# # gdb helper commands and functions for Linux kernel debugging # # task & thread tools # # Copyright (c) Siemens AG, 2011-2013 # # Authors: # Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com> # # This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 2. # import gdb from linux import utils task_type = utils.CachedType("struct task_struct") def task_lists(): task_ptr_type = task_type.get_type().pointer() init_task = gdb.parse_and_eval("init_task").address t = g = init_task while True: while True: yield t t = utils.container_of(t['thread_group']['next'], task_ptr_type, "thread_group") if t == g: break t = g = utils.container_of(g['tasks']['next'], task_ptr_type, "tasks") if t == init_task: return def get_task_by_pid(pid): for task in task_lists(): 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() class LxPs(gdb.Command): """Dump Linux tasks.""" def __init__(self): super(LxPs, self).__init__("lx-ps", gdb.COMMAND_DATA) def invoke(self, arg, from_tty): for task in task_lists(): gdb.write("{address} {pid} {comm}\n".format( address=task, pid=task["pid"], comm=task["comm"].string())) LxPs() thread_info_type = utils.CachedType("struct thread_info") ia64_task_size = None def get_thread_info(task): thread_info_ptr_type = thread_info_type.get_type().pointer() if utils.is_target_arch("ia64"): global ia64_task_size if ia64_task_size is None: ia64_task_size = gdb.parse_and_eval("sizeof(struct task_struct)") thread_info_addr = task.address + ia64_task_size thread_info = thread_info_addr.cast(thread_info_ptr_type) else: thread_info = task['stack'].cast(thread_info_ptr_type) return thread_info.dereference() class LxThreadInfoFunc (gdb.Function): """Calculate Linux thread_info from task variable. $lx_thread_info(TASK): Given TASK, return the corresponding thread_info variable.""" def __init__(self): super(LxThreadInfoFunc, self).__init__("lx_thread_info") def invoke(self, task): return get_thread_info(task) LxThreadInfoFunc()