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authorKieran Bingham <kieran.bingham@linaro.org>2016-05-24 01:25:10 +0200
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2016-05-24 02:04:14 +0200
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scripts/gdb: add documentation example for radix tree
Provide a worked example for utilising the lx_radix_tree_lookup function Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/e786008ac5aec4b84198812805b326d718bdeb4b.1462865983.git.jan.kiszka@siemens.com Signed-off-by: Kieran Bingham <kieran.bingham@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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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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