Jason Wessel wrote: > This patch fixes some corner cases where KGDB will silently hang or > kill the system, if a user accidentally tries to source step into a > spin_unlock() call or source step in on a macro containing > smp_processor_id(). The use of raw_smp_processor_id is desired in > kernel/kgdb.c to fix this particular problem. > > To fix issues with accidental source step in on spin_unlock(), the > idea is to check for the existence of a break point on the second > entry to kgdb and try to remove it. Next an attempt will be made to > continue normal operations. A third entry will generate a panic(), so > as to stop infinite loops. > > Testing has shown that kgdb is much more robust with these changes > and "random accidental run control". > > Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
This patch is committed in the linux2_6_21_uprev branch across: core-lite.patch core.patch i386-lite.patch x86_64-lite.patch Jason. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Kgdb-bugreport mailing list Kgdb-bugreport@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kgdb-bugreport
