigned hex with character dump at the end of each line.
254The location is also displayed in hex at the beginning of each line.
255.It Cm /i
256display as an instruction
257.It Cm /I
258display as an alternate format instruction depending on the
259machine:
260.Pp
261.Bl -tag -width powerpc_ -compact
262.It alpha
263Print affected register contents for every instruction.
264.It amd64 ,
265.It i386
266Do not skip padding to the next long word boundary for unconditional jumps.
267.It m88k
268Decode instructions for the opposite CPU model (e.g. m88110 when running on an
269m88100 processor).
270.El
271.El
272.Pp
273The value of
274.Va next
275is set to the
276.Ar addr
277plus the size of the data examined.
278.\" --------------------
279.Tg print
280.It Xo
281.Ic p Ns Op Ic rint
282.Op Cm /axzodurc
283.Op Ar addr
284.Xc
285Print
286.Ar addr
287according to the modifier character.
288The valid modifiers are a subset of those from the
289.Ic examine
290command, and act as described there.
291If no modifier is specified, the last one specified in a
292previous use of
293.Ic print
294is used.
295.Pp
296For example,
297.Bd -literal -offset indent
298print/x $eax
299.Ed
300.Pp
301will print something like this:
302.Bd -literal -offset indent
303xxxxxx
304.Ed
305.\" --------------------
306.Tg pprint
307.It Xo
308.Ic pp Ns Op Ic rint
309.Op Ar addr
310.Xc
311Pretty-print
312.Ar addr
313using CTF debug symbols included in the kernel binary image.
314The CTF section is normally added by running
315.Xr ctfstrip 1
316as part of building a new kernel.
317.\" --------------------
318.\" .It Xo Ic w Ns Op Cm /bhl
319.\" .Op Ar addr
320.\" .Ar expr Op expr ...
321.\" .Xc
322.Tg write
323.It Xo
324.Ic w Ns Op Ic rite
325.Op Cm /bhl
326.Op Ar addr
327.Ar expr Op Ar expr ...
328.Xc
329Write the value of each
330.Ar expr
331expression at succeeding locations start at
332.Ar addr .
333The write unit size can be specified using one of the modifiers:
334.Pp
335.Bl -tag -width 4n -offset indent -compact
336.It Cm /b
337byte (8 bits)
338.It Cm /h
339half word (16 bits)
340.It Cm /l
341long word (32 bits) (default)
342.El
343.Pp
344The value of
345.Va next
346is set to
347.Ar addr
348plus the size of values written.
349.Pp
350.Sy Warning :
351since there is no delimiter between expressions, the
352command may not parse as you expect.
353It is best to enclose each expression in parentheses.
354.\" --------------------
355.It Xo Ic set
356.Ic $ Ns Ar name
357.Op Ic =
358.Ar expr
359.Xc
360Set the named variable or register with the value of
361.Ar expr .
362For valid variable names,
363see
364.Sx VARIABLES .
365.\" --------------------
366.It Ic boot Ar how
367Reboot the machine depending on
368.Ar how :
369.Pp
370.Bl -tag -width "boot poweroff" -compact
371.It Ic boot sync
372Sync disks and reboot.
373.It Ic boot crash
374Dump core and reboot.
375.It Ic boot dump
376Sync disks, dump core and reboot.
377.It Ic boot halt
378Just halt.
379.It Ic boot reboot
380Just reboot.
381.It Ic boot poweroff
382Power down the machine whenever possible; if it fails, just halt.
383.El
384.\" --------------------
385.It Xo
386.Ic break
387.Op Ar addr Ns
388.Op Ic \&, Ns Ar count
389.Xc
390Set a break point at
391.Ar addr .
392If
393.Ar count
394is supplied,
395.Nm
396allows the breakpoint to be silently hit
397.Ar ( count No \- 1 )
398times before stopping at the
399break point.
400.\" --------------------
401.Tg delete
402.It Xo
403.Ic d Ns Op Ic elete
404.Op Ar addr
405.Xc
406Delete the break point set with the
407.Ic break
408command.
409.\" --------------------
410.\" .It Xo Ic s Ns Op Cm /p
411.\" .Op Ic \&, Ns Ar count
412.\" .Xc
413.Tg step
414.It Xo
415.Ic s Ns Op Ic tep
416.Op Cm /p
417.Op Ic \&, Ns Ar count
418.Xc
419Single step
420.Ar count
421times.
422If the
423.Cm /p
424modifier is specified, print each instruction at each step.
425Otherwise, only print the last instruction.
426.Pp
427.Sy Warning :
428depending on machine type, it may not be possible to
429single-step through some low-level code paths.
430On machines with software-emulated single-stepping (e.g., alpha),
431stepping through code executed by interrupt handlers will probably
432do the wrong thing.
433.\" --------------------
434.It Ic call Ar name Ns Xo
435.Ic \&( Ns Ar expr
436.Op Ic \&, Ar expr ...
437.Ic \&)
438.Xc
439Call the function named by
440.Ar name
441with the argument(s) listed in parentheses.
442Parentheses may be omitted if the function takes no arguments.
443The number of arguments is currently limited to 10.
444.\" --------------------
445.\" .It Ic c Ns Op Cm /c
446.Tg continue
447.It Xo
448.Ic c Ns Op Ic ontinue
449.Op Cm /c
450.Xc
451Continue execution until a breakpoint or watchpoint.
452If the
453.Cm /c
454modifier is given, instructions are counted while executing.
455.Pp
456.Sy Warning :
457when counting with
458.Cm /c ,
459.Nm
460is really silently single-stepping.
461This means that single-stepping on low-level code may cause strange
462behavior.
463.\" --------------------
464.It Xo
465.Ic watch
466.Ar addr
467.Op Ic \&, Ns Ar size
468.Xc
469Set a watchpoint for the region starting at
470.Ar addr .
471Execution stops and control returns to
472.Nm
473when an attempt is made to modify a watched region.
474The
475.Ar size
476argument defaults to 4.
477.Pp
478If you specify a wrong space address, the request is rejected
479with an error message.
480.Pp
481.Sy Warning :
482attempts to watch wired kernel memory
483may cause an unrecoverable error on some systems (e.g., i386).
484.\" --------------------
485.It Ic dwatch Ar addr
486Delete the watchpoint at address
487.Ar addr
488that was previously set with a
489.Ic watch
490command.
491.\" --------------------
492.It Xo
493.Ic hangman
494.Op Cm /s Ns Op Ic 0-9
495.Xc
496This is a tiny and handy tool for random kernel hangs analysis, of which its
497depth is controlled by the optional argument of the default value of five.
498It uses some sophisticated heuristics to spot the global symbol that
499caused the hang.
500Since the discovering algorithm is a probabilistic one,
501you may spend substantial time to figure the exact symbol name.
502This smart thing requires a little of your attention, the input it accepts
503is mostly of the same format as that of the famous
504.Xr hangman 6
505game, to which it, apparently, is obliged by the name.
506Hint: the
507.Xr nm 1
508utility might help.
509.\" --------------------
510.It Ic until Op Cm /p
511Stop at the next
512.Qq call
513or
514.Qq return
515instruction.
516If the
517.Cm /p
518modifier is specified,
519.Nm
520prints the call nesting depth and the
521cumulative instruction count at each call or return.
522Otherwise, it stays silent until the matching return is hit.
523.\" --------------------
524.It Ic match Op Cm /p
525Stop at the next matching return instruction.
526If the
527.Cm /p
528modifier is specified,
529.Nm
530prints the call nesting depth and the
531cumulative instruction count at each call or return.
532Otherwise, it remains mostly quiet.
533.\" --------------------
534.It Ic next Op Cm /p
535The
536.Ic next
537command is a synonym for
538.Ic match .
539.\" --------------------
540.It Ic kill Ar pid
541Send an uncatchable
542.Dv SIGABRT
543signal to the process specified by the
544.Ar pid
545argument.
546.\" --------------------
547.It Xo
548.Ic trace
549.Op Cm /tu
550.Op Ar frameaddr Ns
551.Op Ic \&, Ns Ar count
552.Xc
553Show the stack trace.
554The
555.Cm /t
556modifier interprets the
557.Ar frameaddr
558argument as the TID of a process and shows the stack trace of
559that process.
560.Ar frameaddr
561is subject to the radix; use the 0t prefix to enter a decimal TID.
562The
563.Cm /t
564modifier is not supported on all platforms.
565The
566.Cm /u
567modifier shows the stack trace of user space;
568if omitted, the kernel stack is traced instead.
569The
570.Ar count
571argument is the limit on the number of frames to be followed.
572If
573.Ar count
574is omitted, all frames are printed.
575.Pp
576.Sy Warning :
577user space stack trace is valid
578only if the machine dependent code supports it.
579.\" --------------------
580.It Xo
581.Ic search
582.Op Cm /bhl
583.Op Ar addr
584.Ar value
585.Op Ar mask
586.Op Ic \&, Ns Ar count
587.Xc
588Search memory for a value beginning at
589.Ar addr .
590This command might fail in interesting
591ways if it doesn't find the searched-for value.
592This is because
593.Nm
594doesn't always recover from touching bad memory.
595The optional
596.Ar count
597argument limits the search.
598The modifiers are the same as those of the
599.Ic write
600command.
601.Pp
602The
603.Va next
604address is set to the address where
605.Ar value
606is found, or just after where the search area finishes.
607.\" --------------------
608.It Ic reboot
609Shortcut for
610.Ic boot reboot
611.\" --------------------
612.It Ic show Ar what
613Displays various things, depending on
614.Ar what :
615.Bl -tag -width 4n
616.\" --------------------
617.It Ic show bcstats
618Prints the buffer cache statistics.
619.\" --------------------
620.It Ic show breaks
621Prints a list of all breakpoints that have been set with the
622.Ic break
623command.
624.\" --------------------
625.It Xo
626.Ic show buf
627.Op Cm /f
628.Ar addr
629.Xc
630Prints the
631.Li struct buf
632at
633.Ar addr .
634If the
635.Cm /f
636modifier is specified output will also include
637.Li softdep
638printout, if those are available.
639.\" --------------------
640.It Ic show extents
641Prints a detailed list of all extents.
642.\" --------------------
643.It Ic show locks Op Ar addr
644Prints the list of locks held by a thread.
645If an optional address is not specified,
646.Li curproc
647is assumed.
648The
649.Cm option WITNESS
650is required for this command to be available.
651.\" --------------------
652.It Ic show malloc Op Ar addr
653Prints malloc debugging information if available.
654If an optional address is specified, only information about that address
655is printed.
656.\" --------------------
657.It Xo
658.Ic show map
659.Op Cm /f
660.Ar addr
661.Xc
662Prints the
663.Li vm_map
664at
665.Ar addr .
666If the
667.Cm /f
668modifier is specified the complete map is printed.
669.\" --------------------
670.It Ic show mbuf Ar addr
671Prints the
672.Li struct mbuf
673header at
674.Ar addr .
675Depending on the mbuf flags
676.Li struct pkthdr
677and
678.Li struct m_ext
679are printed as well.
680.\" --------------------
681.It Xo
682.Ic show mount
683.Op Cm /f
684.Ar addr
685.Xc
686Prints the
687.Li struct mount
688at
689.Ar addr .
690If the
691.Cm /f
692modifier is specified prints out all
693.Li vnodes
694(see also
695.Cm show vnode )
696and also all
697.Li bufs
698(see also
699.Cm show buf )
700on all those vnodes.
701.\" --------------------
702.It Xo
703.Ic show nfsnode
704.Op Cm /f
705.Ar addr
706.Xc
707Prints the
708.Li struct nfsnode
709at
710.Ar addr .
711If the
712.Cm /f
713modifier is specified prints out additional
714information as well.
715.\" --------------------
716.It Xo
717.Ic show nfsreq
718.Op Cm /f
719.Ar addr
720.Xc
721Prints the
722.Li struct nfsreq
723at
724.Ar addr .
725If the
726.Cm /f
727modifier is specified prints out additional
728information as well.
729.\" --------------------
730.It Xo
731.Ic show object
732.Op Cm /f
733.Ar addr
734.Xc
735Prints the
736.Li vm_object
737at
738.Ar addr .
739If the
740.Cm /f
741modifier is specified the complete object is printed.
742.\" --------------------
743.It Xo
744.Ic show page
745.Op Cm /f
746.Ar addr
747.Xc
748Prints the
749.Li vm_page
750at
751.Ar addr .
752If the
753.Cm /f
754modifier is specified the complete page is printed.
755.\" --------------------
756.It Ic show panic
757Prints the panic string.
758.\" --------------------
759.It Xo
760.Ic show pool
761.Op Cm /p
762.Ar addr
763.Xc
764Prints the
765.Li pool
766at
767.Ar addr .
768Valid modifiers:
769.Bl -tag -width xxx -compact
770.It Cm /p
771Print the pagelist for this pool.
772.El
773.\" --------------------
774.It Ic show proc Op Ar addr
775Prints the
776.Li struct proc
777at
778.Ar addr .
779If an optional address is not specified
780.Li curproc
781is assumed.
782.\" --------------------
783.It Ic show registers Op Cm /u
784Display the register set.
785If the
786.Cm /u
787modifier is specified, it displays user registers (or the currently
788saved registers) instead of the kernel's.
789Note: The
790.Cm /u
791modifier is not supported on every machine, in which case
792incorrect information may be displayed.
793.\" --------------------
794.It Ic show socket Ar addr
795Prints the
796.Li struct socket
797at
798.Ar addr .
799If the socket is spliced, the
800.Li struct sosplice
801associated with the socket is printed as well.
802.\" --------------------
803.It Xo
804.Ic show struct
805.Ar name
806.Op addr
807.Xc
808Prints the content of the memory at
809.Ar addr
810as a struct
811.Ar name .
812Nested structures and bit fields are not printed.
813Character arrays are printed as bytes.
814.\" --------------------
815.It Ic show uvmexp
816Displays a selection of uvm counters and statistics.
817.\" --------------------
818.It Xo
819.Ic show vnode
820.Op Cm /f
821.Ar addr
822.Xc
823Prints the
824.Li struct vnode
825at
826.Ar addr .
827If the
828.Cm /f
829modifier is specified prints out all
830.Li bufs
831(see also
832.Cm show buf )
833currently attached to this
834.Li vnode .
835.\" --------------------
836.It Ic show watches
837Displays all watchpoints set with the
838.Ic watch
839command.
840.\" --------------------
841.It Ic show witness Op Cm /b
842Prints the current order list.
843If the
844.Cm /b
845modifier is specified, the list of found lock order violations is printed
846instead.
847The
848.Cm option WITNESS
849is required for this command to be available.
850.\" --------------------
851.It Ic show all procs Op Cm /anow
852Display information on all processes.
853.Pp
854.Bl -tag -width foo -compact
855.It Cm /n
856(Default) Show process information in a
857.Xr ps 1 Ns \&-like
858format.
859Information printed includes process ID, thread ID, parent
860process ID, UID, process status, process flags, process
861wait channel message and process command name.
862.It Cm /a
863Shows the kernel virtual addresses of each process'
864proc structure, u-area, and vmspace structure.
865The vmspace address is also the address of the process'
866.Li vm_map
867structure
868and can be used in the
869.Ic show map
870command.
871.It Cm /o
872Shows non-idle threads that were on CPU when ddb was entered.
873Information printed includes thread ID, process ID, UID, process flags,
874thread flags, current CPU, and command name.
875.It Cm /w
876Shows each thread's ID, command, process group,
877wait channel address, and wait channel message.
878.El
879.\" --------------------
880.It Ic show all bufs Op Cm /f
881Display information about all buffers in the system.
882.Pp
883.Bl -tag -width foo -compact
884.It Cm /f
885For each buffer, print a more detailed output.
886See the
887.Ic show buf
888command for more information.
889.El
890.\" --------------------
891.It Ic show all callout
892Display the contents of the callout table.
893.\" --------------------
894.It Ic show all pools Op Cm /a
895Display information about all system pools in a format similar to
896.Xr vmstat 8 .
897.Pp
898.Bl -tag -width foo -compact
899.It Cm /a
900Displays
901.Dq interesting
902address information.
903.El
904.\" --------------------
905.It Ic show all locks
906Prints the list of locks held by all threads in the system.
907The
908.Cm option WITNESS
909is required for this command to be available.
910.\" --------------------
911.It Ic show all mounts Op Cm /f
912Display information on all mounted filesystems.
913.Pp
914.Bl -tag -width foo -compact
915.It Cm /f
916For each filesystem, list all its struct vnode addresses.
917These addresses can be used in the
918.Ic show vnode
919command.
920.El
921.\" --------------------
922.It Ic show all nfsnodes Op Cm /f
923Display information about all nfsnodes in the system.
924.Pp
925.Bl -tag -width foo -compact
926.It Cm /f
927For each nfsnode, print a more detailed output.
928See the
929.Ic show nfsnode
930command for more information.
931.El
932.\" --------------------
933.It Ic show all nfsreqs Op Cm /f
934Display information for all outstanding NFS requests.
935.Pp
936.Bl -tag -width foo -compact
937.It Cm /f
938For each NFS requests, print a more detailed output.
939See the
940.Ic show nfsreq
941command for more information.
942.El
943.\" --------------------
944.It Ic show all vnodes Op Cm /f
945Display information about all vnodes in the system.
946.Pp
947.Bl -tag -width foo -compact
948.It Cm /f
949For each vnode, print a more detailed output.
950See the
951.Ic show vnode
952command for more information.
953.El
954.El
955.\" --------------------
956.It Ic callout
957A synonym for the
958.Ic show all callout
959command.
960.\" --------------------
961.It Ic ps Op Cm /anow
962A synonym for
963.Ic show all procs .
964.\" --------------------
965.Tg machine
966.It Xo
967.Ic mac Ns Op Ic hine
968.Ar subcommand Op Ar args ...
969.Xc
970Perform a platform-specific command.
971.Pp
972The following commands are supported by multiprocessor kernels on
973these platforms: amd64, i386, macppc, mips64, and sparc64.
974.Pp
975.Bl -tag -width "searchframe [addr]" -compact
976.It Ic cpuinfo
977Display the state of each CPU.
978.It Ic ddbcpu Ar N
979Stop the current CPU and start handling
980.Nm
981on the selected CPU.
982.It Ic startcpu Op Ar N
983Resume normal processing on the selected CPU,
984or all CPUs if none is specified.
985.It Ic stopcpu Op Ar N
986Stop normal processing on the selected CPU,
987or all CPUs (except the one handling
988.Nm )
989if none is specified.
990.El
991.Pp
992Other platform-specific commands:
993.\" .Pp
994.\" amd64:
995.Pp
996arm:
997.Bl -tag -width "searchframe [addr]" -compact
998.It Ic frame Ar addr
999Display the trapframe at
1000.Ar addr .
1001.El
1002.Pp
1003i386:
1004.Bl -tag -width "searchframe [addr]" -compact
1005.\" .It Ic acpi disasm Ar ??
1006.\" .It Ic acpi showval Ar ??
1007.\" .It Ic acpi tree Ar ??
1008.\" .It Ic acpi trace Ar ??
1009.\" Evil ACPI debugging magic.
1010.It Ic sysregs
1011Display the contents of the privileged registers:
1012.Va IDTR ,
1013.Va GDTR ,
1014.Va LDTR ,
1015.Va TR ,
1016.Va CR0 ,
1017.Va CR2 ,
1018.Va CR3 ,
1019and
1020.Va CR4 .
1021.\" (i386-only)
1022.El
1023.Pp
1024m88k:
1025.Bl -tag -width "searchframe [addr]" -compact
1026.It Ic ddbcpu Ar N
1027Stop the current CPU and start handling
1028.Nm
1029on the selected CPU.
1030.It Ic frame Ar addr
1031Display the trapframe at
1032.Ar addr .
1033.It Ic regs
1034Display the registers from when
1035.Nm
1036was entered.
1037.It Ic searchframe Op Ar addr
1038Search for and display stack exception frames,
1039starting from
1040.Ar addr
1041if given, else the address in register
1042.Va r31 ,
1043and stopping at the next 8k boundary.
1044.It Ic where
1045Display where the current CPU was stopped.
1046.El
1047.Pp
1048mips64:
1049.Bl -tag -width "searchframe [addr]" -compact
1050.It Xo
1051.Ic tlb Op Cm /p Ar asid
1052.Op Cm /c
1053.Op Ar tlb
1054.Xc
1055.It Ic trap Ar ??
1056.El
1057.Pp
1058sh:
1059.Bl -tag -width "searchframe [addr]" -compact
1060.It Ic cache Op Ar addr
1061Display the cache, starting from
1062.Ar addr ,
1063defaulting to 0.
1064.It Ic frame
1065Display the switch and trap frames.
1066.\" .It Ic stack
1067.It Ic tlb
1068Display the TLB.
1069.El
1070.Pp
1071sparc64:
1072.Bl -tag -width "searchframe [addr]" -compact
1073.It Ic ctx
1074Display the context addresses for all threads.
1075.\" .It Ic dtlb Ar 0,2
1076.\" .It Ic dtsb
1077.\" .It Ic esp
1078.\" .It Ic fpstate Op Ar addr
1079.\" .It Ic itlb Ar 0,1,2
1080.\" .It Ic kmap Op Ar addr
1081.\" .It Ic pcb Op Ar addr
1082.\" .It Ic pctx Ar pid
1083.\" .It Ic page Ar addr
1084.\" .It Ic phys Op Ar addr
1085.\" .It Ic pmap Op Ar addr
1086.\" .It Ic proc Op Ar addr
1087.\" .It Ic prom Ar ??
1088.\" .It Ic pv Ar addr
1089.\" .It Ic stack Op Ar addr
1090.\" .It Ic tf Op Ar addr
1091.\" .It Ic ts
1092.\" .It Ic traptrace Op Ar addr
1093.\" .It Ic watch Op Ar addr
1094.\" .It Ic window Op Ar winnum
1095.\" .It Ic xir Op Ar addr
1096.El
1097.\" --------------------
1098.El
1099.Sh VARIABLES
1100.Nm
1101denotes registers and variables by
1102.Ic $ Ns Va name .
1103Register names can be found with the
1104.Ic show registers
1105command.
1106.Pp
1107Some variable names are suffixed with numbers, and some may have a modifier
1108following a colon immediately after the variable name.
1109For example, register variables can have the
1110.Ql :u
1111modifier to indicate a
1112user register (e.g.,
1113.Ql $eax:u ) .
1114.Pp
1115Built-in debugger variables currently supported are:
1116.Bl -tag -width 10n -compact -offset indent
1117.It Va $radix
1118Input and output radix.
1119.It Va $maxoff
1120Addresses are printed as
1121.Ar symbol Ns Li + Ns Ar offset
1122unless
1123.Ar offset
1124is greater than
1125.Va $maxoff .
1126.It Va $maxwidth
1127The width of the displayed lines.
1128.It Va $lines
1129The number of lines to page.
1130This is used by the
1131.Dq more
1132feature.
1133.It Va $tabstops
1134Tab stop width.
1135.It Va $log
1136Controls whether the output of
1137.Nm
1138will also appear in the system message
1139buffer.
1140.El
1141.Pp
1142These variables can also be controlled outside
1143.Nm
1144via the
1145.Sq ddb
1146.Xr sysctl 8
1147hierarchy.
1148.Sh EXPRESSIONS
1149Almost all expression operators in C are supported except for
1150.Ql ~ ,
1151.Ql ^ ,
1152and unary
1153.Ql & .
1154Special rules for expressions in
1155.Nm
1156are:
1157.Bl -tag -width 15n -compact -offset indent
1158.It Ar identifier
1159The name of a symbol.
1160It is translated to the address (or value) of the symbol.
1161.Ql \&.
1162and
1163.Ql \&:
1164can be used in the identifier.
1165The following can be accepted as an identifier,
1166if supported by an object format dependent routine:
1167.Bl -item -offset indent -compact
1168.It
1169.Sm off
1170.Oo Ar filename Li \&: Oc Ar func
1171.Op \&: Ar linenumber
1172.It
1173.Op Ar filename \&:
1174.Ar variable
1175.It
1176.Ar filename
1177.Op \&: Ar linenumber
1178.Sm on
1179.El
1180The symbol may be prefixed with
1181.Sq Ar symboltablename Ns ::
1182(e.g.,
1183.Ql emulator::mach_msg_trap )
1184to specify other than kernel symbols.
1185.It Ar number
1186The radix is determined by the first two letters:
1187.Ql 0x :
1188hex,
1189.Ql 0o :
1190octal,
1191.Ql 0t :
1192decimal, otherwise, the value of
1193.Va $radix
1194is used.
1195.It Li \&.
1196.Va dot :
1197the current address.
1198.It Li +
1199.Va next :
1200the next address.
1201.It Li ..
1202The address of the start of the last line examined.
1203Unlike
1204.Va dot
1205or
1206.Va next ,
1207this is only changed by the
1208.Ic examine
1209or
1210.Ic write
1211command.
1212.It Li '
1213The last address explicitly specified.
1214.It Li $ Ns Ar variable
1215The value of a register or variable.
1216The name may be followed by a
1217.Ql \&:
1218and modifiers as described above with
1219.Ar identifier .
1220.It Ar expr Li # Ar expr
1221A binary operator which rounds up the left hand side to the next
1222multiple of right hand side.
1223.It Li * Ns Ar expr
1224Indirection.
1225It may be followed by a ':' and modifiers as described above.
1226.El
1227.Sh SEE ALSO
1228.Xr ctfstrip 1 ,
1229.Xr gdb 1 ,
1230.Xr nm 1 ,
1231.Xr witness 4 ,
1232.Xr sysctl.conf 5 ,
1233.Xr hangman 6 ,
1234.Xr crash 8 ,
1235.Xr sysctl 8 ,
1236.Xr extent 9 ,
1237.Xr pool 9 ,
1238.Xr uvm_init 9
1239.Sh HISTORY
1240This kernel facility first appeared in the MACH 2 operating system
1241developed by CMU.
1242Hangman (which stands for "hangs maniacal analyzer") first appeared in
1243.Ox 1.2 .
1244