lx_current depends on the per_cpu current_task which exists on x86 only:
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 <class 'gdb.error'> 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.
Cc: Jan Kiszka jan.kiszka@siemens.com Signed-off-by: Barry Song song.bao.hua@hisilicon.com --- Documentation/dev-tools/gdb-kernel-debugging.rst | 2 +- scripts/gdb/linux/cpus.py | 10 ++++++++-- 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/gdb-kernel-debugging.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/gdb-kernel-debugging.rst index 4756f6b3a04e..1586901b683c 100644 --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/gdb-kernel-debugging.rst +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/gdb-kernel-debugging.rst @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ Examples of using the Linux-provided gdb helpers [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: [mem 0x000000000009fc00-0x000000000009ffff] reserved ....
-- Examine fields of the current task struct:: +- Examine fields of the current task struct(supported by x86 only)::
(gdb) p $lx_current().pid $1 = 4998 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()