This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
scripts/gdb/linux/tasks.py: fix get_thread_info
to the 4.9-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-linux-tasks.py-fix-get_thread_info.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.9 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From 883d50f56d263f70fd73c0d96b09eb36c34e9305 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Xi Kangjie <imxikangjie@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2018 16:34:00 -0800
Subject: scripts/gdb/linux/tasks.py: fix get_thread_info
From: Xi Kangjie <imxikangjie@xxxxxxxxx>
commit 883d50f56d263f70fd73c0d96b09eb36c34e9305 upstream.
Since kernel 4.9, the thread_info has been moved into task_struct, no
longer locates at the bottom of kernel stack.
See commits 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>
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/tasks.py | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
--- a/scripts/gdb/linux/tasks.py
+++ b/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()
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from imxikangjie@xxxxxxxxx are
queue-4.9/scripts-gdb-linux-tasks.py-fix-get_thread_info.patch