From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 15634 invoked by alias); 22 Jul 2010 18:18:31 -0000 Received: (qmail 15623 invoked by uid 22791); 22 Jul 2010 18:18:30 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-6.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,SPF_HELO_PASS,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (209.132.183.28) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:18:26 +0000 Received: from int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.12]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o6MIIPUb022309 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:18:25 -0400 Received: from host1.dyn.jankratochvil.net (ovpn01.gateway.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.9.1]) by int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o6MIIMU6032388 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:18:24 -0400 Received: from host1.dyn.jankratochvil.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by host1.dyn.jankratochvil.net (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id o6MIIM30006023; Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:18:22 +0200 Received: (from jkratoch@localhost) by host1.dyn.jankratochvil.net (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id o6MIIM1G005734; Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:18:22 +0200 Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:18:00 -0000 From: Jan Kratochvil To: Mathew Yeates Cc: Michael Snyder , "gdb@sourceware.org" Subject: Re: help with loading core files Message-ID: <20100722181821.GA27777@host1.dyn.jankratochvil.net> References: <4C487AD8.7030203@vmware.com> <4C487F33.1030807@vmware.com> <4C48800B.1030100@vmware.com> <20100722180100.GA3927@host1.dyn.jankratochvil.net> <4C488940.8020503@vmware.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-12-10) X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2010-07/txt/msg00093.txt.bz2 On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:14:16 +0200, Mathew Yeates wrote: > yeah, I was just looking at "checkpoint". It seems to me that if gdb > is able to create checkpoints, it should also be able to do what I > want (restart and immediately go to a certain location) AFAIK there exist such general process snapshot tools for clusters but I do not know these. I have only experience with virtual machines (qemu-kvm, see savevm and loadvm) where you can snapshot the whole virtual machine with the debugger + debuggee. Regards, Jan