Re: [PATCH] scripts/gdb: fix 'lx-lsmod' show the wrong size

From: Pankaj Raghav
Date: Tue Jul 04 2023 - 08:11:57 EST


> 'lsmod' shows total core layout size, so we need to
> sum up all the sections in core layout in gdb scripts.
>
> / # lsmod
> kasan_test 200704 0 - Live 0xffff80007f640000
>
> Before patch:
> (gdb) lx-lsmod
> Address Module Size Used by
> 0xffff80007f640000 kasan_test 36864 0
>
> After patch:
> (gdb) lx-lsmod
> Address Module Size Used by
> 0xffff80007f640000 kasan_test 200704 0
>
> Fixes: b4aff7513df3 ("scripts/gdb: use mem instead of core_layout to get the module address")
> Signed-off-by: Kuan-Ying Lee <Kuan-Ying.Lee@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Just one minor comment, but apart from that, feel free to add:

Reviewed-by: Pankaj Raghav <p.raghav@xxxxxxxxxxx>

> diff --git a/scripts/gdb/linux/modules.py b/scripts/gdb/linux/modules.py
> index 261f28640f4c..84933c4c1083 100644
> --- a/scripts/gdb/linux/modules.py
> +++ b/scripts/gdb/linux/modules.py
> @@ -73,11 +73,17 @@ class LxLsmod(gdb.Command):
> " " if utils.get_long_type().sizeof == 8 else ""))
>
> for module in module_list():
> - layout = module['mem'][constants.LX_MOD_TEXT]
> + total_size = 0
> + for i in range(constants.LX_MOD_TEXT, constants.LX_MOD_RO_AFTER_INIT + 1):
> + layout = module['mem'][i]
> + if i == constants.LX_MOD_TEXT:
> + text_addr = str(layout['base']).split()[0]
> + total_size += layout['size']
> +
> gdb.write("{address} {name:<19} {size:>8} {ref}".format(
> - address=str(layout['base']).split()[0],
> + address=text_addr,
> name=module['name'].string(),
> - size=str(layout['size']),
> + size=str(total_size),
> ref=str(module['refcnt']['counter'] - 1)))
>
> t = self._module_use_type.get_type().pointer()

We could slightly modify the code to remove the special condition with `i == constants.LX_MOD_TEXT`:

(I made changes on top of your patch)

diff --git a/scripts/gdb/linux/modules.py b/scripts/gdb/linux/modules.py
index 84933c4c1083..f76a43bfa15f 100644
--- a/scripts/gdb/linux/modules.py
+++ b/scripts/gdb/linux/modules.py
@@ -73,12 +73,12 @@ class LxLsmod(gdb.Command):
" " if utils.get_long_type().sizeof == 8 else ""))

for module in module_list():
+ text = module['mem'][constants.LX_MOD_TEXT]
+ text_addr = str(text['base']).split()[0]
total_size = 0
+
for i in range(constants.LX_MOD_TEXT, constants.LX_MOD_RO_AFTER_INIT + 1):
- layout = module['mem'][i]
- if i == constants.LX_MOD_TEXT:
- text_addr = str(layout['base']).split()[0]
- total_size += layout['size']
+ total_size += module['mem'][i]['size']

gdb.write("{address} {name:<19} {size:>8} {ref}".format(
address=text_addr,