This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
scripts/gdb: account for changes in module data structure
to the 4.4-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
scripts-gdb-account-for-changes-in-module-data-structure.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.4 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From ad4db3b24a93e52a92ad8f9b0273a9416f202c23 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2016 14:27:39 -0700
Subject: scripts/gdb: account for changes in module data structure
From: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@xxxxxxxxxxx>
commit ad4db3b24a93e52a92ad8f9b0273a9416f202c23 upstream.
Commit 7523e4dc5057 ("module: use a structure to encapsulate layout.")
factored out the module_layout structure. Adjust the symbol loader and
the lsmod command to this.
Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Kieran Bingham <kieran.bingham@xxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Kieran Bingham <kieran.bingham@xxxxxxxxxx> (qemu-{ARM,x86})
Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/gdb/linux/modules.py | 5 +++--
scripts/gdb/linux/symbols.py | 2 +-
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
--- a/scripts/gdb/linux/modules.py
+++ b/scripts/gdb/linux/modules.py
@@ -73,10 +73,11 @@ class LxLsmod(gdb.Command):
" " if utils.get_long_type().sizeof == 8 else ""))
for module in module_list():
+ layout = module['core_layout']
gdb.write("{address} {name:<19} {size:>8} {ref}".format(
- address=str(module['module_core']).split()[0],
+ address=str(layout['base']).split()[0],
name=module['name'].string(),
- size=str(module['core_size']),
+ size=str(layout['size']),
ref=str(module['refcnt']['counter'])))
source_list = module['source_list']
--- a/scripts/gdb/linux/symbols.py
+++ b/scripts/gdb/linux/symbols.py
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ lx-symbols command."""
def load_module_symbols(self, module):
module_name = module['name'].string()
- module_addr = str(module['module_core']).split()[0]
+ module_addr = str(module['core_layout']['base']).split()[0]
module_file = self._get_module_file(module_name)
if not module_file and not self.module_files_updated:
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from jan.kiszka@xxxxxxxxxxx are
queue-4.4/scripts-gdb-account-for-changes-in-module-data-structure.patch
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