linux-kernel - [PATCH] scripts/gdb: relax requirement on symlink location

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Date:   Fri, 14 Oct 2016 12:07:00 +0200
From:   Tobias Waldekranz <tobias@...dekranz.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     jan.kiszka@...mens.com
Subject: [PATCH] scripts/gdb: relax requirement on symlink location

The current construct for inserting the `scripts/gdb/` directory into
the python path requires `vmlinux-gdb.py` to be symlinked in the root of
the kernel build tree.

By first resolving the symlink and inserting that path, the symlink can
be placed in an arbitrary directory.

Signed-off-by: Tobias Waldekranz <tobias@...dekranz.com>
---
 scripts/gdb/vmlinux-gdb.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/gdb/vmlinux-gdb.py b/scripts/gdb/vmlinux-gdb.py
index ce82bf5..a9029f4 100644
--- a/scripts/gdb/vmlinux-gdb.py
+++ b/scripts/gdb/vmlinux-gdb.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 import os
 
-sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(__file__) + "/scripts/gdb")
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)))
 
 try:
     gdb.parse_and_eval("0")
-- 
1.8.4.357.g8d83871.dirty