The patch titled
Subject: scripts/gdb: add cache for type objects
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
scripts-gdb-add-cache-for-type-objects.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/scripts-gdb-add-cache-for-type-objects.patch
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http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/scripts-gdb-add-cache-for-type-objects.patch
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From: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: scripts/gdb: add cache for type objects
Type lookups are very slow in gdb-python which is often noticeable when
iterating over a number of objects. Introduce the helper class CachedType
that keeps a reference to a gdb.Type object but also refreshes it after an
object file has been loaded.
Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ben Widawsky <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/gdb/linux/utils.py | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 34 insertions(+)
diff -puN /dev/null scripts/gdb/linux/utils.py
--- /dev/null
+++ a/scripts/gdb/linux/utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#
+# gdb helper commands and functions for Linux kernel debugging
+#
+# common utilities
+#
+# Copyright (c) Siemens AG, 2011-2013
+#
+# Authors:
+# Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@xxxxxxxxxxx>
+#
+# This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 2.
+#
+
+import gdb
+
+
+class CachedType:
+ def __init__(self, name):
+ self._type = None
+ self._name = name
+
+ def _new_objfile_handler(self, event):
+ self._type = None
+ gdb.events.new_objfile.disconnect(self._new_objfile_handler)
+
+ def get_type(self):
+ if self._type is None:
+ self._type = gdb.lookup_type(self._name)
+ if self._type is None:
+ raise gdb.GdbError(
+ "cannot resolve type '{0}'".format(self._name))
+ if hasattr(gdb, 'events') and hasattr(gdb.events, 'new_objfile'):
+ gdb.events.new_objfile.connect(self._new_objfile_handler)
+ return self._type
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from jan.kiszka@xxxxxxxxxxx are
scripts-gdb-add-infrastructure.patch
scripts-gdb-add-cache-for-type-objects.patch
scripts-gdb-add-container_of-helper-and-convenience-function.patch
scripts-gdb-add-module-iteration-class.patch
scripts-gdb-add-lx-symbols-command.patch
module-do-not-inline-do_init_module.patch
scripts-gdb-add-automatic-symbol-reloading-on-module-insertion.patch
scripts-gdb-add-internal-helper-and-convenience-function-to-look-up-a-module.patch
scripts-gdb-add-get_target_endianness-helper.patch
scripts-gdb-add-read_u16-32-64-helpers.patch
scripts-gdb-add-lx-dmesg-command.patch
scripts-gdb-add-task-iteration-class.patch
scripts-gdb-add-helper-and-convenience-function-to-look-up-tasks.patch
scripts-gdb-add-is_target_arch-helper.patch
scripts-gdb-add-internal-helper-and-convenience-function-to-retrieve-thread_info.patch
scripts-gdb-add-get_gdbserver_type-helper.patch
scripts-gdb-add-internal-helper-and-convenience-function-for-per-cpu-lookup.patch
scripts-gdb-add-lx_current-convenience-function.patch
scripts-gdb-add-class-to-iterate-over-cpu-masks.patch
scripts-gdb-add-lx-lsmod-command.patch
scripts-gdb-add-basic-documentation.patch
scripts-gdb-port-to-python3-gdb77.patch
scripts-gdb-ignore-byte-compiled-python-files.patch
scripts-gdb-use-a-generator-instead-of-iterator-for-task-list.patch
scripts-gdb-convert-modulelist-to-generator-function.patch
scripts-gdb-convert-cpulist-to-generator-function.patch
scripts-gdb-define-maintainer.patch
scripts-gdb-disable-pagination-while-printing-from-breakpoint-handler.patch
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