Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 17:40:12 -0400 (EDT) From: "Adam Migus" <adam@migus.org> To: "Terry Lambert" <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: running 5.1-RELEASE with no procfs mounted (lockups?) Message-ID: <36373.204.254.155.100.1058910012.squirrel@mail.migus.org> In-Reply-To: <3F18D263.1BFE6BE3@mindspring.com> References: <XFMail.20030718151512.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <3F18D263.1BFE6BE3@mindspring.com>
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Terry Lambert said:
> The problem is that ktrace/kdump rendesvous at a file;
> truss does
> not, so it has some capabilities that ktrace does not.
> In some
> circumstances (e.g. a system crash, where kdump doesn't
> get a
> chance to get at the file, because it's "cleaned up"
> and not
> even fully written, when it's not "cleaned up") ktrace
> loses
> utterly.
>
Would something like:
live_ktrace() { local _kf="`mktemp -t ktrace.$$`";
ktrace -p $1 -f $_kf; kdump -lf $_kf; rm -f $_kf; }
do what you want?
--
Adam Migus - Research Scientist
Network Associates Laboratories (http://www.nailabs.com)
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