[PATCH v9 08/23] scripts/gdb: Add internal helper and convenience function to look up a module

[Jan Kiszka]

Add the internal helper get_module_by_name to obtain the module
structure corresponding to the given name. Also export this service as a
convenience function.

Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 scripts/gdb/linux/modules.py | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 scripts/gdb/vmlinux-gdb.py   |  1 +
 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/gdb/linux/modules.py b/scripts/gdb/linux/modules.py
index 8a65c3d..531f763 100644
--- a/scripts/gdb/linux/modules.py
+++ b/scripts/gdb/linux/modules.py
@@ -37,3 +37,31 @@ class ModuleList:
             return utils.container_of(entry, self.module_ptr_type, "list")
         else:
             raise StopIteration
+
+
+def find_module_by_name(name):
+    for module in ModuleList():
+        if module['name'].string() == name:
+            return module
+    return None
+
+
+class LxModule(gdb.Function):
+    """Find module by name and return the module variable.
+
+$lx_module("MODULE"): Given the name MODULE, iterate over all loaded modules
+of the target and return that module variable which MODULE matches."""
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        super(LxModule, self).__init__("lx_module")
+
+    def invoke(self, mod_name):
+        mod_name = mod_name.string()
+        module = find_module_by_name(mod_name)
+        if module:
+            return module.dereference()
+        else:
+            raise gdb.GdbError("Unable to find MODULE " + mod_name)
+
+
+LxModule()
diff --git a/scripts/gdb/vmlinux-gdb.py b/scripts/gdb/vmlinux-gdb.py
index 0b0faa4..cf2e716 100644
--- a/scripts/gdb/vmlinux-gdb.py
+++ b/scripts/gdb/vmlinux-gdb.py
@@ -24,3 +24,4 @@ except:
 else:
     import linux.utils
     import linux.symbols
+    import linux.modules
-- 
1.8.1.1.298.ge7eed54

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