[PATCH 2/2] scripts/gdb: Support getting current task struct in UML
Glenn Washburn
development at efficientek.com
Tue Feb 14 15:35:40 PST 2023
A running x86 UML kernel reports with architecture "i386:x86-64" as
it is a sub-architecture. However, a difference with bare-metal x86
kernels is in how it manages tasks and the current task struct. To
identify that the inferior is a UML kernel and not bare-metal, the
symbol "uml_kmalloc" is checked for. If it exists, then do the UML
specific way of getting the current task struct.
Signed-off-by: Glenn Washburn <development at efficientek.com>
---
scripts/gdb/linux/cpus.py | 8 ++++++--
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/scripts/gdb/linux/cpus.py b/scripts/gdb/linux/cpus.py
index 289f0bf4d2a1..90908653f6c7 100644
--- a/scripts/gdb/linux/cpus.py
+++ b/scripts/gdb/linux/cpus.py
@@ -163,8 +163,12 @@ def get_current_task(cpu):
task_ptr_type = task_type.get_type().pointer()
if utils.is_target_arch("x86"):
- var_ptr = gdb.parse_and_eval("¤t_task")
- return per_cpu(var_ptr, cpu).dereference()
+ if gdb.lookup_global_symbol("uml_kmalloc"):
+ var_ptr = gdb.parse_and_eval("(struct task_struct *)cpu_tasks[0].task")
+ return var_ptr.dereference()
+ else:
+ var_ptr = gdb.parse_and_eval("¤t_task")
+ return per_cpu(var_ptr, cpu).dereference()
elif utils.is_target_arch("aarch64"):
current_task_addr = gdb.parse_and_eval("$SP_EL0")
if((current_task_addr >> 63) != 0):
--
2.30.2
More information about the linux-um
mailing list