[dtrace-discuss] ::dtrace_state'': unknown dcmd name

Adam Leventhal
Sat, 29 Sep 2007 23:41:32 -0000

> Attempting to examine the dtrace buffers within kmdb, I get:
>
> kmdb: target stopped at:
> kmdb_enter+0xb: movq   %rax,%rdi
> [0]> ::dtrace_state
> kmdb: invalid command ''::dtrace_state'': unknown dcmd name
> [0]>
>
> A dscript was running which triggered the breakpoint.
> What did I miss?

Hi Marty,

Unfortunately, the dtrace dmod isn''t available in kmdb because it makes
use
of libdtrace. You can take a dump and then view it from mdb, or you can use
mdb -k on a running system.

Adam

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