[PATCH v4 13/13] scripts/gdb: Add lx_current convenience function

[Jan Kiszka]

This is a shorthand for *$lx_per_cpu("current_task"), i.e. a convenience
function to retrieve the currently running task of the active context.

Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 scripts/gdb/percpu.py |   15 +++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/gdb/percpu.py b/scripts/gdb/percpu.py
index e2556919..dbc84c0 100644
--- a/scripts/gdb/percpu.py
+++ b/scripts/gdb/percpu.py
@@ -59,3 +59,18 @@ class PerCpu(gdb.Function):
 		return per_cpu(var_name.string(), cpu)
 
 PerCpu()
+
+
+class LxCurrentFunc(gdb.Function):
+	__doc__ = "Return current task.\n" \
+		  "\n" \
+		  "$lx_current([CPU]): Return the per-cpu task variable for the given CPU\n" \
+		  "number. If CPU is omitted, the CPU of the current context is used."
+
+	def __init__(self):
+		super(LxCurrentFunc, self).__init__("lx_current")
+
+	def invoke(self, cpu = -1):
+		return per_cpu("current_task", cpu).dereference()
+
+LxCurrentFunc()
-- 
1.7.3.4

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