komal wrote:
> Hi all,
> As the discussion was going on about the effects of trapping the
> netpoll queue during KGDBoE debugging, I tried avoiding it. So in
> eth_pre_exception_handler() I did not set net_poll_trap to 1 and did not
> reset it back to 0 in eth_post_exception_handler()
> file drivers/net/kgdboe.c
> static void eth_pre_exception_handler(void)
> {
> /* Increment the module count when the debugger is active */
> if (!kgdb_connected)
> try_module_get(THIS_MODULE);
> // netpoll_set_trap(1);
> }
>
> static void eth_post_exception_handler(void)
> {
> /* decrement the module count when the debugger detaches */
> if (!kgdb_connected)
> module_put(THIS_MODULE);
> // netpoll_set_trap(0);
> }
I'm afraid that was a wrong thing to do. We were talking only about
disabling CONFIG_NETPOLL_TRAP option
BTW, I don't see how CONFIG_NETPOLL_RX actually could influence anything --
looks like it just may be completely removed).
> As i started testing KGDBoe, 1st time I did
> (gdb)info threads
> and it worked, but after that I set breakpoint
> (gdb)break link_path_walk
> after this any of the commands were not working and the test machine
> went in hang state.
> To provide more information, I am working on an i386/x86_64 Athlon box,
> using 2.6.17 kernel and 100Mbps, full-duplex, VIA Rhine network card.
This driver also seems prone to TX queue overwrites since its TX ring size
is only 16.
> -Regards
> Komal Nawandar
WBR, Sergei
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