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# Debugging WSL
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## Logging
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There are multiple sources of logging in WSL. The main one is the ETL trace that is emitted from Windows processes.
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To collect an ETL trace, run ([link to wsl.wprp](https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/blob/master/diagnostics/wsl.wprp)):
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```
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wpr -start wsl.wprp -filemode
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[reproduce the issue]
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wpr -stop logs.ETL
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```
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The consolidated `wsl.wprp` file includes multiple profiles for different scenarios:
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- `WSL` - General WSL tracing (default)
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- `WSL-Storage` - Enhanced storage tracing
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- `WSL-Networking` - Comprehensive networking tracing
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- `WSL-HvSocket` - HvSocket-specific tracing
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To use a specific profile, append `!ProfileName` to the wprp file, e.g., `wpr -start wsl.wprp!WSL-Networking -filemode`
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Once the log file is saved, you can use [WPA](https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9n58qrw40dfw?hl=en-US&gl=US) to view the logs.
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Notable ETL providers:
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- `Microsoft.Windows.Lxss.Manager`: Logs emitted from wslservice.exe
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Important events:
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- `GuestLog`: Logs from the vm's dmesg
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- `Error`: Unexpected errors
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- `CreateVmBegin`, `CreateVmEnd`: Virtual machine lifetime
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- `CreateNetworkBegin`, `CreateNetworkEnd`: Networking configuration
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- `SentMessage`, `ReceivedMessage`: Communication on the hvsocket channels with Linux.
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- `Microsoft.Windows.Subsystem.Lxss`: Other WSL executables (wsl.exe, wslg.exe, wslconfig.exe, wslrelay.exe, ...)
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Important events:
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- `UserVisibleError`: An error was displayed to the user
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- `Microsoft.Windows.Plan9.Server`: Logs from the Windows plan9 server (used when accessing /mnt/ shares and running Windows)
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On the Linux side, the easiest way to access logs is to look at `dmesg` or use the debug console, which can be enabled by writing:
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```
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[wsl2]
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debugConsole=true
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```
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to `%USERPROFILE%/.wslconfig` and restarting WSL
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## Attaching debuggers
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Usermode can be attached to WSL Windows processes (wsl.exe, wslservice.exe, wslrelay.exe, ...). The symbols are available under the `bin/<platform>/<target>` folder.
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You can also use [this trick](https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#11-reporting-a-wsl-process-crash) to automatically collect crash dumps when processes crash.
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## Linux debugging
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`gdb` can be attached to Linux processes (see [man gdb](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/gdb.1.html)).
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The simplest way to debug a WSL process with gdb is to use the `/mnt` mountpoints to access the code from gdb.
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Once started, just use `dir /path/to/wsl/source` in gdb to connect the source files.
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## Root namespace debugging
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Some WSL processes such as `gns` or `mini_init` aren't accessible from within WSL distributions. To attach a debugger to those, use the debug shell via:
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```
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wsl --debug-shell
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```
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You can then install `gdb` by running `tdnf install gdb` and start debugging processes. |