linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] kdb: Make the internal env 'KDBFLAGS' undefinable

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Message-ID: <20200516092606.41576-1-liwei391@huawei.com>
Date:   Sat, 16 May 2020 17:26:06 +0800
From:   Wei Li <liwei391@...wei.com>
To:     Doug Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>,
        Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@...driver.com>,
        Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@...aro.org>,
        Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
CC:     <kgdb-bugreport@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2] kdb: Make the internal env 'KDBFLAGS' undefinable

'KDBFLAGS' is an internal variable of kdb, it is combined by 'KDBDEBUG'
and state flags. But the user can define an environment variable named
'KDBFLAGS' too, so let's make it undefinable to avoid confusion.

Signed-off-by: Wei Li <liwei391@...wei.com>
Reviewed-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>
---
v1 -> v2:
 - Fix lack of braces.

 kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_main.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_main.c b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_main.c
index 4fc43fb17127..75b798340300 100644
--- a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_main.c
+++ b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_main.c
@@ -423,6 +423,8 @@ int kdb_set(int argc, const char **argv)
 			| (debugflags << KDB_DEBUG_FLAG_SHIFT);
 
 		return 0;
+	} else if (strcmp(argv[1], "KDBFLAGS") == 0) {
+		return KDB_NOPERM;
 	}
 
 	/*
-- 
2.17.1