The patch titled
Subject: gdb: lx-symbols: do not error out on monolithic build
has been added to the -mm mm-nonmm-unstable branch. Its filename is
gdb-lx-symbols-do-not-error-out-on-monolithic-build.patch
This patch will shortly appear at
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/gdb-lx-symbols-do-not-error-out-on-monolithic-build.patch
This patch will later appear in the mm-nonmm-unstable branch at
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
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From: Etienne Buira <etienne.buira@xxxxxxx>
Subject: gdb: lx-symbols: do not error out on monolithic build
Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2024 17:45:32 +0100
This avoids spurious message:
(gdb) lx-symbols
loading vmlinux
No source file named kernel/module/main.c.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/Zy5ALByQtpO-ddh4@Z926fQmE5jqhFMgp6
Signed-off-by: Etienne Buira <etienne.buira@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrew Ballance <andrewjballance@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kieran Bingham <kbingham@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/gdb/linux/modules.py | 3 +++
scripts/gdb/linux/symbols.py | 3 +++
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)
--- a/scripts/gdb/linux/modules.py~gdb-lx-symbols-do-not-error-out-on-monolithic-build
+++ a/scripts/gdb/linux/modules.py
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ from linux import cpus, utils, lists, co
module_type = utils.CachedType("struct module")
+def has_modules():
+ return utils.gdb_eval_or_none("modules") is not None
+
def module_list():
global module_type
modules = utils.gdb_eval_or_none("modules")
--- a/scripts/gdb/linux/symbols.py~gdb-lx-symbols-do-not-error-out-on-monolithic-build
+++ a/scripts/gdb/linux/symbols.py
@@ -178,6 +178,9 @@ lx-symbols command."""
self.load_all_symbols()
+ if not modules.has_modules():
+ return
+
if hasattr(gdb, 'Breakpoint'):
if self.breakpoint is not None:
self.breakpoint.delete()
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from etienne.buira@xxxxxxx are
gdb-lx-symbols-do-not-error-out-on-monolithic-build.patch
