[PATCH v2 0/2] GDB: Support getting current task struct in UML

From: Glenn Washburn
Date: Fri Feb 17 2023 - 20:13:08 EST


Added suggestions from Jan.

Glenn

Glenn Washburn (2):
scripts/gdb: Correct indentation in get_current_task
scripts/gdb: Support getting current task struct in UML

scripts/gdb/linux/cpus.py | 24 +++++++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

Range-diff against v1:
1: f33ebe524590 ! 1: c5a916e094d9 scripts/gdb: Correct indentation in get_current_task
@@ Commit message

There is an extra space in a couple blocks in get_current_task.
Though python does not care, let's make the spacing consistent.
+ Also, format better an if expression, removing unneeded parenthesis.

## scripts/gdb/linux/cpus.py ##
@@ scripts/gdb/linux/cpus.py: def get_current_task(cpu):
@@ scripts/gdb/linux/cpus.py: def get_current_task(cpu):
- raise gdb.GdbError("Sorry, obtaining the current task is not allowed "
- "while running in userspace(EL0)")
+ current_task_addr = gdb.parse_and_eval("$SP_EL0")
-+ if((current_task_addr >> 63) != 0):
++ if (current_task_addr >> 63) != 0:
+ current_task = current_task_addr.cast(task_ptr_type)
+ return current_task.dereference()
+ else:
2: 8c3db2291f58 ! 2: 683d10e752cd scripts/gdb: Support getting current task struct in UML
@@ Commit message
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.
+ identify that the inferior is a UML kernel and not bare-metal, check
+ for the existence of the UML specific symbol "cpu_tasks" which
+ contains the current task struct.

## scripts/gdb/linux/cpus.py ##
@@ scripts/gdb/linux/cpus.py: def get_current_task(cpu):
@@ scripts/gdb/linux/cpus.py: def get_current_task(cpu):
if utils.is_target_arch("x86"):
- var_ptr = gdb.parse_and_eval("&current_task")
- return per_cpu(var_ptr, cpu).dereference()
-+ if gdb.lookup_global_symbol("uml_kmalloc"):
++ if gdb.lookup_global_symbol("cpu_tasks"):
++ # This is a UML kernel, which stores the current task
++ # differently than other x86 sub architectures
+ var_ptr = gdb.parse_and_eval("(struct task_struct *)cpu_tasks[0].task")
+ return var_ptr.dereference()
+ else:
@@ scripts/gdb/linux/cpus.py: def get_current_task(cpu):
+ 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):
+ if (current_task_addr >> 63) != 0:
--
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