Re: [PATCH] kdump: Fix gdb macros work work with newer and 64-bit kernels

From: Baoquan He
Date: Wed May 04 2016 - 22:38:20 EST


On 04/27/16 at 07:21am, Corey Minyard wrote:
> Any comments on this? If no one else cares I'd be willing to take over
> maintenance of this.

Vivek is busy with some other issues. He asked Dave and me to test and
review this patch. Will check this recently.

Thanks
Baoquan

>
> -corey
>
> On 02/25/2016 07:51 AM, minyard@xxxxxxx wrote:
> >From: Corey Minyard <cminyard@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >Lots of little changes needed to be made to clean these up, remove the
> >four byte pointer assumption and traverse the pid queue properly.
> >Also consolidate the traceback code into a single function instead
> >of having three copies of it.
> >
> >Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <cminyard@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >---
> > Documentation/kdump/gdbmacros.txt | 90 +++++++++++++++++----------------------
> > 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+), 50 deletions(-)
> >
> >I sent this earlier, but I didn't get a response. These are clearly
> >wrong. I'd be happy to take over maintenance of these macros. It
> >might be better to move them someplace else, too, since they are also
> >useful for kgdb.
> >
> >diff --git a/Documentation/kdump/gdbmacros.txt b/Documentation/kdump/gdbmacros.txt
> >index 9b9b454..e5bbd8d 100644
> >--- a/Documentation/kdump/gdbmacros.txt
> >+++ b/Documentation/kdump/gdbmacros.txt
> >@@ -15,14 +15,14 @@
> > define bttnobp
> > set $tasks_off=((size_t)&((struct task_struct *)0)->tasks)
> >- set $pid_off=((size_t)&((struct task_struct *)0)->pids[1].pid_list.next)
> >+ set $pid_off=((size_t)&((struct task_struct *)0)->thread_group.next)
> > set $init_t=&init_task
> > set $next_t=(((char *)($init_t->tasks).next) - $tasks_off)
> > while ($next_t != $init_t)
> > set $next_t=(struct task_struct *)$next_t
> > printf "\npid %d; comm %s:\n", $next_t.pid, $next_t.comm
> > printf "===================\n"
> >- set var $stackp = $next_t.thread.esp
> >+ set var $stackp = $next_t.thread.sp
> > set var $stack_top = ($stackp & ~4095) + 4096
> > while ($stackp < $stack_top)
> >@@ -31,12 +31,12 @@ define bttnobp
> > end
> > set $stackp += 4
> > end
> >- set $next_th=(((char *)$next_t->pids[1].pid_list.next) - $pid_off)
> >+ set $next_th=(((char *)$next_t->thread_group.next) - $pid_off)
> > while ($next_th != $next_t)
> > set $next_th=(struct task_struct *)$next_th
> > printf "\npid %d; comm %s:\n", $next_t.pid, $next_t.comm
> > printf "===================\n"
> >- set var $stackp = $next_t.thread.esp
> >+ set var $stackp = $next_t.thread.sp
> > set var $stack_top = ($stackp & ~4095) + 4096
> > while ($stackp < $stack_top)
> >@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ define bttnobp
> > end
> > set $stackp += 4
> > end
> >- set $next_th=(((char *)$next_th->pids[1].pid_list.next) - $pid_off)
> >+ set $next_th=(((char *)$next_th->thread_group.next) - $pid_off)
> > end
> > set $next_t=(char *)($next_t->tasks.next) - $tasks_off
> > end
> >@@ -54,42 +54,43 @@ document bttnobp
> > dump all thread stack traces on a kernel compiled with !CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER
> > end
> >+define btthreadstruct
> >+ set var $pid_task = $arg0
> >+
> >+ printf "\npid %d; comm %s:\n", $pid_task.pid, $pid_task.comm
> >+ printf "task struct: "
> >+ print $pid_task
> >+ printf "===================\n"
> >+ set var $stackp = $pid_task.thread.sp
> >+ set var $stack_top = ($stackp & ~4095) + 4096
> >+ set var $stack_bot = ($stackp & ~4095)
> >+
> >+ set $stackp = *((unsigned long *) $stackp)
> >+ while (($stackp < $stack_top) && ($stackp > $stack_bot))
> >+ set var $addr = *(((unsigned long *) $stackp) + 1)
> >+ info symbol $addr
> >+ set $stackp = *((unsigned long *) $stackp)
> >+ end
> >+end
> >+document btthreadstruct
> >+ dump a thread stack using the given task structure pointer
> >+end
> >+
> >+
> > define btt
> > set $tasks_off=((size_t)&((struct task_struct *)0)->tasks)
> >- set $pid_off=((size_t)&((struct task_struct *)0)->pids[1].pid_list.next)
> >+ set $pid_off=((size_t)&((struct task_struct *)0)->thread_group.next)
> > set $init_t=&init_task
> > set $next_t=(((char *)($init_t->tasks).next) - $tasks_off)
> > while ($next_t != $init_t)
> > set $next_t=(struct task_struct *)$next_t
> >- printf "\npid %d; comm %s:\n", $next_t.pid, $next_t.comm
> >- printf "===================\n"
> >- set var $stackp = $next_t.thread.esp
> >- set var $stack_top = ($stackp & ~4095) + 4096
> >- set var $stack_bot = ($stackp & ~4095)
> >+ btthreadstruct $next_t
> >- set $stackp = *($stackp)
> >- while (($stackp < $stack_top) && ($stackp > $stack_bot))
> >- set var $addr = *($stackp + 4)
> >- info symbol $addr
> >- set $stackp = *($stackp)
> >- end
> >-
> >- set $next_th=(((char *)$next_t->pids[1].pid_list.next) - $pid_off)
> >+ set $next_th=(((char *)$next_t->thread_group.next) - $pid_off)
> > while ($next_th != $next_t)
> > set $next_th=(struct task_struct *)$next_th
> >- printf "\npid %d; comm %s:\n", $next_t.pid, $next_t.comm
> >- printf "===================\n"
> >- set var $stackp = $next_t.thread.esp
> >- set var $stack_top = ($stackp & ~4095) + 4096
> >- set var $stack_bot = ($stackp & ~4095)
> >-
> >- set $stackp = *($stackp)
> >- while (($stackp < $stack_top) && ($stackp > $stack_bot))
> >- set var $addr = *($stackp + 4)
> >- info symbol $addr
> >- set $stackp = *($stackp)
> >- end
> >- set $next_th=(((char *)$next_th->pids[1].pid_list.next) - $pid_off)
> >+ btthreadstruct $next_th
> >+ set $next_th=(((char *)$next_th->thread_group.next) - $pid_off)
> > end
> > set $next_t=(char *)($next_t->tasks.next) - $tasks_off
> > end
> >@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ end
> > define btpid
> > set var $pid = $arg0
> > set $tasks_off=((size_t)&((struct task_struct *)0)->tasks)
> >- set $pid_off=((size_t)&((struct task_struct *)0)->pids[1].pid_list.next)
> >+ set $pid_off=((size_t)&((struct task_struct *)0)->thread_group.next)
> > set $init_t=&init_task
> > set $next_t=(((char *)($init_t->tasks).next) - $tasks_off)
> > set var $pid_task = 0
> >@@ -113,29 +114,18 @@ define btpid
> > set $pid_task = $next_t
> > end
> >- set $next_th=(((char *)$next_t->pids[1].pid_list.next) - $pid_off)
> >+ set $next_th=(((char *)$next_t->thread_group.next) - $pid_off)
> > while ($next_th != $next_t)
> > set $next_th=(struct task_struct *)$next_th
> > if ($next_th.pid == $pid)
> > set $pid_task = $next_th
> > end
> >- set $next_th=(((char *)$next_th->pids[1].pid_list.next) - $pid_off)
> >+ set $next_th=(((char *)$next_th->thread_group.next) - $pid_off)
> > end
> > set $next_t=(char *)($next_t->tasks.next) - $tasks_off
> > end
> >- printf "\npid %d; comm %s:\n", $pid_task.pid, $pid_task.comm
> >- printf "===================\n"
> >- set var $stackp = $pid_task.thread.esp
> >- set var $stack_top = ($stackp & ~4095) + 4096
> >- set var $stack_bot = ($stackp & ~4095)
> >-
> >- set $stackp = *($stackp)
> >- while (($stackp < $stack_top) && ($stackp > $stack_bot))
> >- set var $addr = *($stackp + 4)
> >- info symbol $addr
> >- set $stackp = *($stackp)
> >- end
> >+ btthreadstruct $pid_task
> > end
> > document btpid
> > backtrace of pid
> >@@ -145,7 +135,7 @@ end
> > define trapinfo
> > set var $pid = $arg0
> > set $tasks_off=((size_t)&((struct task_struct *)0)->tasks)
> >- set $pid_off=((size_t)&((struct task_struct *)0)->pids[1].pid_list.next)
> >+ set $pid_off=((size_t)&((struct task_struct *)0)->thread_group.next)
> > set $init_t=&init_task
> > set $next_t=(((char *)($init_t->tasks).next) - $tasks_off)
> > set var $pid_task = 0
> >@@ -157,13 +147,13 @@ define trapinfo
> > set $pid_task = $next_t
> > end
> >- set $next_th=(((char *)$next_t->pids[1].pid_list.next) - $pid_off)
> >+ set $next_th=(((char *)$next_t->thread_group.next) - $pid_off)
> > while ($next_th != $next_t)
> > set $next_th=(struct task_struct *)$next_th
> > if ($next_th.pid == $pid)
> > set $pid_task = $next_th
> > end
> >- set $next_th=(((char *)$next_th->pids[1].pid_list.next) - $pid_off)
> >+ set $next_th=(((char *)$next_th->thread_group.next) - $pid_off)
> > end
> > set $next_t=(char *)($next_t->tasks.next) - $tasks_off
> > end