scripts/gdb: add hlist utilities

This allows easily examining kernel hlists in python.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/Message-ID:
Signed-off-by: Leonard Crestez <leonard.crestez@nxp.com>
Reviewed-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@kernel.org>
Cc: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
Cc: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
Cc: Kieran Bingham <kbingham@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/gdb/linux/lists.py b/scripts/gdb/linux/lists.py
index 1987d756b36b..55356b66f8ea 100644
--- a/scripts/gdb/linux/lists.py
+++ b/scripts/gdb/linux/lists.py
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ import gdb
 from linux import utils
 
 list_head = utils.CachedType("struct list_head")
+hlist_head = utils.CachedType("struct hlist_head")
+hlist_node = utils.CachedType("struct hlist_node")
 
 
 def list_for_each(head):
@@ -39,6 +41,27 @@ def list_for_each_entry(head, gdbtype, member):
         yield utils.container_of(node, gdbtype, member)
 
 
+def hlist_for_each(head):
+    if head.type == hlist_head.get_type().pointer():
+        head = head.dereference()
+    elif head.type != hlist_head.get_type():
+        raise gdb.GdbError("Must be struct hlist_head not {}"
+                           .format(head.type))
+
+    node = head['first'].dereference()
+    while node.address:
+        yield node.address
+        node = node['next'].dereference()
+
+
+def hlist_for_each_entry(head, gdbtype, member):
+    for node in hlist_for_each(head):
+        if node.type != hlist_node.get_type().pointer():
+            raise TypeError("Type {} found. Expected struct hlist_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()):