Re: [PATCH v2] scripts/gdb: fix lx-dmesg when CONFIG_PRINTK_CALLER is set

From: Joel Colledge
Date: Fri Oct 11 2019 - 08:56:33 EST


On Fri, Oct 11, 2019 at 2:38 PM Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Does bitpos really use a non-int type? Otherwise, plain '/' suffices.

bitpos uses gdb.Field. When I use '/' I get an error:
Error occurred in Python command: slice indices must be integers or
None or have an __index__ method

I'm guessing gdb.Field has some kind of override which causes it to be
converted to float when using '/'; hence '//'.

> Overlong line.
> ...
> Here as well. Better use some temp vars to break up the expressions.
> Helps with readability.

Will do.