scripts/gdb: add cache for type objects
authorJan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
Tue, 17 Feb 2015 21:46:38 +0000 (13:46 -0800)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Tue, 17 Feb 2015 22:34:53 +0000 (14:34 -0800)
commit2b514827ef06fd69e1739e7f367712619dee7784
treec222ab179c1a2af790106882f1b560d417281891
parent3ee7b3fa2cd0182628cca8d9bb5ce2d4722e8dc5
scripts/gdb: add cache for type objects

Type lookups are very slow in gdb-python which is often noticeable when
iterating over a number of objects.  Introduce the helper class CachedType
that keeps a reference to a gdb.Type object but also refreshes it after an
object file has been loaded.

Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Cc: Ben Widawsky <ben@bwidawsk.net>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
scripts/gdb/linux/utils.py [new file with mode: 0644]