Current Linux Kernel debugging techniques

Question

A linux machine freezes few hours after booting and running software (including custom drivers). I\'m looking a method to debug such problem. Recently, there has been significan

Answer 1

SystemTap seems to be to Linux what Dtrace is to Solaris .. however I find it rather hostile to use. Still, you may want to give it a try. NB: compile the kernel with debug info and spend some time with the kernel instrumentation hooks.

This is why so many are still using printk() after empirically narrowing a bug down to a specific module.

I'm not recommending it, just pointing out that it exists. I may not be smart enough to appreciate some underlying beauty .. I just write drivers for odd devices.