[Bug 294390] devel/gdb: kgdb dies with SIGSEGV

[email protected] Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:16:48 +0000
Newsgroups gmane.os.freebsd.devel.ppc
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D294390

            Bug ID: 294390
           Summary: devel/gdb: kgdb dies with SIGSEGV
           Product: Ports & Packages
           Version: Latest
          Hardware: powerpc
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Only Me
          Priority: ---
         Component: Individual Port(s)
          Assignee: [email protected]
          Reporter: [email protected]
                CC: [email protected], [email protected]
          Assignee: [email protected]
             Flags: maintainer-feedback?([email protected])
                CC: [email protected]

using devel/gdb 15.1_4, on 16.0-CURRENT (commit 82ff1c334b97) on powerpc64 =
as a
VM under Linux QEMU/KVM, kgdb dies with SIGSEGV trying to debug a kernel du=
mp:

root@ppc64-main:~ # kgdb /boot/kernel/kernel /var/crash/vmcore.0
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l>
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Reading symbols from /boot/kernel/kernel...
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/debug//boot/kernel/kernel.debug...


Fatal signal: Segmentation fault
----- Backtrace -----
0x106484af ???
0x107ad913 ???
0x107ae687 ???
0x81247c08b ???
0x81247b2bb ???
---------------------
A fatal error internal to GDB has been detected, further
debugging is not possible.  GDB will now terminate.

This is a bug, please report it.  For instructions, see:
<https://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>.

Segmentation fault (core dumped)
root@ppc64-main:~ #

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