Debugging inactive threads with cuda-dbg "CUDA thread not known or not active"

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Hello all,

I have one question concerning the cuda-dbg debugger. My kernel
consists of 512*400 blocks with 512 threads each. As the kernel
surprisingly generates incorrect data only in the block range from
blockIdx.y=310 to blockIdx.y=400, I want to debug this range with
cuda-dbg.

The problem now is, when switching to those blocks cuda-dbg tells me
“CUDA thread not known or not active”. This rises a few questions:

  1. How can I a debug those blocks, or more precisely, how can I debug
    warps of those blocks, which are currently not active on the gpu?
  2. Is the only way to set a conditional breakpoint, e.g. cond 1 blockIdx.y==310 ?
  3. And a more general question: Is there a limit on the grid dimension?

Thanks in advance.
Max