linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/02] scripts/gdb/cpus: Add support for get_current

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Message-ID: <6902eafc.170a0220.271be2.319e@mx.google.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2025 10:03:30 +0530
From: Ritesh Harjani (IBM) <ritesh.list@...il.com>
To: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@...mens.com>, Kieran Bingham <kbingham@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/02] scripts/gdb/cpus: Add support for get_current_task for powerpc book3s64

"Ritesh Harjani (IBM)" <ritesh.list@...il.com> writes:

> This adds support to query p $lx_current() for ppc64 book3s64.
> This allows us to utilize gdb scripts functions like:
>
> function lx_current
> function lx_task_by_pid
> function lx_thread_info
> function lx_thread_info_by_pid
>
> e.g.
> (gdb) p $lx_current()->comm
> $1 = "swapper\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\00
>
> Signed-off-by: Ritesh Harjani (IBM) <ritesh.list@...il.com>
> ---
>  scripts/gdb/linux/constants.py.in |  1 +
>  scripts/gdb/linux/cpus.py         | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
>  2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Hi Jan, 

These patches still cleanly applies on upstream tree. Any plans to pick
this up?

-ritesh