“The kernel source level debugger, kgdb, has been around for a
long time, but never in the mainline tree. Linus Torvalds is not
much of a fan of debuggers in general and has always resisted the
inclusion of kgdb. That looks like it might be changing somewhat,
with the inclusion of kgdb in 2.6.26 now a distinct
possibility.“Over the years, Torvalds has made various pronouncements about
debuggers, particularly kernel debuggers, a long message to
linux-kernel in 2000 seems to outline his objections…”