linux-kernel - Re: scripts/gdb: multi arch lx

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Date:	Tue, 21 Jul 2015 22:48:14 +0200
From:	Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@....de>
To:	Thiébaud Weksteen <thiebaud@...steen.fr>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: scripts/gdb: multi arch lx_current

Hi Thiebaud,

sorry, just realized that this fell through the cracks after vacation
back then.

On 2015-05-27 05:29, Thiébaud Weksteen wrote:
> Hi Jan,
> 
> I've been working on lx_current and cpus.py to support other architectures 
> than just x86. From my understanding, current/get_current are not available 
> with the default debug option (-g). We could either modify that level so that 
> the inline functions/macros are available or reimplement part of logic to 
> retrieve the current task (sp masking, etc).
> 
> Are there any other options to retrieve the current task? What do you 
> recommend?

I would prefer the reimplementation like we do elsewhere already.
Debugging should remain minimal invasive to the kernel.

Jan


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