linux-bl808/scripts/gdb/linux/tasks.py
Jan Kiszka 4752871081 scripts/gdb: add helper and convenience function to look up tasks
Add the helper task_by_pid that can look up a task by its PID.  Also
export it 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 14:34:54 -08:00

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#
# gdb helper commands and functions for Linux kernel debugging
#
# task & thread tools
#
# Copyright (c) Siemens AG, 2011-2013
#
# 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
task_type = utils.CachedType("struct task_struct")
class TaskList:
def __init__(self):
global task_type
self.task_ptr_type = task_type.get_type().pointer()
self.init_task = gdb.parse_and_eval("init_task")
self.curr_group = self.init_task.address
self.curr_task = None
def __iter__(self):
return self
def next(self):
t = self.curr_task
if not t or t == self.curr_group:
self.curr_group = \
utils.container_of(self.curr_group['tasks']['next'],
self.task_ptr_type, "tasks")
if self.curr_group == self.init_task.address:
raise StopIteration
t = self.curr_task = self.curr_group
else:
self.curr_task = \
utils.container_of(t['thread_group']['next'],
self.task_ptr_type, "thread_group")
return t
def get_task_by_pid(pid):
for task in TaskList():
if int(task['pid']) == pid:
return task
return None
class LxTaskByPidFunc(gdb.Function):
"""Find Linux task by PID and return the task_struct variable.
$lx_task_by_pid(PID): Given PID, iterate over all tasks of the target and
return that task_struct variable which PID matches."""
def __init__(self):
super(LxTaskByPidFunc, self).__init__("lx_task_by_pid")
def invoke(self, pid):
task = get_task_by_pid(pid)
if task:
return task.dereference()
else:
raise gdb.GdbError("No task of PID " + str(pid))
LxTaskByPidFunc()