Re: [PATCH] tools/drgn: Add script to display page state for a given PID and VADDR
Sweet Tea Dorminy <[email protected]>
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On 4/15/25 10:46 PM, Ye Liu wrote: > > 在 2025/4/16 10:14, Andrew Morton 写道: >> On Tue, 15 Apr 2025 15:50:24 +0800 Ye Liu <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> From: Ye Liu <[email protected]> >>> >>> Introduces a new drgn script, `show_page_info.py`, which allows users >>> to analyze the state of a page given a process ID (PID) and a virtual >>> address (VADDR). This can help kernel developers or debuggers easily >>> inspect page-related information in a live kernel or vmcore. >>> >>> The script extracts information such as the page flags, mapping, and >>> other metadata relevant to diagnosing memory issues. >>> >>> Currently, there is no specific maintainer entry for `tools/drgn/` in the >>> MAINTAINERS file. Therefore, this patch is sent to the general kernel and >>> tools mailing lists for review. >> Help. My copy of linux has no tools/drgn/ > I noticed that the current upstream Linux tree doesn't contain a > `tools/drgn/` directory. > > I'm interested in contributing a drgn script tool as well. > Given that this directory does not yet exist in mainline, where would > be the appropriate place to add new drgn scripts? Would it make sense > to create a new `tools/drgn/` directory, or is there a preferred > location for such debugging scripts? > > Thanks, > Ye I believe the traditional thing to do with new drgn scripts is to add them to the contrib directory in drgn via pull request: https://github.com/osandov/drgn/blob/main/contrib/README.rst