linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scripts/gdb: fix 'lx-current' for x86

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Message-ID: <CAEr6+EA7L68kGPW43YwDOhpBVMQhJ0WNbMEreNFpz=8Q=C_S+A@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 7 Feb 2023 23:48:19 +0800
From:   Jeff Xie <xiehuan09@...il.com>
To:     jan.kiszka@...mens.com, kbingham@...nel.org,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scripts/gdb: fix 'lx-current' for x86

Andrew was added.

Hi Andrew,

I found the patches for the ./scripts/gdb/*  were merged by you before,
but the "./scripts/get_maintainer.pl ./scripts/gdb/linux/cpus.py"
can't find your name,  so added you.

Can you review this patch ;-)

On Sat, Feb 4, 2023 at 5:02 PM Jeff Xie <xiehuan09@...il.com> wrote:
>
> When printing the name of the current process, it will report an error:
> (gdb) p $lx_current().comm
> Python Exception <class 'gdb.error'> No symbol "current_task" in current context.:
> Error occurred in Python: No symbol "current_task" in current context.
>
> Because the commit <e57ef2ed97c1> ("x86: Put hot per CPU variables into a struct")
> changed it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Xie <xiehuan09@...il.com>
> ---
>  scripts/gdb/linux/cpus.py | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/scripts/gdb/linux/cpus.py b/scripts/gdb/linux/cpus.py
> index 15fc4626d236..9ee99f9fae8d 100644
> --- a/scripts/gdb/linux/cpus.py
> +++ b/scripts/gdb/linux/cpus.py
> @@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ def get_current_task(cpu):
>      task_ptr_type = task_type.get_type().pointer()
>
>      if utils.is_target_arch("x86"):
> -         var_ptr = gdb.parse_and_eval("&current_task")
> +         var_ptr = gdb.parse_and_eval("&pcpu_hot.current_task")
>           return per_cpu(var_ptr, cpu).dereference()
>      elif utils.is_target_arch("aarch64"):
>           current_task_addr = gdb.parse_and_eval("$SP_EL0")
> --
> 2.25.1
>

-- 
Thanks,
JeffXie