Merge branch 'next' into for-linus

Prepare input updates for 4.10 merge window.

1 files changed, 30 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/gdb/linux/utils.py b/scripts/gdb/linux/utils.py
index 0893b326a28b..50805874cfc3 100644
--- a/scripts/gdb/linux/utils.py
+++ b/scripts/gdb/linux/utils.py
@@ -87,11 +87,24 @@ def get_target_endianness():
     return target_endianness
 
 
+def read_memoryview(inf, start, length):
+    return memoryview(inf.read_memory(start, length))
+
+
 def read_u16(buffer):
+    value = [0, 0]
+
+    if type(buffer[0]) is str:
+        value[0] = ord(buffer[0])
+        value[1] = ord(buffer[1])
+    else:
+        value[0] = buffer[0]
+        value[1] = buffer[1]
+
     if get_target_endianness() == LITTLE_ENDIAN:
-        return ord(buffer[0]) + (ord(buffer[1]) << 8)
+        return value[0] + (value[1] << 8)
     else:
-        return ord(buffer[1]) + (ord(buffer[0]) << 8)
+        return value[1] + (value[0] << 8)
 
 
 def read_u32(buffer):
@@ -154,3 +167,18 @@ def get_gdbserver_type():
         if gdbserver_type is not None and hasattr(gdb, 'events'):
             gdb.events.exited.connect(exit_handler)
     return gdbserver_type
+
+
+def gdb_eval_or_none(expresssion):
+    try:
+        return gdb.parse_and_eval(expresssion)
+    except:
+        return None
+
+
+def dentry_name(d):
+    parent = d['d_parent']
+    if parent == d or parent == 0:
+        return ""
+    p = dentry_name(d['d_parent']) + "/"
+    return p + d['d_iname'].string()