Re: [PATCH] scripts/gdb: relax requirement on symlink location

[Jan Kiszka]

On 2016-10-14 12:07, Tobias Waldekranz wrote:
> The current construct for inserting the `scripts/gdb/` directory into
> the python path requires `vmlinux-gdb.py` to be symlinked in the root of
> the kernel build tree.
> 
> By first resolving the symlink and inserting that path, the symlink can
> be placed in an arbitrary directory.

Can you provide a brief word on what this would enable (i.e. why we want
it)?

> 
> Signed-off-by: Tobias Waldekranz <tobias@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  scripts/gdb/vmlinux-gdb.py | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/scripts/gdb/vmlinux-gdb.py b/scripts/gdb/vmlinux-gdb.py
> index ce82bf5..a9029f4 100644
> --- a/scripts/gdb/vmlinux-gdb.py
> +++ b/scripts/gdb/vmlinux-gdb.py
> @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
>  
>  import os
>  
> -sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(__file__) + "/scripts/gdb")
> +sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)))
>  
>  try:
>      gdb.parse_and_eval("0")
> 

Unfortunately, this breaks with modules that are generated, namely
constants.py. They are located in the build dir. Please suggest a
version that was tested successfully against both the existing and the
new use case.

Thanks,
Jan

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