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| -rw-r--r-- | Makefile | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/Kconfig.debug | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | scripts/Makefile | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | scripts/gdb/Makefile | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | scripts/gdb/linux/Makefile | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | scripts/gdb/vmlinux-gdb.py | 23 |
6 files changed, 51 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -927,6 +927,9 @@ endif ifdef CONFIG_BUILD_DOCSRC $(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=Documentation endif +ifdef CONFIG_GDB_SCRIPTS + $(Q)ln -fsn `cd $(srctree) && /bin/pwd`/scripts/gdb/vmlinux-gdb.py +endif +$(call if_changed,link-vmlinux) # The actual objects are generated when descending, @@ -1181,7 +1184,7 @@ MRPROPER_FILES += .config .config.old .version .old_version $(version_h) \ Module.symvers tags TAGS cscope* GPATH GTAGS GRTAGS GSYMS \ signing_key.priv signing_key.x509 x509.genkey \ extra_certificates signing_key.x509.keyid \ - signing_key.x509.signer + signing_key.x509.signer vmlinux-gdb.py # clean - Delete most, but leave enough to build external modules # diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug index ecb3516..c5cefb3 100644 --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug +++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug @@ -167,6 +167,17 @@ config DEBUG_INFO_DWARF4 But it significantly improves the success of resolving variables in gdb on optimized code. +config GDB_SCRIPTS + bool "Provide GDB scripts for kernel debugging" + depends on DEBUG_INFO + help + This creates the required links to GDB helper scripts in the + build directory. If you load vmlinux into gdb, the helper + scripts will be automatically imported by gdb as well, and + additional functions are available to analyze a Linux kernel + instance. See Documentation/gdb-kernel-debugging.txt for further + details. + config ENABLE_WARN_DEPRECATED bool "Enable __deprecated logic" default y diff --git a/scripts/Makefile b/scripts/Makefile index 72902b5..2016a64 100644 --- a/scripts/Makefile +++ b/scripts/Makefile @@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ subdir-$(CONFIG_MODVERSIONS) += genksyms subdir-y += mod subdir-$(CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX) += selinux subdir-$(CONFIG_DTC) += dtc +subdir-$(CONFIG_GDB_SCRIPTS) += gdb # Let clean descend into subdirs subdir- += basic kconfig package diff --git a/scripts/gdb/Makefile b/scripts/gdb/Makefile new file mode 100644 index 0000000..62f5f65 --- /dev/null +++ b/scripts/gdb/Makefile @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +subdir-y := linux diff --git a/scripts/gdb/linux/Makefile b/scripts/gdb/linux/Makefile new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6cf1ecf --- /dev/null +++ b/scripts/gdb/linux/Makefile @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +always := gdb-scripts + +SRCTREE := $(shell cd $(srctree) && /bin/pwd) + +$(obj)/gdb-scripts: +ifneq ($(KBUILD_SRC),) + $(Q)ln -fsn $(SRCTREE)/$(obj)/*.py $(objtree)/$(obj) +endif + @: + +clean-files := *.pyc *.pyo $(if $(KBUILD_SRC),*.py) diff --git a/scripts/gdb/vmlinux-gdb.py b/scripts/gdb/vmlinux-gdb.py new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c1d90ce --- /dev/null +++ b/scripts/gdb/vmlinux-gdb.py @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +# +# gdb helper commands and functions for Linux kernel debugging +# +# loader module +# +# Copyright (c) Siemens AG, 2012, 2013 +# +# Authors: +# Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com> +# +# This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 2. +# + +import os + +sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(__file__) + "/scripts/gdb") + +try: + gdb.parse_and_eval("0") + gdb.execute("", to_string=True) +except: + gdb.write("NOTE: gdb 7.2 or later required for Linux helper scripts to " + "work.\n") |
