Re: [PATCH v2] scripts/gdb: Ensure the absolute path is generated on initial source

[Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>]

On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 12:02:48PM +0100, Aaron Tomlin wrote:
> Post 'make scripts_gdb' a symbolic link to scripts/gdb/vmlinux-gdb.py
> is created. Currently 'os.path.dirname(__file__)' does not generate
> the absolute path to scripts/gdb resulting in the following:
> 
>     (gdb) source vmlinux-gdb.py
>     Traceback (most recent call last):
>       File "scripts/gdb/vmlinux-gdb.py", line 25, in <module>
> 	import linux.utils
>     ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'linux'

So I recently moved to a new machine, and lost my previous .gdbinit.

I've re-added:
add-auto-load-safe-path /path/to/linux/

to my new ~/.gdbinit.

Upon startup, lx-dmesg and friends aren't available.

If I try:
(gdb) source scripts/gdb/vmlinux-gdb.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "scripts/gdb/vmlinux-gdb.py", line 25, in <module>
    import linux.utils
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'linux'

Which is exactly the error claimed to be fixed by
commit b99695580bfc ("scripts/gdb: ensure the absolute path is generated on initial source")
even though I have b99695580bfc, which is how I found this thread to
reply to.

(gdb) show auto-load safe-path
List of directories from which it is safe to auto-load files is $debugdir:$datadir/auto-load:/path/to/linux/.

$ gdb-multiarch --version | head -n1
GNU gdb (Debian 12.1-3) 12.1
$ python3 --version
Python 3.10.8

I've also RTFM @
Documentation/dev-tools/gdb-kernel-debugging.rst
though perhaps there's something I've missed?

$ grep -rn GDB_SCRIPTS .config
4162:CONFIG_GDB_SCRIPTS=y

This definitely has worked in the past for me, on my previous
workstation.

(gdb) show configuration
...
	     --with-python=/usr (relocatable)
	     --with-python-libdir=/usr/lib (relocatable)
...
(gdb) apropos lx
(gdb)

No warnings from GDB either about the autoload path not being set.
Running gdb in my top level kernel sources.

Am I holding it wrong?

Any tips on how to go about debugging this?

> 
> This patch ensures that the absolute path to scripts/gdb in relation to
> the given file is generated so each module can be located accordingly.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@redhat.com>
> ---
>  scripts/gdb/vmlinux-gdb.py | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/scripts/gdb/vmlinux-gdb.py b/scripts/gdb/vmlinux-gdb.py
> index 4136dc2c59df..3e8d3669f0ce 100644
> --- a/scripts/gdb/vmlinux-gdb.py
> +++ b/scripts/gdb/vmlinux-gdb.py
> @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
>  
>  import os
>  
> -sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(__file__) + "/scripts/gdb")
> +sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)) + "/scripts/gdb")
>  
>  try:
>      gdb.parse_and_eval("0")
> -- 
> 2.34.3
> 
>