The patch titled
Subject: scripts/gdb: also allow list_head pointer as lx-list-check paramter
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
scripts-gdb-also-allow-list_head-pointer-as-lx-list-check-paramter.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/scripts-gdb-also-allow-list_head-pointer-as-lx-list-check-paramter.patch
and later at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/scripts-gdb-also-allow-list_head-pointer-as-lx-list-check-paramter.patch
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From: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: scripts/gdb: also allow list_head pointer as lx-list-check paramter
This makes the usage more flexible.
Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thiébaud Weksteen <thiebaud@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/gdb/linux/lists.py | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff -puN scripts/gdb/linux/lists.py~scripts-gdb-also-allow-list_head-pointer-as-lx-list-check-paramter scripts/gdb/linux/lists.py
--- a/scripts/gdb/linux/lists.py~scripts-gdb-also-allow-list_head-pointer-as-lx-list-check-paramter
+++ a/scripts/gdb/linux/lists.py
@@ -20,9 +20,11 @@ list_head = utils.CachedType("struct lis
def list_check(head):
nb = 0
+ if (head.type == list_head.get_type().pointer()):
+ head = head.dereference()
+ elif (head.type != list_head.get_type()):
+ raise gdb.GdbError('argument must be of type (struct list_head [*])')
c = head
- if (c.type != list_head.get_type()):
- raise gdb.GdbError('The argument should be of type (struct list_head)')
try:
gdb.write("Starting with: {}\n".format(c))
except gdb.MemoryError:
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from jan.kiszka@xxxxxxxxxxx are
scripts-gdb-fix-lx-lsmod-refcnt.patch
scripts-gdb-add-command-to-check-list-consistency.patch
scripts-gdb-also-allow-list_head-pointer-as-lx-list-check-paramter.patch
scripts-gdb-enable-completion-for-lx-list-check-parameter.patch
scripts-gdb-fix-typo-in-exception-name.patch
scripts-gdb-fix-pep8-compliance.patch
scripts-gdb-add-ps-command.patch
scripts-gdb-remove-useless-global-instruction.patch
linux-next.patch
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