linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2.6.27-rc3 21/28] mdb: disable console warnings if the debugger is present.

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Message-ID: <39687.166.70.238.45.1218868509.squirrel@webmail.wolfmountaingroup.com>
Date:	Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:35:09 -0600 (MDT)
From:	jmerkey@...fmountaingroup.com
To:	"Andi Kleen" <andi@...stfloor.org>
Cc:	jmerkey@...fmountaingroup.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.27-rc3 21/28] mdb: disable console warnings if the 
     debugger is present.

> jmerkey@...fmountaingroup.com writes:
>>
>>  /* Some debug stub to catch some of the obvious races in the VT code */
>> +
>> +#if defined(CONFIG_MDB) || defined(CONFIG_MDB_MODULE)
>> +#define WARN_CONSOLE_UNLOCKED()
>> +#else
>>  #if 1
>>  #define WARN_CONSOLE_UNLOCKED()	WARN_ON(!is_console_locked() &&
>> !oops_in_progress)
>>  #else
>>  #define WARN_CONSOLE_UNLOCKED()
>>  #endif
>> +#endif /* CONFIG_MDB */
>
> The obvious alternative would be to just set oops_in_progress
> while the debugger runs.
>
> -Andi
>

Also added to the list.  that would remove the need for this patch, which
would also benefit kdb since it also has a similar patch in this file too.

I will roll these fixes into the rc4 patch.

Jeff


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