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Patch "scripts/gdb: account for changes in module data structure" has been added to the 4.4-stable tree

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This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

scripts/gdb: account for changes in module data structure

to the 4.4-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary

The filename of the patch is:
scripts-gdb-account-for-changes-in-module-data-structure.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.4 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <[email protected]> know about it.

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From ad4db3b24a93e52a92ad8f9b0273a9416f202c23 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001

From: Jan Kiszka <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2016 14:27:39 -0700
Subject: scripts/gdb: account for changes in module data structure

From: Jan Kiszka <[email protected]>

commit ad4db3b24a93e52a92ad8f9b0273a9416f202c23 upstream.

Commit 7523e4dc5057 ("module: use a structure to encapsulate layout.") factored out the module_layout structure. Adjust the symbol loader and the lsmod command to this.

---
 scripts/gdb/linux/modules.py |    5 +++--
 scripts/gdb/linux/symbols.py |    2 +-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
scripts/gdb/linux/modules.py +3 -2
@@ -73,10 +73,11 @@ class LxLsmod(gdb.Command):
                 "        " if utils.get_long_type().sizeof == 8 else ""))
 
         for module in module_list():
+            layout = module['core_layout']
             gdb.write("{address} {name:<19} {size:>8}  {ref}".format(
-                address=str(module['module_core']).split()[0],
+                address=str(layout['base']).split()[0],
                 name=module['name'].string(),
-                size=str(module['core_size']),
+                size=str(layout['size']),
                 ref=str(module['refcnt']['counter'])))
 
             source_list = module['source_list']
scripts/gdb/linux/symbols.py +1 -1
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ lx-symbols command."""
 
     def load_module_symbols(self, module):
         module_name = module['name'].string()
-        module_addr = str(module['module_core']).split()[0]
+        module_addr = str(module['core_layout']['base']).split()[0]
 
         module_file = self._get_module_file(module_name)
         if not module_file and not self.module_files_updated:

Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from [email protected] are

queue-4.4/scripts-gdb-account-for-changes-in-module-data-structure.patch