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[2/3] scripts/qemu-gdb: Simplify fs_base fetching for coroutines

Message ID 20241211201739.1380222-3-peterx@redhat.com (mailing list archive)
State New
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Series scripts/qemu-gdb: Make coroutine dumps to work with coredumps | expand

Commit Message

Peter Xu Dec. 11, 2024, 8:17 p.m. UTC
There're a bunch of code trying to fetch fs_base in different ways.  IIUC
the simplest way instead is "$fs_base".  It also has the benefit that it'll
work for both live gdb session or coredumps.

Signed-off-by: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
---
 scripts/qemugdb/coroutine.py | 23 ++---------------------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/scripts/qemugdb/coroutine.py b/scripts/qemugdb/coroutine.py
index 7db46d4b68..20f76ed37b 100644
--- a/scripts/qemugdb/coroutine.py
+++ b/scripts/qemugdb/coroutine.py
@@ -13,28 +13,9 @@ 
 
 VOID_PTR = gdb.lookup_type('void').pointer()
 
-def get_fs_base():
-    '''Fetch %fs base value using arch_prctl(ARCH_GET_FS).  This is
-       pthread_self().'''
-    # %rsp - 120 is scratch space according to the SystemV ABI
-    old = gdb.parse_and_eval('*(uint64_t*)($rsp - 120)')
-    gdb.execute('call (int)arch_prctl(0x1003, $rsp - 120)', False, True)
-    fs_base = gdb.parse_and_eval('*(uint64_t*)($rsp - 120)')
-    gdb.execute('set *(uint64_t*)($rsp - 120) = %s' % old, False, True)
-    return fs_base
-
 def pthread_self():
-    '''Fetch pthread_self() from the glibc start_thread function.'''
-    f = gdb.newest_frame()
-    while f.name() != 'start_thread':
-        f = f.older()
-        if f is None:
-            return get_fs_base()
-
-    try:
-        return f.read_var("arg")
-    except ValueError:
-        return get_fs_base()
+    '''Fetch the base address of TLS.'''
+    return gdb.parse_and_eval("$fs_base")
 
 def get_glibc_pointer_guard():
     '''Fetch glibc pointer guard value'''