Re: [PATCH 01/02] scripts/gdb/cpus: Add support for get_current_task for powerpc book3s64

From: IBM

Date: Thu Oct 30 2025 - 00:35:10 EST


"Ritesh Harjani (IBM)" <ritesh.list@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> This adds support to query p $lx_current() for ppc64 book3s64.
> This allows us to utilize gdb scripts functions like:
>
> function lx_current
> function lx_task_by_pid
> function lx_thread_info
> function lx_thread_info_by_pid
>
> e.g.
> (gdb) p $lx_current()->comm
> $1 = "swapper\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\00
>
> Signed-off-by: Ritesh Harjani (IBM) <ritesh.list@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> scripts/gdb/linux/constants.py.in | 1 +
> scripts/gdb/linux/cpus.py | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
> 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Hi Jan,

These patches still cleanly applies on upstream tree. Any plans to pick
this up?

-ritesh