scripts/gdb: add lx-dmesg command

This pokes into the log buffer of the debugged kernel, dumping it to the
gdb console.  Helping in case the target should or can no longer execute
dmesg itself.

Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <[email protected]>
Cc: Kay Sievers <[email protected]>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>
Cc: Jason Wessel <[email protected]>
Cc: Andi Kleen <[email protected]>
Cc: Ben Widawsky <[email protected]>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>

2 files changed, 65 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/gdb/linux/dmesg.py b/scripts/gdb/linux/dmesg.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7650f240ebcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/gdb/linux/dmesg.py
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+#
+# gdb helper commands and functions for Linux kernel debugging
+#
+#  kernel log buffer dump
+#
+# Copyright (c) Siemens AG, 2011, 2012
+#
+# Authors:
+#  Jan Kiszka <[email protected]>
+#
+# This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 2.
+#
+
+import gdb
+import string
+
+from linux import utils
+
+
+class LxDmesg(gdb.Command):
+    """Print Linux kernel log buffer."""
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        super(LxDmesg, self).__init__("lx-dmesg", gdb.COMMAND_DATA)
+
+    def invoke(self, arg, from_tty):
+        log_buf_addr = int(str(gdb.parse_and_eval("log_buf")).split()[0], 16)
+        log_first_idx = int(gdb.parse_and_eval("log_first_idx"))
+        log_next_idx = int(gdb.parse_and_eval("log_next_idx"))
+        log_buf_len = int(gdb.parse_and_eval("log_buf_len"))
+
+        inf = gdb.inferiors()[0]
+        start = log_buf_addr + log_first_idx
+        if log_first_idx < log_next_idx:
+            log_buf_2nd_half = -1
+            length = log_next_idx - log_first_idx
+            log_buf = inf.read_memory(start, length)
+        else:
+            log_buf_2nd_half = log_buf_len - log_first_idx
+            log_buf = inf.read_memory(start, log_buf_2nd_half) + \
+                inf.read_memory(log_buf_addr, log_next_idx)
+
+        pos = 0
+        while pos < log_buf.__len__():
+            length = utils.read_u16(log_buf[pos + 8:pos + 10])
+            if length == 0:
+                if log_buf_2nd_half == -1:
+                    gdb.write("Corrupted log buffer!\n")
+                    break
+                pos = log_buf_2nd_half
+                continue
+
+            text_len = utils.read_u16(log_buf[pos + 10:pos + 12])
+            time_stamp = utils.read_u64(log_buf[pos:pos + 8])
+
+            for line in log_buf[pos + 16:pos + 16 + text_len].splitlines():
+                gdb.write("[{time:12.6f}] {line}\n".format(
+                    time=time_stamp / 1000000000.0,
+                    line=line))
+
+            pos += length
+
+
+LxDmesg()
diff --git a/scripts/gdb/vmlinux-gdb.py b/scripts/gdb/vmlinux-gdb.py
index cf2e7161b280..fa66d23ea563 100644
--- a/scripts/gdb/vmlinux-gdb.py
+++ b/scripts/gdb/vmlinux-gdb.py
@@ -25,3 +25,4 @@ else:
     import linux.utils
     import linux.symbols
     import linux.modules
+    import linux.dmesg