From dc9586823f3e06867344e6cf88741688c2c7737f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Barry Song Date: Thu, 6 May 2021 18:05:06 -0700 Subject: scripts/gdb: document lx_current is only supported by x86 Patch series "scripts/gdb: clarify the platforms supporting lx_current and add arm64 support", v2. lx_current depends on per_cpu current_task variable which exists on x86 only. so it actually works on x86 only. the 1st patch documents this clearly; the 2nd patch adds support for arm64. This patch (of 2): x86 is the only architecture which has per_cpu current_task: arch$ git grep current_task | grep -i per_cpu x86/include/asm/current.h:DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct task_struct *, current_task); x86/kernel/cpu/common.c:DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct task_struct *, current_task) ____cacheline_aligned = x86/kernel/cpu/common.c:EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL(current_task); x86/kernel/cpu/common.c:DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct task_struct *, current_task) = &init_task; x86/kernel/cpu/common.c:EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL(current_task); x86/kernel/smpboot.c: per_cpu(current_task, cpu) = idle; On other architectures, lx_current() will lead to a python exception: (gdb) p $lx_current().pid Python Exception No symbol "current_task" in current context.: Error occurred in Python: No symbol "current_task" in current context. To avoid more people struggling and wasting time in other architectures, document it. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210314203444.15188-1-song.bao.hua@hisilicon.com Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210314203444.15188-2-song.bao.hua@hisilicon.com Signed-off-by: Barry Song Cc: Jan Kiszka Cc: Kieran Bingham Cc: Jonathan Corbet Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- scripts/gdb/linux/cpus.py | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'scripts/gdb/linux') diff --git a/scripts/gdb/linux/cpus.py b/scripts/gdb/linux/cpus.py index 008e62f3190d..f382762509d3 100644 --- a/scripts/gdb/linux/cpus.py +++ b/scripts/gdb/linux/cpus.py @@ -156,6 +156,13 @@ Note that VAR has to be quoted as string.""" PerCpu() +def get_current_task(cpu): + if utils.is_target_arch("x86"): + var_ptr = gdb.parse_and_eval("¤t_task") + return per_cpu(var_ptr, cpu).dereference() + else: + raise gdb.GdbError("Sorry, obtaining the current task is not yet " + "supported with this arch") class LxCurrentFunc(gdb.Function): """Return current task. @@ -167,8 +174,7 @@ number. If CPU is omitted, the CPU of the current context is used.""" super(LxCurrentFunc, self).__init__("lx_current") def invoke(self, cpu=-1): - var_ptr = gdb.parse_and_eval("¤t_task") - return per_cpu(var_ptr, cpu).dereference() + return get_current_task(cpu) LxCurrentFunc() -- cgit v1.2.3