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Message-Id: <7460a48e8c633aa7a86cf7901e780dd825a65f31.1352131730.git.jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2012 17:08:56 +0100
From: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@...mens.com>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@...driver.com>,
kgdb-bugreport@...ts.sourceforge.net,
Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Subject: [PATCH 03/13] scripts/gdb: Add lx-symbols command
This is probably the most useful helper when debugging kernel modules:
lx-symbols will first reload vmlinux. Then it searches recursively for
*.ko files in the specified paths and the current directory. Finally it
walks the kernel's module list, issuing the necessary add-symbol-file
command for each loaded module so that gdb know which module symbol
correspond to which address.
In addition, the command installs a silent breakpoint in the
sys_init_module function at the point where the module was loaded but
not yet initialized. The breakpoint handler will try to load symbols
from the module files found during lx-symbols execution. This way,
breakpoints can be set to module initialization functions, and there is
usually no need to explicitly call lx-symbols after (re-)loading a
module.
Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@...mens.com>
---
scripts/gdb/symbols.py | 133 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
scripts/gdb/vmlinux-gdb.py | 1 +
2 files changed, 134 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 scripts/gdb/symbols.py
diff --git a/scripts/gdb/symbols.py b/scripts/gdb/symbols.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ddba327
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/gdb/symbols.py
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+#
+# gdb helper commands and functions for Linux kernel debugging
+#
+# load kernel and module symbols
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2011, 2012 Siemens AG
+#
+# Authors:
+# Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@...mens.com>
+#
+# This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 2.
+#
+
+import gdb
+import os
+import re
+import string
+
+from utils import *
+
+class LinuxSymbols(gdb.Command):
+ __doc__ = "(Re-)load symbols of Linux kernel and currently loaded modules.\n" \
+ "\n" \
+ "The kernel (vmlinux) is taken from the current working directly. Modules (.ko)\n" \
+ "are scanned recursively, starting in the same directory. Optionally, the module\n" \
+ "search path can be extended by a space separated list of paths passed to the\n" \
+ "lx-symbols command."
+
+ module_files = []
+ breakpoint = None
+
+ class _LoadModuleBreakpoint(gdb.Breakpoint):
+ def __init__(self, spec, gdb_command):
+ super(LinuxSymbols._LoadModuleBreakpoint,
+ self).__init__(spec, internal = True)
+ self.silent = True
+ self.gdb_command = gdb_command
+
+ def stop(self):
+ module = gdb.parse_and_eval("mod")
+ self.gdb_command._load_module_symbols(module)
+ return False
+
+ def __init__(self):
+ super(LinuxSymbols, self).__init__("lx-symbols",
+ gdb.COMMAND_FILES,
+ gdb.COMPLETE_FILENAME)
+
+ def _load_module_symbols(self, module):
+ module_name = module['name'].string()
+ module_addr = str(module['module_core'])
+ module_pattern = ".*/" + \
+ string.replace(module_name, "_", r"[_\-]") + r"\.ko$"
+ module_path = ""
+ for name in self.module_files:
+ if re.match(module_pattern, name):
+ module_path = name
+ break
+
+ if module_path:
+ print "loading @" + module_addr + ": " + module_path
+ if gdb.VERSION >= "7.2":
+ gdb.execute("add-symbol-file " + \
+ module_path + " " + module_addr,
+ to_string = True)
+ else:
+ gdb.execute("add-symbol-file " + \
+ module_path + " " + module_addr)
+ else:
+ print "no module object found for '" + \
+ module_name + "'"
+
+ def _find_breakpoint_location(self):
+ breakpoint_match = \
+ "^[0-9]*[\t]*blocking_notifier_call_chain\(" \
+ "&module_notify_list,$"
+
+ src = gdb.execute("list sys_init_module", to_string = True)
+ done = False
+ lineno = None
+ while not done:
+ src = gdb.execute("list", to_string = True)
+ for line in src.splitlines():
+ if re.match(breakpoint_match, line):
+ done = True
+ lineno = line.split()[0]
+ break
+ elif re.match("^[0-9]*\t}$", line):
+ done = True
+ break
+ return lineno
+
+ def invoke(self, arg, from_tty):
+ print "loading vmlinux"
+ gdb.execute("symbol-file vmlinux")
+
+ modules = gdb.parse_and_eval("modules")
+ entry = modules['next']
+ if entry == modules.address:
+ print "no modules found"
+ return
+
+ self.module_files = []
+ paths = arg.split()
+ paths.append(os.getcwd())
+ for path in paths:
+ print "scanning for modules in " + path
+ for root, dirs, files in os.walk(path):
+ for name in files:
+ if re.match(r".*\.ko$", name):
+ self.module_files.append(
+ root + "/" + name)
+
+ module_type = gdb.lookup_type("struct module").pointer()
+
+ while entry != modules.address:
+ module = container_of(entry, module_type, "list")
+ self._load_module_symbols(module)
+ entry = entry['next']
+
+ if gdb.VERSION < "7.2":
+ print "Note: symbol update on module loading not " \
+ "supported with this gdb version"
+ elif self.breakpoint == None:
+ lineno = self._find_breakpoint_location()
+ if lineno != None:
+ self.breakpoint = self._LoadModuleBreakpoint(
+ lineno, self)
+ else:
+ print "unable to detect breakpoint location " \
+ "of load module completion"
+
+LinuxSymbols()
diff --git a/scripts/gdb/vmlinux-gdb.py b/scripts/gdb/vmlinux-gdb.py
index 62c30b8..fa1d5e1 100644
--- a/scripts/gdb/vmlinux-gdb.py
+++ b/scripts/gdb/vmlinux-gdb.py
@@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ if not gdb.VERSION >= "7.1":
"to work."
else:
import utils
+ import symbols
--
1.7.3.4
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