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diff --git a/kernel/scripts/gdb/linux/tasks.py b/kernel/scripts/gdb/linux/tasks.py new file mode 100644 index 000000000..e2037d9bb --- /dev/null +++ b/kernel/scripts/gdb/linux/tasks.py @@ -0,0 +1,100 @@ +# +# gdb helper commands and functions for Linux kernel debugging +# +# task & thread tools +# +# Copyright (c) Siemens AG, 2011-2013 +# +# Authors: +# Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com> +# +# This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 2. +# + +import gdb + +from linux import utils + + +task_type = utils.CachedType("struct task_struct") + +def task_lists(): + global task_type + task_ptr_type = task_type.get_type().pointer() + init_task = gdb.parse_and_eval("init_task").address + t = g = init_task + + while True: + while True: + yield t + + t = utils.container_of(t['thread_group']['next'], + task_ptr_type, "thread_group") + if t == g: + break + + t = g = utils.container_of(g['tasks']['next'], + task_ptr_type, "tasks") + if t == init_task: + return + +def get_task_by_pid(pid): + for task in task_lists(): + if int(task['pid']) == pid: + return task + return None + + +class LxTaskByPidFunc(gdb.Function): + """Find Linux task by PID and return the task_struct variable. + +$lx_task_by_pid(PID): Given PID, iterate over all tasks of the target and +return that task_struct variable which PID matches.""" + + def __init__(self): + super(LxTaskByPidFunc, self).__init__("lx_task_by_pid") + + def invoke(self, pid): + task = get_task_by_pid(pid) + if task: + return task.dereference() + else: + raise gdb.GdbError("No task of PID " + str(pid)) + + +LxTaskByPidFunc() + + +thread_info_type = utils.CachedType("struct thread_info") + +ia64_task_size = None + + +def get_thread_info(task): + global thread_info_type + thread_info_ptr_type = thread_info_type.get_type().pointer() + if utils.is_target_arch("ia64"): + global ia64_task_size + if ia64_task_size is None: + ia64_task_size = gdb.parse_and_eval("sizeof(struct task_struct)") + thread_info_addr = task.address + ia64_task_size + thread_info = thread_info_addr.cast(thread_info_ptr_type) + else: + thread_info = task['stack'].cast(thread_info_ptr_type) + return thread_info.dereference() + + +class LxThreadInfoFunc (gdb.Function): + """Calculate Linux thread_info from task variable. + +$lx_thread_info(TASK): Given TASK, return the corresponding thread_info +variable.""" + + def __init__(self): + super(LxThreadInfoFunc, self).__init__("lx_thread_info") + + def invoke(self, task): + return get_thread_info(task) + + +LxThreadInfoFunc() |