xref: /linux-6.15/scripts/gdb/linux/modules.py (revision 7b599ef5)
1#
2# gdb helper commands and functions for Linux kernel debugging
3#
4#  module tools
5#
6# Copyright (c) Siemens AG, 2013
7#
8# Authors:
9#  Jan Kiszka <[email protected]>
10#
11# This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 2.
12#
13
14import gdb
15
16from linux import utils
17
18
19module_type = utils.CachedType("struct module")
20
21
22class ModuleList:
23    def __init__(self):
24        global module_type
25        self.module_ptr_type = module_type.get_type().pointer()
26        modules = gdb.parse_and_eval("modules")
27        self.curr_entry = modules['next']
28        self.end_of_list = modules.address
29
30    def __iter__(self):
31        return self
32
33    def next(self):
34        entry = self.curr_entry
35        if entry != self.end_of_list:
36            self.curr_entry = entry['next']
37            return utils.container_of(entry, self.module_ptr_type, "list")
38        else:
39            raise StopIteration
40
41
42def find_module_by_name(name):
43    for module in ModuleList():
44        if module['name'].string() == name:
45            return module
46    return None
47
48
49class LxModule(gdb.Function):
50    """Find module by name and return the module variable.
51
52$lx_module("MODULE"): Given the name MODULE, iterate over all loaded modules
53of the target and return that module variable which MODULE matches."""
54
55    def __init__(self):
56        super(LxModule, self).__init__("lx_module")
57
58    def invoke(self, mod_name):
59        mod_name = mod_name.string()
60        module = find_module_by_name(mod_name)
61        if module:
62            return module.dereference()
63        else:
64            raise gdb.GdbError("Unable to find MODULE " + mod_name)
65
66
67LxModule()
68