[PATCH] Documentation: Provide hints on how to debug Python GDB scripts

[Florian Fainelli]

By default GDB does not print a full stack of its integrated Python
interpreter, thus making the debugging of GDB scripts more painful than
it has to be.

Suggested-by: Radu Rendec <radu@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 Documentation/process/debugging/gdb-kernel-debugging.rst | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/process/debugging/gdb-kernel-debugging.rst b/Documentation/process/debugging/gdb-kernel-debugging.rst
index 9475c759c722..53e225760a4d 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/debugging/gdb-kernel-debugging.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/debugging/gdb-kernel-debugging.rst
@@ -173,3 +173,12 @@ this is just a snapshot of the initial version::
 
 Detailed help can be obtained via "help <command-name>" for commands and "help
 function <function-name>" for convenience functions.
+
+Debugging GDB scripts
+---------------------
+
+GDB does not enable a full Python backtrace which can make debugging GDB
+scripts more difficult than necessary. The following will allow for printing a
+full backtrace of the python environment::
+
+ (gdb) set python print-stack full
-- 
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