Star64_linux/scripts/gdb/linux/modules.py
Jan Kiszka 7b599ef535 scripts/gdb: add internal helper and convenience function to look up a module
Add the internal helper get_module_by_name to obtain the module structure
corresponding to the given name.  Also export this service as a
convenience function.

Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Cc: Ben Widawsky <ben@bwidawsk.net>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2015-02-17 14:34:53 -08:00

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#
# gdb helper commands and functions for Linux kernel debugging
#
# module tools
#
# Copyright (c) Siemens AG, 2013
#
# Authors:
# Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
#
# This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 2.
#
import gdb
from linux import utils
module_type = utils.CachedType("struct module")
class ModuleList:
def __init__(self):
global module_type
self.module_ptr_type = module_type.get_type().pointer()
modules = gdb.parse_and_eval("modules")
self.curr_entry = modules['next']
self.end_of_list = modules.address
def __iter__(self):
return self
def next(self):
entry = self.curr_entry
if entry != self.end_of_list:
self.curr_entry = entry['next']
return utils.container_of(entry, self.module_ptr_type, "list")
else:
raise StopIteration
def find_module_by_name(name):
for module in ModuleList():
if module['name'].string() == name:
return module
return None
class LxModule(gdb.Function):
"""Find module by name and return the module variable.
$lx_module("MODULE"): Given the name MODULE, iterate over all loaded modules
of the target and return that module variable which MODULE matches."""
def __init__(self):
super(LxModule, self).__init__("lx_module")
def invoke(self, mod_name):
mod_name = mod_name.string()
module = find_module_by_name(mod_name)
if module:
return module.dereference()
else:
raise gdb.GdbError("Unable to find MODULE " + mod_name)
LxModule()