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authorJan Kiszka2015-02-17 22:46:55 +0100
committerLinus Torvalds2015-02-17 23:34:53 +0100
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scripts/gdb: add internal helper and convenience function to look up a module
Add the internal helper get_module_by_name to obtain the module structure corresponding to the given name. Also export this service as a convenience function. Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> Cc: Ben Widawsky <ben@bwidawsk.net> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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diff --git a/scripts/gdb/vmlinux-gdb.py b/scripts/gdb/vmlinux-gdb.py
index 0b0faa4cb5a0..cf2e7161b280 100644
--- a/scripts/gdb/vmlinux-gdb.py
+++ b/scripts/gdb/vmlinux-gdb.py
@@ -24,3 +24,4 @@ except:
else:
import linux.utils
import linux.symbols
+ import linux.modules