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Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 13:43:35 -0500
From: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@...driver.com>
To: torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kgdb-bugreport@...ts.sourceforge.net,
Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@...driver.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/7] kdb: Add kdb kernel module sample
Add an example of how to add a dynamic kdb shell command via a kernel
module.
Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@...driver.com>
---
Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl | 13 ++++++++-
samples/Kconfig | 7 ++++
samples/Makefile | 2 +-
samples/kdb/Makefile | 1 +
samples/kdb/kdb_hello.c | 60 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
5 files changed, 81 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 samples/kdb/Makefile
create mode 100644 samples/kdb/kdb_hello.c
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl
index 490d862..d71b57f 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl
@@ -710,7 +710,18 @@ Task Addr Pid Parent [*] cpu State Thread Command
<listitem><para>A simple shell</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>The kdb core command set</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>A registration API to register additional kdb shell commands.</para>
- <para>A good example of a self-contained kdb module is the "ftdump" command for dumping the ftrace buffer. See: kernel/trace/trace_kdb.c</para></listitem>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para>A good example of a self-contained kdb module
+ is the "ftdump" command for dumping the ftrace buffer. See:
+ kernel/trace/trace_kdb.c</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>For an example of how to dynamically register
+ a new kdb command you can build the kdb_hello.ko kernel module
+ from samples/kdb/kdb_hello.c. To build this example you can
+ set CONFIG_SAMPLES=y and CONFIG_SAMPLE_KDB=m in your kernel
+ config. Later run "modprobe kdb_hello" and the next time you
+ enter the kdb shell, you can run the "hello"
+ command.</para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist></listitem>
<listitem><para>The implementation for kdb_printf() which
emits messages directly to I/O drivers, bypassing the kernel
log.</para></listitem>
diff --git a/samples/Kconfig b/samples/Kconfig
index 954a1d5..e03cf0e 100644
--- a/samples/Kconfig
+++ b/samples/Kconfig
@@ -54,4 +54,11 @@ config SAMPLE_KFIFO
If in doubt, say "N" here.
+config SAMPLE_KDB
+ tristate "Build kdb command exmaple -- loadable modules only"
+ depends on KGDB_KDB && m
+ help
+ Build an example of how to dynamically add the hello
+ command to the kdb shell.
+
endif # SAMPLES
diff --git a/samples/Makefile b/samples/Makefile
index 76b3c34..f26c095 100644
--- a/samples/Makefile
+++ b/samples/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
# Makefile for Linux samples code
obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLES) += kobject/ kprobes/ tracepoints/ trace_events/ \
- hw_breakpoint/ kfifo/
+ hw_breakpoint/ kfifo/ kdb/
diff --git a/samples/kdb/Makefile b/samples/kdb/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fbedf39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/kdb/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_KDB) += kdb_hello.o
diff --git a/samples/kdb/kdb_hello.c b/samples/kdb/kdb_hello.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c1c2fa0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/kdb/kdb_hello.c
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/*
+ * Created by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@...driver.com>
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2010 Wind River Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * This file is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public
+ * License version 2. This program is licensed "as is" without any
+ * warranty of any kind, whether express or implied.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/kdb.h>
+
+/*
+ * All kdb shell command call backs receive argc and argv, where
+ * argv[0] is the command the end user typed
+ */
+static int kdb_hello_cmd(int argc, const char **argv)
+{
+ if (argc > 1)
+ return KDB_ARGCOUNT;
+
+ if (argc)
+ kdb_printf("Hello %s.\n", argv[1]);
+ else
+ kdb_printf("Hello world!\n");
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+
+static int __init kdb_hello_cmd_init(void)
+{
+ /*
+ * Registration of a dynamically added kdb command is done with
+ * kdb_register() with the arguments being:
+ * 1: The name of the shell command
+ * 2: The function that processes the command
+ * 3: Description of the usage of any arguments
+ * 4: Descriptive text when you run help
+ * 5: Number of characters to complete the command
+ * 0 == type the whole command
+ * 1 == match both "g" and "go" for example
+ */
+ kdb_register("hello", kdb_hello_cmd, "[string]",
+ "Say Hello World or Hello [string]", 0);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static void __exit kdb_hello_cmd_exit(void)
+{
+ kdb_unregister("hello");
+}
+
+module_init(kdb_hello_cmd_init);
+module_exit(kdb_hello_cmd_exit);
+
+MODULE_AUTHOR("WindRiver");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("KDB example to add a hello command");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
--
1.6.3.3
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