It is possible to use DB_COMMAND to add commands to ddb from the kernel. Using DB_COMMAND from a kernel module, however, is not working. I have altered the ddb code to do so. Fix: The patch is provided as an attachment. I have also written a man page, because I found out that DB_COMMAND was undocumented. The text for the man page is pasted hereafter: .Dd August 27, 2008 .Dt DB_COMMAND 9 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm DB_COMMAND , .Nm DB_SHOW_COMMAND , .Nm DB_SHOW_ALL_COMMAND .Nd Extends the ddb command set. .Sh SYNOPSIS .In ddb/ddb.h .Fo DB_COMMAND .Fa command_name .Fa command_function .Fc .Fn DB_SHOW_COMMAND "command_name" "command_function" .Fn DB_SHOW_ALL_COMMAND "command_name" "command_function" .Sh DESCRIPTION .Pp The .Fn DB_COMMAND macro adds .Fa command_name to the list of top-level commands. Invoking .Fa command_name from ddb will call .Fa command_function . .Pp The .Fn DB_SHOW_COMMAND and .Fn DB_SHOW_ALL_COMMAND are roughly equivalent to .Fn DB_COMMAND but in these cases, .Fa command_name is a sub-command of the ddb .Sy show command and .Sy show all command, respectively. .Pp The general command syntax: .Cm command Ns Op Li \&/ Ns Ar modifier .Ar address Ns Op Li , Ns Ar count , translates into the following parameters for .Fa command_function : .Bl -tag .It Fa addr The address passed to the command as an argument. .It Fa have_addr A boolean value that is true if the addr field is valid. .It Fa count The number of quad words starting at offset .Fa addr that the command must process. .It Fa modif A pointer to the string of modifiers. That is, a series of symbols used to pass some options to the command. For example, the .Sy examine command will display words in decimal form if it is passed the modifier "d". .El .Sh EXAMPLE In your module, the command is declared as: .Pp .Bd -literal DB_COMMAND(mycmd, my_cmd_func) { if (have_addr) db_printf("Calling my command with address %p\\n", addr); } .Ed .Pp Then, when in ddb: .Pp .Bd -literal .Bf Sy db> mycmd 0x1000 Calling my command with address 0x1000 db> .Ef .Ed .Sh "SEE ALSO" .Xr ddb 4 .Sh AUTHOR This manual page was written by .An Guillaume Ballet Aq gballet@gmail.com . Patch attached with submission follows: How-To-Repeat: Create a module and use DB_COMMAND (example below). Then drop inside ddb. Nothing happens. DB_COMMAND(mycmd, my_cmd_func) { if (have_addr) db_printf("Calling my command with address %p\n", addr); }
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