----- Original Message -----
 Dave,
 
 Here is the patch which add feature to whatis that would display full parameter name
 when it detect the symbol is a function.
 
 And this patch already include previous fix for gdb_get_datatype,
 please help review it.
 
 Thanks,
 Lei 
When I attempt a "whatis <text-symbol>" on a module function prior to
loading its module.ko file, your patch changes the command's behavior.
For example, without your patch, it shows that the gdb request failed:
 crash> whatis call_transmit
 whatis: gdb request failed: whatis call_transmit
 crash>
So I load the module, and try again:
 crash> mod -s sunrpc
      MODULE       NAME                     SIZE  OBJECT FILE
 ffffffffa0153ea0  sunrpc                 255581 
/lib/modules/3.7.9-104.fc17.x86_64/kernel/net/sunrpc/sunrpc.ko 
 crash> whatis call_transmit 
 void call_transmit(struct rpc_task *);
 crash> 
But with your patch, it fails quietly:
 crash> whatis call_transmit
 crash>
And while it works most of the time:
 crash> mod -s sunrpc
      MODULE       NAME                     SIZE  OBJECT FILE
 ffffffffa0153ea0  sunrpc                 255581 
/lib/modules/3.7.9-104.fc17.x86_64/kernel/net/sunrpc/sunrpc.ko 
 crash> whatis call_transmit
 void call_transmit(struct rpc_task * task);
 crash> 
if I do some other whatis/mod commands prior to it, I occasionally can get
this to happen:
 crash> mod -s sunrpc
      MODULE       NAME                     SIZE  OBJECT FILE
 ffffffffa0153ea0  sunrpc                 255581 
/lib/modules/3.7.9-104.fc17.x86_64/kernel/net/sunrpc/sunrpc.ko 
 crash> whatis call_transmit
    <segmentation violation in gdb>
 
 crash> 
The backtrace shows a SIGSEGV in your new gdb_function_nameargs() function:
 Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
 gdb_function_nameargs (req=<optimized out>) at symtab.c:5263
 5263		while ((BLOCK_FUNCTION(b) == NULL || block_inlined_p(b))
 Missing separate debuginfos, use: debuginfo-install glibc-2.15-58.fc17.x86_64
ncurses-libs-5.9-4.20120204.fc17.x86_64 zlib-1.2.5-7.fc17.x86_64
 (gdb) bt
 #0  gdb_function_nameargs (req=<optimized out>) at symtab.c:5263
 #1  gdb_command_funnel (req=req@entry=0xdd1e20) at symtab.c:4957
 #2  0x00000000004d78c0 in gdb_interface (req=req@entry=0xdd1e20) at gdb_interface.c:397
 #3  0x000000000050860d in whatis_variable (sp=<optimized out>) at symbols.c:6767
 #4  0x0000000000508ab4 in cmd_whatis () at symbols.c:6199
 #5  0x0000000000460694 in exec_command () at main.c:775
 #6  0x0000000000521982 in exec_input_file () at cmdline.c:1407
 #7  0x00000000004603e6 in is_input_file () at main.c:871
 #8  exec_command () at main.c:782
 #9  0x00000000004608ba in main_loop () at main.c:723
 #10 0x000000000056ee49 in captured_command_loop (data=data@entry=0x0) at ./main.c:228
 #11 0x000000000056e28e in catch_errors (func=func@entry=0x56ee40
<captured_command_loop>, 
     func_args=func_args@entry=0x0, errstring=errstring@entry=0x882acb "",
mask=mask@entry=6) at exceptions.c:531
 #12 0x000000000056fad6 in captured_main (data=data@entry=0x7fffffffe430) at ./main.c:958
 #13 0x000000000056e28e in catch_errors (func=func@entry=0x56ef20 <captured_main>, 
     func_args=func_args@entry=0x7fffffffe430, errstring=errstring@entry=0x882acb
"", mask=mask@entry=6)
     at exceptions.c:531
 #14 0x000000000056fda4 in gdb_main (args=args@entry=0x7fffffffe430) at ./main.c:973
 #15 0x000000000056fdde in gdb_main_entry (argc=<optimized out>,
argv=argv@entry=0x7fffffffe588) at ./main.c:993
 #16 0x00000000004d69d4 in gdb_main_loop (argc=<optimized out>, argc@entry=1,
argv=argv@entry=0x7fffffffe588)
     at gdb_interface.c:76
 #17 0x000000000045eeff in main (argc=1, argv=0x7fffffffe588) at main.c:628
 (gdb)
But unfortunately, it's not necessarily reproducible, even with the same set 
of commands!
The backtrace above was from a live session, and now I can't seem to reproduce it.
But I'm guessing that block_for_pc_sect() returned a NULL "b" pointer.
Dave
 
 From 8ea80a2ddbd0ea524a715a5e188118c39a0ce311 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00
 2001
 From: Lei Wen <leiwen(a)marvell.com>
 Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 10:34:15 +0800
 Subject: [PATCH] whatis: display full parameter name when symbol is
 function
 
 Signed-off-by: Lei Wen <leiwen(a)marvell.com>
 ---
  defs.h          |    1 +
  gdb-7.3.1.patch |   77
  +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
  gdb_interface.c |    3 ++
  symbols.c       |   50 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
  4 files changed, 130 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
 
 diff --git a/defs.h b/defs.h
 index 1f693c3..1b31d1f 100755
 --- a/defs.h
 +++ b/defs.h
 @@ -3685,6 +3685,7 @@ struct gnu_request {
  #define GNU_GET_SYMBOL_TYPE      (15)
  #define GNU_USER_PRINT_OPTION 	 (16)
  #define GNU_SET_CRASH_BLOCK      (17)
 +#define GNU_FUNCTION_NAMEARGS    (18)
  #define GNU_DEBUG_COMMAND       (100)
  /*
   *  GNU flags
 diff --git a/gdb-7.3.1.patch b/gdb-7.3.1.patch
 index a12d3d4..3b0f0d1 100644
 --- a/gdb-7.3.1.patch
 +++ b/gdb-7.3.1.patch
 @@ -1821,3 +1821,80 @@ diff -up gdb-7.3.1/gdb/psymtab.c.orig
 gdb-7.3.1/gdb/psymtab.c
   	  break;
 
         if (cur_sec == NULL)
 +--- gdb-7.3.1/gdb/symtab.c.orig
 ++++ gdb-7.3.1/gdb/symtab.c
 +@@ -4848,6 +4848,7 @@ static void gdb_get_symbol_type(struct
 gnu_request *);
 + static void gdb_command_exists(struct gnu_request *);
 + static void gdb_debug_command(struct gnu_request *);
 + static void gdb_function_numargs(struct gnu_request *);
 ++static void gdb_function_nameargs(struct gnu_request *);
 + static void gdb_add_symbol_file(struct gnu_request *);
 + static void gdb_delete_symbol_file(struct gnu_request *);
 + static void gdb_patch_symbol_values(struct gnu_request *);
 +@@ -4952,6 +4953,10 @@ gdb_command_funnel(struct gnu_request *req)
 + 		gdb_set_crash_block(req);
 + 		break;
 +
 ++	case GNU_FUNCTION_NAMEARGS:
 ++		gdb_function_nameargs(req);
 ++		break;
 ++
 + 	default:
 + 		req->flags |= GNU_COMMAND_FAILED;
 + 		break;
 +@@ -5054,8 +5059,9 @@ gdb_get_datatype(struct gnu_request *req)
 + 		if (gdb_CRASHDEBUG(2))
 +         		console("expr->elts[0].opcode: OP_VAR_VALUE\n");
 + 		type = expr->elts[2].symbol->type;
 ++		req->typecode = TYPE_CODE(type);
 ++		req->length = TYPE_LENGTH(type);
 + 		if (TYPE_CODE(type) == TYPE_CODE_ENUM) {
 +-			req->typecode = TYPE_CODE(type);
 + 			req->value = SYMBOL_VALUE(expr->elts[2].symbol);
 + 			req->tagname = TYPE_TAG_NAME(type);
 + 			if (!req->tagname) {
 +@@ -5243,6 +5249,44 @@ gdb_function_numargs(struct gnu_request *req)
 + 	req->value = (ulong)TYPE_NFIELDS(sym->type);
 + }
 +
 ++static void
 ++gdb_function_nameargs(struct gnu_request *req)
 ++{
 ++	struct block *b;
 ++	struct dict_iterator iter;
 ++	struct symbol *sym = NULL;
 ++	int len;
 ++	char *buf = req->buf;
 ++
 ++	b = block_for_pc_sect(req->pc, find_pc_mapped_section(req->pc));
 ++	/* Get the lexical block, which is not a inline function */
 ++	while ((BLOCK_FUNCTION(b) == NULL || block_inlined_p(b))
 ++			&& BLOCK_SUPERBLOCK(b) != NULL)
 ++		b = BLOCK_SUPERBLOCK(b);
 ++
 ++	ALL_BLOCK_SYMBOLS (b, iter, sym)
 ++	{
 ++		if (!SYMBOL_IS_ARGUMENT (sym))
 ++			continue;
 ++
 ++		if (*SYMBOL_LINKAGE_NAME (sym))
 ++		{
 ++			struct symbol *nsym;
 ++
 ++			nsym = lookup_symbol (SYMBOL_LINKAGE_NAME (sym),
 ++					b, VAR_DOMAIN, NULL);
 ++			gdb_assert (nsym != NULL);
 ++			if (SYMBOL_CLASS (nsym) != LOC_REGISTER
 ++					|| SYMBOL_IS_ARGUMENT (nsym))
 ++				sym = nsym;
 ++		}
 ++
 ++		len = strlen(SYMBOL_PRINT_NAME(sym));
 ++		sprintf(buf, "%s,", SYMBOL_PRINT_NAME(sym));
 ++		buf += len + 1;
 ++	}
 ++}
 ++
 + struct load_module *gdb_current_load_module = NULL;
 +
 + static void
 diff --git a/gdb_interface.c b/gdb_interface.c
 index afc197c..a460ea8 100755
 --- a/gdb_interface.c
 +++ b/gdb_interface.c
 @@ -590,6 +590,9 @@ gdb_command_string(int cmd, char *buf, int live)
          case GNU_SET_CRASH_BLOCK:
                  sprintf(buf, "GNU_SET_CRASH_BLOCK");
  		break;
 +	case GNU_FUNCTION_NAMEARGS:
 +                sprintf(buf, "GNU_FUNCTION_NAMEARGS");
 +		break;
  	case 0:
  		buf[0] = NULLCHAR;
  		break;
 diff --git a/symbols.c b/symbols.c
 index 4fb397c..b38a2a3 100755
 --- a/symbols.c
 +++ b/symbols.c
 @@ -6660,18 +6660,62 @@ whatis_datatype(char *st, ulong flags, FILE
 *ofp)
  }
 
  /*
 + * add the function argument to the function type showing
 + * The arg name input is seperated by comma
 + */
 +static void
 +add_function_name(char *argnames, char *func)
 +{
 +	char *arg, *seperator, *tmp;
 +
 +	tmp = func;
 +	for (arg = strtok(argnames, ","); arg; ) {
 +		seperator = strstr(tmp, ",");
 +		if (!seperator)
 +			seperator= strrchr(func, ')');
 +
 +		shift_string_right(seperator, strlen(arg) + 1);
 +		BCOPY(arg, seperator + 1, strlen(arg));
 +		tmp = seperator + 2 + strlen(arg);
 +		arg = strtok(NULL, ",");
 +	}
 +}
 +
 +/*
   *  Scan the symbol file for a variable declaration.
   */
  static void
  whatis_variable(struct syment *sp)
  {
 +	struct datatype_member datatype_member, *dm;
 +	struct gnu_request *req;
 +	int ret;
  	char *p1;
  	char buf[BUFSIZE];
 
 +	dm = &datatype_member;
 +	strcpy(buf, sp->name);
 +	if (!arg_to_datatype(buf, dm, RETURN_ON_ERROR|DATATYPE_QUERY))
 +		return FALSE;
 +
          open_tmpfile();
          sprintf(buf, "whatis %s", sp->name);
 -        if (!gdb_pass_through(buf, fp, GNU_RETURN_ON_ERROR)) {
 +
 +	req = (struct gnu_request *)GETBUF(sizeof(struct gnu_request));
 +	req->buf = GETBUF(BUFSIZE);
 +
 +	ret = gdb_pass_through(buf, fp, GNU_RETURN_ON_ERROR);
 +	if (ret && dm->type == FUNCTION) {
 +		req->command = GNU_FUNCTION_NAMEARGS;
 +		req->flags |= GNU_RETURN_ON_ERROR;
 +		req->pc = symbol_value(sp->name);
 +
 +		gdb_interface(req);
 +	}
 +        if (!ret || req->flags & GNU_COMMAND_FAILED) {
                  close_tmpfile();
 +		FREEBUF(req->buf);
 +		FREEBUF(req);
                  error(FATAL, "gdb request failed: whatis %s\n",
                  sp->name);
          }
 
 @@ -6693,6 +6737,7 @@ whatis_variable(struct syment *sp)
  		if (index(buf, '(') == rindex(buf, '(')) {
  			shift_string_right(p1, strlen(sp->name));
  			BCOPY(sp->name, p1, strlen(sp->name));
 +			add_function_name(req->buf, p1 + strlen(sp->name));
  		} else {
  			p1 = strstr(buf, ")");
  			shift_string_right(p1, strlen(sp->name));
 @@ -6705,6 +6750,9 @@ whatis_variable(struct syment *sp)
                  fprintf(fp, "%s%s%s;\n", p1, LASTCHAR(p1) == '*' ?
                  "":" ",
  			sp->name);
  	}
 +
 +	FREEBUF(req->buf);
 +	FREEBUF(req);
  }
 
  /*
 --
 1.7.5.4