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Asked: 2026-06-18T17:59:33+00:00

I have used GDB in linux to debug C programs effortlessly in user space.

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I have used GDB in linux to debug C programs effortlessly in user space. Now, I am working on kernel space modules and I thought GDB would work the same way. However, the run command does not work for the .ko file, and I don’t think it should. That being said, how does one use GDB for kernel modules? I tried several examples I found on other sites:

(gdb) set solib-search-path my_module.ko

Supposedly, this was supposed to load the symbols from the module code, but nothing happened. Can anyone provide some insight?

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  1. Editorial Team

    I don’t think you can easily use GDB to debug kernel modules

    Use KGDB instead:

    http://kgdb.linsyssoft.com/intro.htm

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