scripts/gdb: provide kernel list item generators
Facilitate linked-list items by providing a generator to return the
dereferenced, and type-cast objects from a kernel linked list
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/2b0998564e6e5abe53585d466f87e491331fd2a4.1462865983.git.jan.kiszka@siemens.com
Signed-off-by: Kieran Bingham <kieran.bingham@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
Cc: Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/scripts/gdb/linux/lists.py b/scripts/gdb/linux/lists.py
index 3a3775b..2f335fb 100644
--- a/scripts/gdb/linux/lists.py
+++ b/scripts/gdb/linux/lists.py
@@ -18,6 +18,27 @@
list_head = utils.CachedType("struct list_head")
+def list_for_each(head):
+ if head.type == list_head.get_type().pointer():
+ head = head.dereference()
+ elif head.type != list_head.get_type():
+ raise gdb.GdbError("Must be struct list_head not {}"
+ .format(head.type))
+
+ node = head['next'].dereference()
+ while node.address != head.address:
+ yield node.address
+ node = node['next'].dereference()
+
+
+def list_for_each_entry(head, gdbtype, member):
+ for node in list_for_each(head):
+ if node.type != list_head.get_type().pointer():
+ raise TypeError("Type {} found. Expected struct list_head *."
+ .format(node.type))
+ yield utils.container_of(node, gdbtype, member)
+
+
def list_check(head):
nb = 0
if (head.type == list_head.get_type().pointer()):
