Release Highlights

These are highlights of each release of drgn focusing on a few exciting items from the full release notes.

• 0.0.31 (Released April 16th, 2025)
  • Module API
  • Options for Finding Debugging Symbols
  • Stricter Debugging Symbol File Matching
  • Debuginfod Integration
  • Custom Debugging Information Finders
  • Plugins
  • Running Code Snippets on the Command Line
  • Kernel Stack Unwinding Without Debugging Symbols
  • Linux 6.14 and 6.15 Support
  • Last Release With Python 3.6 & 3.7 Support
• 0.0.30 (Released December 18th, 2024)
  • Symbol Index and Kallsyms
  • New Python 3.13 REPL
  • Stack Tracing Through Interrupt Handlers
  • Linux 6.13 Support
• 0.0.28 & 0.0.29 (Released October 7th & 8th, 2024)
  • Calling Arbitrary Functions in the Running Kernel
  • Writing to Kernel Memory
  • More C Operators
  • Kernel Module Helpers
  • Thread Names
  • Full 32-Bit Arm Support
  • AArch64 and s390x Virtual Address Translation Fixes
  • Linux 6.11 and 6.12 Support
• 0.0.27 (Released July 1st, 2024)
  • Finding the Type Member at an Offset
  • Identifying Memory
  • Configurable Type and Object Finders
  • Symbol Finders
  • contrib Directory
    • contrib/search_kernel_memory.py
    • contrib/gcore.py
    • contrib/negdentdelete.py
    • contrib/btrfs_tree.py
    • contrib/bpf_inspect.py
  • Linux 6.9 and 6.10 Support
• 0.0.26 (Released March 11th, 2024)
  • Miscellaneous Helpers
  • fsrefs.py Tool
  • DWARF Package Files
  • Linux 6.8 Support
  • Python 3.13 Support
• 0.0.25 (Released December 1st, 2023)
  • Omitting the prog Argument
  • Running Without root
  • Maple Tree Helpers
  • VMA Helpers
  • Wait Queue Helpers
  • ppc64 Radix MMU Support
• 0.0.24 (Released September 8th, 2023)
  • Linked List Length Helper
  • Networking Helpers
  • C++ Lookups
    • Simple Type Specifiers
    • Nested Classes
    • Member Functions
  • Split DWARF
  • Performance Improvements
• 0.0.23 (Released June 28th, 2023)
  • Virtual Address Translation Helpers
  • Vmalloc/Vmap Address Translation Helpers
  • contrib Directory
  • Embedding Interactive Mode
  • Full s390x Support
  • Linux 6.3 & 6.4 Support
  • Python 3.12 Support
• 0.0.22 (Released January 5th, 2023)
  • Listing Stack Frame Locals
  • Merged Slab Caches
  • Slab Address Information
  • Annotated Stack Memory
  • XArray Helpers
  • s390x Support
  • Relicensing to LGPL