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Date:   Thu, 17 Oct 2019 10:14:01 +0100
From:   Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@...aro.org>
To:     Doug Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>
Cc:     Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@...driver.com>,
        kgdb-bugreport@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Patch Tracking <patches@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/5] kdb: Remove special case logic from kdb_read()

On Wed, Oct 16, 2019 at 09:10:22PM -0700, Doug Anderson wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Mon, Oct 14, 2019 at 8:46 AM Daniel Thompson
> <daniel.thompson@...aro.org> wrote:
> >
> > @@ -91,12 +92,17 @@ kdb_bt1(struct task_struct *p, unsigned long mask,
> >         kdb_ps1(p);
> >         kdb_show_stack(p, NULL);
> >         if (btaprompt) {
> > -               kdb_getstr(buffer, sizeof(buffer),
> > -                          "Enter <q> to end, <cr> to continue:");
> > -               if (buffer[0] == 'q') {
> > -                       kdb_printf("\n");
> > +               kdb_printf("Enter <q> to end, <cr> or <space> to continue:");
> > +               ch = kdb_getchar();
> > +               while (!strchr("\r\n q", ch))
> > +                       ch = kdb_getchar();
> 
> nit: above 3 lines would be better with "do while", AKA:
> 
> do {
>   ch = kdb_getchar();
> } while (!strchr("\r\n q", ch));

Doh! Too much python...
> 
> 
> > @@ -50,14 +50,14 @@ static int kgdb_transition_check(char *buffer)
> >  }
> >
> >  /*
> > - * kdb_read_handle_escape
> > + * kdb_handle_escape
> 
> Optional nit: while you're touching this comment, you could make it
> kerneldoc complaint.
> 
> 
> > @@ -152,7 +158,7 @@ static int kdb_read_get_key(char *buffer, size_t bufsize)
> >                                 return '\e';
> >
> >                         *ped++ = key;
> > -                       key = kdb_read_handle_escape(escape_data,
> > +                       key = kdb_handle_escape(escape_data,
> >                                                      ped - escape_data);
> 
> nit: indentation no longer lines up for the "ped - escape_data" line.
> 
> Nothing here is terribly important, thus:
> 
> Reviewed-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>

Thanks. I'll pick the nits (although I might leave v4 out for review
for a relatively short time before applying it ;-) ).


Daniel.