From: Kieran Bingham <kieran.bingham@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: scripts/gdb: provide kernel list item generators Facilitate linked-list items by providing a generator to return the dereferenced, and type-cast objects from a kernel linked list Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/2b0998564e6e5abe53585d466f87e491331fd2a4.1462865983.git.jan.kiszka@xxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Kieran Bingham <kieran.bingham@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@xxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/gdb/linux/lists.py | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+) diff -puN scripts/gdb/linux/lists.py~scripts-gdb-provide-kernel-list-item-generators scripts/gdb/linux/lists.py --- a/scripts/gdb/linux/lists.py~scripts-gdb-provide-kernel-list-item-generators +++ a/scripts/gdb/linux/lists.py @@ -18,6 +18,27 @@ from linux import utils list_head = utils.CachedType("struct list_head") +def list_for_each(head): + if head.type == list_head.get_type().pointer(): + head = head.dereference() + elif head.type != list_head.get_type(): + raise gdb.GdbError("Must be struct list_head not {}" + .format(head.type)) + + node = head['next'].dereference() + while node.address != head.address: + yield node.address + node = node['next'].dereference() + + +def list_for_each_entry(head, gdbtype, member): + for node in list_for_each(head): + if node.type != list_head.get_type().pointer(): + raise TypeError("Type {} found. Expected struct list_head *." + .format(node.type)) + yield utils.container_of(node, gdbtype, member) + + def list_check(head): nb = 0 if (head.type == list_head.get_type().pointer()): _ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
