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authorJan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>2015-02-17 13:47:10 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2015-02-17 14:34:54 -0800
commit4752871081ba4fbb3c539488a95e77d8011bfe49 (patch)
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parent7704d58a8509c65e3f7e4407ca2e5fa6360349c1 (diff)
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scripts/gdb: add helper and convenience function to look up tasks
Add the helper task_by_pid that can look up a task by its PID. Also export it as a convenience function. Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> Cc: Ben Widawsky <ben@bwidawsk.net> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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diff --git a/scripts/gdb/linux/tasks.py b/scripts/gdb/linux/tasks.py
index cd25984..13bb97c 100644
--- a/scripts/gdb/linux/tasks.py
+++ b/scripts/gdb/linux/tasks.py
@@ -44,3 +44,30 @@ class TaskList:
utils.container_of(t['thread_group']['next'],
self.task_ptr_type, "thread_group")
return t
+
+
+def get_task_by_pid(pid):
+ for task in TaskList():
+ if int(task['pid']) == pid:
+ return task
+ return None
+
+
+class LxTaskByPidFunc(gdb.Function):
+ """Find Linux task by PID and return the task_struct variable.
+
+$lx_task_by_pid(PID): Given PID, iterate over all tasks of the target and
+return that task_struct variable which PID matches."""
+
+ def __init__(self):
+ super(LxTaskByPidFunc, self).__init__("lx_task_by_pid")
+
+ def invoke(self, pid):
+ task = get_task_by_pid(pid)
+ if task:
+ return task.dereference()
+ else:
+ raise gdb.GdbError("No task of PID " + str(pid))
+
+
+LxTaskByPidFunc()
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