Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the kgdb tree

From: Jason Wessel
Date: Thu May 20 2010 - 21:29:12 EST


On 05/20/2010 08:23 PM, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 11:09:38AM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
>> Hi Jason,
>>
>> On Thu, 20 May 2010 19:49:51 -0500 Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Before brute force toggling it, it seems we should check the value and
>>> restore it after the execution of handle_sysrq().
>> Indeed, at the time I couldn't find an easy way to do that.
>>
>>> I'll have to look and see if there is an access function for this.
>> Great, thanks.
>
> I would not mind re-exporting sysrq_on() again.
>

We could but I don't know that you need to.

Would you be willing to sign off on a change like the one below
Dmitry? If so then I'll push it into kgdb-next.

It is as simple as making the return from sysrq_toggle_support a bit
more meaningful.

Thanks,
Jason.


--- a/drivers/char/sysrq.c
+++ b/drivers/char/sysrq.c
@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ int sysrq_toggle_support(int enable_mask
sysrq_unregister_handler();
}

- return 0;
+ return was_enabled;
}

static int __sysrq_swap_key_ops(int key, struct sysrq_key_op *insert_op_p,
--- a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_main.c
+++ b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_main.c
@@ -1926,17 +1926,19 @@ static int kdb_rm(int argc, const char *
*/
static int kdb_sr(int argc, const char **argv)
{
+ int toggle_save;
+
if (argc != 1)
return KDB_ARGCOUNT;
- if (!__sysrq_enabled) {
- kdb_printf("Auto activating sysrq\n");
- __sysrq_enabled = 1;
- }
+
+ toggle_save = sysrq_toggle_support(1);

kdb_trap_printk++;
handle_sysrq(*argv[1], NULL);
kdb_trap_printk--;

+ sysrq_toggle_support(toggle_save);
+
return 0;
}
#endif /* CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ */
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