The patch titled
Subject: scripts/gdb/linux/tasks.py: fix get_thread_info
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
scripts-gdb-fix-get_thread_info.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/scripts-gdb-fix-get_thread_info.patch
and later at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/scripts-gdb-fix-get_thread_info.patch
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From: Xi Kangjie <imxikangjie@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: scripts/gdb/linux/tasks.py: fix get_thread_info
Since kernel 4.9, the thread_info has been moved into task_struct, no
longer locates at the bottom of kernel stack.
See c65eacbe290b ("sched/core: Allow putting thread_info into
task_struct") and 15f4eae70d36 ("x86: Move thread_info into task_struct").
Before fix:
(gdb) set $current = $lx_current()
(gdb) p $lx_thread_info($current)
$1 = {flags = 1470918301}
(gdb) p $current.thread_info
$2 = {flags = 2147483648}
After fix:
(gdb) p $lx_thread_info($current)
$1 = {flags = 2147483648}
(gdb) p $current.thread_info
$2 = {flags = 2147483648}
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180118210159.17223-1-imxikangjie@xxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 15f4eae70d36 ("x86: Move thread_info into task_struct")
Signed-off-by: Xi Kangjie <imxikangjie@xxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Kieran Bingham <kbingham@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/gdb/linux/tasks.py | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff -puN scripts/gdb/linux/tasks.py~scripts-gdb-fix-get_thread_info scripts/gdb/linux/tasks.py
--- a/scripts/gdb/linux/tasks.py~scripts-gdb-fix-get_thread_info
+++ a/scripts/gdb/linux/tasks.py
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ def get_thread_info(task):
thread_info_addr = task.address + ia64_task_size
thread_info = thread_info_addr.cast(thread_info_ptr_type)
else:
+ if task.type.fields()[0].type == thread_info_type.get_type():
+ return task['thread_info']
thread_info = task['stack'].cast(thread_info_ptr_type)
return thread_info.dereference()
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from imxikangjie@xxxxxxxxx are
scripts-gdb-fix-get_thread_info.patch