On Mon, 10 Nov 2014 09:41:32 +0000 Daniel Thompson <daniel.thomp...@linaro.org> wrote:
> On 06/11/14 13:27, Steven Rostedt wrote: > > On Thu, 6 Nov 2014 12:41:54 +0000 > > Daniel Thompson <daniel.thomp...@linaro.org> wrote: > > > >> This patchset makes it possible to use kdb's ftdump command without > >> panicing, crashing or livelocking. The ftdump command cannot be used > >> at all without these changes. > >> > >> IIRC this patches are still pending Jason's ack. > > > > I haven't heard from Jason in a long time. Is he still active? > > [sorry for the delay, I wanted to give Jason a chance to answer this] > > Very occasionally. > > I can't find anything on lkml in the last three months, and I have > unreviewed kdb patches that stretch back well beyond that. > > That said he still helps people on kgdb-bugreport@ from time-to-time > (and as recently as last week). I've also had a little bit of private > contact although nothing very recent. > > On that basis I'd say you shouldn't feel guilty if you have to accept a > change here without an ack. > He had more than enough time to respond. OK, I'll take it. Looking at the first patch, I notice that there's no protection of the static buffer_iter array. I also noticed that there's no protection of the static iter itself (which was there before your patch). I take it that this code is not re-entrant. Thanks! -- Steve -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
