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Date:	Fri,  6 Jun 2014 19:18:54 +0200
From:	Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@...mens.com>
To:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@...driver.com>,
	kgdb-bugreport@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Tom Tromey <tromey@...hat.com>,
	Ben Widawsky <ben@...dawsk.net>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>,
	Tatiana Al-Chueyr Martins <tatiana.alchueyr@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH v8 13/22] scripts/gdb: Add helper and convenience function to look up tasks

Add the helper task_by_pid that can look up a task by its PID. Also
export it as a convenience function.

Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@...mens.com>
---
 scripts/gdb/linux/tasks.py | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 scripts/gdb/vmlinux-gdb.py |  1 +
 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/gdb/linux/tasks.py b/scripts/gdb/linux/tasks.py
index cd25984..13bb97c 100644
--- a/scripts/gdb/linux/tasks.py
+++ b/scripts/gdb/linux/tasks.py
@@ -44,3 +44,30 @@ class TaskList:
                 utils.container_of(t['thread_group']['next'],
                                    self.task_ptr_type, "thread_group")
         return t
+
+
+def get_task_by_pid(pid):
+    for task in TaskList():
+        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()
diff --git a/scripts/gdb/vmlinux-gdb.py b/scripts/gdb/vmlinux-gdb.py
index fa66d23..4d7eb2c 100644
--- a/scripts/gdb/vmlinux-gdb.py
+++ b/scripts/gdb/vmlinux-gdb.py
@@ -26,3 +26,4 @@ else:
     import linux.symbols
     import linux.modules
     import linux.dmesg
+    import linux.tasks
-- 
1.8.1.1.298.ge7eed54

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