Hi Kieran, On 2016-03-14 11:20, Kieran Bingham wrote: > Hi Jan, > > Whilst testing the modules update patch you sent, I discovered (due to > having rebased to v4.5) that the module search path will end up picking > an incorrect version of the .ko file if an earlier version exists.: > > > (gdb) lx-symbols /opt/root/ubuntu-vivid.x86_64 > loading vmlinux > (gdb) c > Continuing. > < load module helloworld.ko on target > > scanning for modules in /opt/root/ubuntu-vivid.x86_64 > loading @0xffffffffa0000000: > /opt/root/ubuntu-vivid.x86_64/lib/modules/4.4.0+/extra/helloworld.ko > > Looking at the filesystem layout: > > kbingham@CookieMonster:~$ sudo find /opt/root/ubuntu-vivid.x86_64/ -name > helloworld.ko > /opt/root/ubuntu-vivid.x86_64/lib/modules/4.4.0+/extra/helloworld.ko > /opt/root/ubuntu-vivid.x86_64/lib/modules/4.5.0+/extra/helloworld.ko >
If there are multiple sets of modules underneath a path, you have to be more precise, /opt/root/ubuntu-vivid.x86_64/lib/modules/4.5.0+ in this case. > > Unfortunately I can't see any reference to a vfs path in: > print $lx_module("helloworld") > > So we can't retrieve the exact path location from the kernel information > Have you experienced this issue? No, because I'm always using lx-symbols against the build output, not against installed modules. But even then, see above, I don't see a problem is the path is properly specified. Jan > > Perhaps we ought to prefix our search path with > $(path_item)/lib/modules/`uname -r` > > > ST's C implementation of module support can be seen at: > > https://git.linaro.org/people/kieran.bingham/binutils-gdb.git/blob/e30a18cf086bd02c4ebb57f6f783fe2ad4af9c84:/gdb/stlinux/lkd-modules.c > > They restrict the search paths, and parse expected > lib/modules/{version}/ paths to ensure the correct modules are discovered. > > -- > Regards > > Kieran > -- Siemens AG, Corporate Technology, CT RDA ITP SES-DE Corporate Competence Center Embedded Linux