From: Nikolay Borisov <n.borisov.lkml@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: scripts/gdb: Perform path expansion to lx-symbol's arguments Python doesn't do automatic expansion of paths. In case one passes path of the from ~/foo/bar the gdb scripts won't automatically expand that and as a result the symbols files won't be loaded. Fix this by explicitly expanding all paths which begin with "~" Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1467127337-11135-5-git-send-email-kieran@xxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Nikolay Borisov <n.borisov.lkml@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Kieran Bingham <kieran@xxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/gdb/linux/symbols.py | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN scripts/gdb/linux/symbols.py~scripts-gdb-perform-path-expansion-to-lx-symbols-arguments scripts/gdb/linux/symbols.py --- a/scripts/gdb/linux/symbols.py~scripts-gdb-perform-path-expansion-to-lx-symbols-arguments +++ a/scripts/gdb/linux/symbols.py @@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ lx-symbols command.""" saved_state['breakpoint'].enabled = saved_state['enabled'] def invoke(self, arg, from_tty): - self.module_paths = arg.split() + self.module_paths = [os.path.expanduser(p) for p in arg.split()] self.module_paths.append(os.getcwd()) # enforce update _ -- 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