From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from david.siemens.de ([192.35.17.14]:29848 "EHLO david.siemens.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756975Ab3A2Mjo (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Jan 2013 07:39:44 -0500 From: Jan Kiszka Subject: [PATCH v5 00/20] Add gdb python scripts as kernel debugging helpers Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2013 13:37:43 +0100 Message-Id: Sender: linux-kbuild-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Jason Wessel , kgdb-bugreport@lists.sourceforge.net, Andi Kleen , Tom Tromey , Ben Widawsky , Borislav Petkov , "David S. Miller" , Fenghua Yu , Kay Sievers , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org, linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, Michal Marek , Rob Landley , sparclinux@vger.kernel.org, Tony Luck Version 5 comes with the following changes: - moved tutorial into Documentation/gdb-kernel-debugging.txt - improved caching of gdb.Type objects, ensure they are in sync with currently loaded symbols - added new functions and commands - lx_module -- Find module by name and return the module variable - lx_modvar -- Return global variable of a module - lx-lsmod -- List currently loaded modules See http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1210.0/01598.html for the original description and git://git.kiszka.org/linux.git queues/gdb-scripts for the latest version. Jan CC: "David S. Miller" CC: Fenghua Yu CC: Kay Sievers CC: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org CC: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org CC: linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org CC: Michal Marek CC: Rob Landley CC: sparclinux@vger.kernel.org CC: Tony Luck Jan Kiszka (20): scripts/gdb: Add infrastructure scripts/gdb: Add cache for type objects scripts/gdb: Add container_of helper and convenience function scripts/gdb: Add module iteration helper scripts/gdb: Add lx-symbols command scripts/gdb: Add internal helper and convenience function to look up a module scripts/gdb: Add lx_modvar convenience function scripts/gdb: Add get_target_endianness helper scripts/gdb: Add read_u16/32/64 helpers scripts/gdb: Add lx-dmesg command scripts/gdb: Add task iteration helper scripts/gdb: Add helper and convenience function to look up tasks scripts/gdb: Add is_target_arch helper scripts/gdb: Add internal helper and convenience function to retrieve thread_info scripts/gdb: Add get_gdbserver_type helper scripts/gdb: Add internal helper and convenience function for per-cpu lookup scripts/gdb: Add lx_current convenience function scripts/gdb: Add helper to iterate over CPU masks scripts/gdb: Add lx-lsmod command scripts/gdb: Add basic documentation Documentation/gdb-kernel-debugging.txt | 155 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Makefile | 5 +- scripts/Makefile | 3 +- scripts/gdb/Makefile | 9 ++ scripts/gdb/dmesg.py | 63 +++++++++++++ scripts/gdb/module.py | 149 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ scripts/gdb/percpu.py | 110 ++++++++++++++++++++++ scripts/gdb/symbols.py | 147 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ scripts/gdb/task.py | 99 ++++++++++++++++++++ scripts/gdb/utils.py | 158 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ scripts/gdb/vmlinux-gdb.py | 29 ++++++ 11 files changed, 925 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) create mode 100644 Documentation/gdb-kernel-debugging.txt create mode 100644 scripts/gdb/Makefile create mode 100644 scripts/gdb/dmesg.py create mode 100644 scripts/gdb/module.py create mode 100644 scripts/gdb/percpu.py create mode 100644 scripts/gdb/symbols.py create mode 100644 scripts/gdb/task.py create mode 100644 scripts/gdb/utils.py create mode 100644 scripts/gdb/vmlinux-gdb.py -- 1.7.3.4