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authorBarry Song <song.bao.hua@hisilicon.com>2021-05-06 18:05:06 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2021-05-07 00:26:33 -0700
commitdc9586823f3e06867344e6cf88741688c2c7737f (patch)
tree98edf6b61a8b533edd579bcdaca807396c43a610 /Documentation
parent23921540d2c0a4d8530078f6f64fc3e28444ca9d (diff)
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 <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. 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 <song.bao.hua@hisilicon.com> Cc: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com> Cc: Kieran Bingham <kbingham@kernel.org> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/dev-tools/gdb-kernel-debugging.rst2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 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
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-- 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