This file contains a few gdb macros (user defined commands) to extract
useful information from kernel crashdump (kdump) like stack traces of
all the processes or a particular process and trapinfo.
These macros can be used by copying this file in .gdbinit (put in home
directory or current directory) or by invoking gdb command with
–command= option
Credits:
Alexander Nyberg alexn@telia.com
V Srivatsa vatsa@in.ibm.com
Maneesh Soni maneesh@in.ibm.com
define bttnobp
set $tasks_off=((size_t)&((struct task_struct *)0)->tasks)
set $pid_off=((size_t)&((struct task_struct *)0)->pids[1].pid_list.next)
set $init_t=&init_task
set $next_t=(((char *)($init_t->tasks).next) - $tasks_off)
while ($next_t != $init_t)
set $next_t=(struct task_struct *)$next_t
printf “\npid %d; comm %s:\n”, $next_t.pid, $next_t.comm
printf “===================\n”
set var $stackp = $next_t.thread.esp
set var $stack_top = ($stackp & ~4095) + 4096
while ($stackp < $stack_top)
if (*($stackp) > _stext && *($stackp) < _sinittext)
info symbol *($stackp)
end
set $stackp += 4
end
set $next_th=(((char *)$next_t->pids[1].pid_list.next) - $pid_off)
while ($next_th != $next_t)
set $next_th=(struct task_struct *)$next_th
printf "\npid %d; comm %s:\n", $next_t.pid, $next_t.comm
printf "===================\n"
set var $stackp = $next_t.thread.esp
set var $stack_top = ($stackp & ~4095) + 4096
while ($stackp < $stack_top)
if (*($stackp) > _stext && *($stackp) < _sinittext)
info symbol *($stackp)
end
set $stackp += 4
end
set $next_th=(((char *)$next_th->pids[1].pid_list.next) - $pid_off)
end
set $next_t=(char *)($next_t->tasks.next) - $tasks_off
end
end
document bttnobp
dump all thread stack traces on a kernel compiled with !CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER
end
define btt
set $tasks_off=((size_t)&((struct task_struct *)0)->tasks)
set $pid_off=((size_t)&((struct task_struct *)0)->pids[1].pid_list.next)
set $init_t=&init_task
set $next_t=(((char *)($init_t->tasks).next) - $tasks_off)
while ($next_t != $init_t)
set $next_t=(struct task_struct *)$next_t
printf “\npid %d; comm %s:\n”, $next_t.pid, $next_t.comm
printf “===================\n”
set var $stackp = $next_t.thread.esp
set var $stack_top = ($stackp & ~4095) + 4096
set var $stack_bot = ($stackp & ~4095)
set $stackp = *($stackp)
while (($stackp < $stack_top) && ($stackp > $stack_bot))
set var $addr = *($stackp + 4)
info symbol $addr
set $stackp = *($stackp)
end
set $next_th=(((char *)$next_t->pids[1].pid_list.next) - $pid_off)
while ($next_th != $next_t)
set $next_th=(struct task_struct *)$next_th
printf "\npid %d; comm %s:\n", $next_t.pid, $next_t.comm
printf "===================\n"
set var $stackp = $next_t.thread.esp
set var $stack_top = ($stackp & ~4095) + 4096
set var $stack_bot = ($stackp & ~4095)
set $stackp = *($stackp)
while (($stackp < $stack_top) && ($stackp > $stack_bot))
set var $addr = *($stackp + 4)
info symbol $addr
set $stackp = *($stackp)
end
set $next_th=(((char *)$next_th->pids[1].pid_list.next) - $pid_off)
end
set $next_t=(char *)($next_t->tasks.next) - $tasks_off
end
end
document btt
dump all thread stack traces on a kernel compiled with CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER
end
define btpid
set var $pid = $arg0
set $tasks_off=((size_t)&((struct task_struct *)0)->tasks)
set $pid_off=((size_t)&((struct task_struct *)0)->pids[1].pid_list.next)
set $init_t=&init_task
set $next_t=(((char *)($init_t->tasks).next) - $tasks_off)
set var $pid_task = 0
while ($next_t != $init_t)
set $next_t=(struct task_struct *)$next_t
if ($next_t.pid == $pid)
set $pid_task = $next_t
end
set $next_th=(((char *)$next_t->pids[1].pid_list.next) - $pid_off)
while ($next_th != $next_t)
set $next_th=(struct task_struct *)$next_th
if ($next_th.pid == $pid)
set $pid_task = $next_th
end
set $next_th=(((char *)$next_th->pids[1].pid_list.next) - $pid_off)
end
set $next_t=(char *)($next_t->tasks.next) - $tasks_off
end
printf "\npid %d; comm %s:\n", $pid_task.pid, $pid_task.comm
printf "===================\n"
set var $stackp = $pid_task.thread.esp
set var $stack_top = ($stackp & ~4095) + 4096
set var $stack_bot = ($stackp & ~4095)
set $stackp = *($stackp)
while (($stackp < $stack_top) && ($stackp > $stack_bot))
set var $addr = *($stackp + 4)
info symbol $addr
set $stackp = *($stackp)
end
end
document btpid
backtrace of pid
end
define trapinfo
set var $pid = $arg0
set $tasks_off=((size_t)&((struct task_struct *)0)->tasks)
set $pid_off=((size_t)&((struct task_struct *)0)->pids[1].pid_list.next)
set $init_t=&init_task
set $next_t=(((char *)($init_t->tasks).next) - $tasks_off)
set var $pid_task = 0
while ($next_t != $init_t)
set $next_t=(struct task_struct *)$next_t
if ($next_t.pid == $pid)
set $pid_task = $next_t
end
set $next_th=(((char *)$next_t->pids[1].pid_list.next) - $pid_off)
while ($next_th != $next_t)
set $next_th=(struct task_struct *)$next_th
if ($next_th.pid == $pid)
set $pid_task = $next_th
end
set $next_th=(((char *)$next_th->pids[1].pid_list.next) - $pid_off)
end
set $next_t=(char *)($next_t->tasks.next) - $tasks_off
end
printf "Trapno %ld, cr2 0x%lx, error_code %ld\n", $pid_task.thread.trap_no, \
$pid_task.thread.cr2, $pid_task.thread.error_code
end
document trapinfo
Run info threads and lookup pid of thread #1
‘trapinfo
address the kernel panicked.
end
define dmesg
set $i = 0
set $end_idx = (log_end - 1) & (log_buf_len - 1)
while ($i < logged_chars)
set $idx = (log_end - 1 - logged_chars + $i) & (log_buf_len - 1)
if ($idx + 100 <= $end_idx) || \
($end_idx <= $idx && $idx + 100 < log_buf_len)
printf "%.100s", &log_buf[$idx]
set $i = $i + 100
else
printf "%c", log_buf[$idx]
set $i = $i + 1
end
end
end
document dmesg
print the kernel ring buffer
end
