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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2016-05-23 19:42:28 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2016-05-23 19:42:28 -0700
commit84787c572d402644dca4874aba73324d9f8e3948 (patch)
tree31783e50b09fee00ee7ff87c0c9708a3c7106482 /Documentation/gdb-kernel-debugging.txt
parentd62a0234c87f1457a3d2ba519ef90cf164a5eb23 (diff)
parentc5d2cac0f1caaf7dd21350146fb29c55b3e74249 (diff)
Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew)
Merge yet more updates from Andrew Morton: - Oleg's "wait/ptrace: assume __WALL if the child is traced". It's a kernel-based workaround for existing userspace issues. - A few hotfixes - befs cleanups - nilfs2 updates - sys_wait() changes - kexec updates - kdump - scripts/gdb updates - the last of the MM queue - a few other misc things * emailed patches from Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>: (84 commits) kgdb: depends on VT drm/amdgpu: make amdgpu_mn_get wait for mmap_sem killable drm/radeon: make radeon_mn_get wait for mmap_sem killable drm/i915: make i915_gem_mmap_ioctl wait for mmap_sem killable uprobes: wait for mmap_sem for write killable prctl: make PR_SET_THP_DISABLE wait for mmap_sem killable exec: make exec path waiting for mmap_sem killable aio: make aio_setup_ring killable coredump: make coredump_wait wait for mmap_sem for write killable vdso: make arch_setup_additional_pages wait for mmap_sem for write killable ipc, shm: make shmem attach/detach wait for mmap_sem killable mm, fork: make dup_mmap wait for mmap_sem for write killable mm, proc: make clear_refs killable mm: make vm_brk killable mm, elf: handle vm_brk error mm, aout: handle vm_brk failures mm: make vm_munmap killable mm: make vm_mmap killable mm: make mmap_sem for write waits killable for mm syscalls MAINTAINERS: add co-maintainer for scripts/gdb ...
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@@ -139,6 +139,27 @@ Examples of using the Linux-provided gdb helpers
start_comm = "swapper/2\000\000\000\000\000\000"
}
+ o Dig into a radix tree data structure, such as the IRQ descriptors:
+ (gdb) print (struct irq_desc)$lx_radix_tree_lookup(irq_desc_tree, 18)
+ $6 = {
+ irq_common_data = {
+ state_use_accessors = 67584,
+ handler_data = 0x0 <__vectors_start>,
+ msi_desc = 0x0 <__vectors_start>,
+ affinity = {{
+ bits = {65535}
+ }}
+ },
+ irq_data = {
+ mask = 0,
+ irq = 18,
+ hwirq = 27,
+ common = 0xee803d80,
+ chip = 0xc0eb0854 <gic_data>,
+ domain = 0xee808000,
+ parent_data = 0x0 <__vectors_start>,
+ chip_data = 0xc0eb0854 <gic_data>
+ } <... trimmed ...>
List of commands and functions
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