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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2016-04-13 09:57:03 +0300
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2016-04-13 09:57:03 +0300
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downloadlinux-889fac6d67d46a5e781c08fb26fec9016db1c307.tar.xz
Merge tag 'v4.6-rc3' into perf/core, to refresh the tree
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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+#
+# gdb helper commands and functions for Linux kernel debugging
+#
+# Kernel proc information reader
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2016 Linaro Ltd
+#
+# Authors:
+# Kieran Bingham <kieran.bingham@linaro.org>
+#
+# This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 2.
+#
+
+import gdb
+
+
+class LxCmdLine(gdb.Command):
+ """ Report the Linux Commandline used in the current kernel.
+ Equivalent to cat /proc/cmdline on a running target"""
+
+ def __init__(self):
+ super(LxCmdLine, self).__init__("lx-cmdline", gdb.COMMAND_DATA)
+
+ def invoke(self, arg, from_tty):
+ gdb.write(gdb.parse_and_eval("saved_command_line").string() + "\n")
+
+LxCmdLine()
+
+
+class LxVersion(gdb.Command):
+ """ Report the Linux Version of the current kernel.
+ Equivalent to cat /proc/version on a running target"""
+
+ def __init__(self):
+ super(LxVersion, self).__init__("lx-version", gdb.COMMAND_DATA)
+
+ def invoke(self, arg, from_tty):
+ # linux_banner should contain a newline
+ gdb.write(gdb.parse_and_eval("linux_banner").string())
+
+LxVersion()