Re: [PATCH 0/3] KGDB/KDB/UV: Fixups for UV to KGDB interface

[Ingo Molnar]

* Mike Travis <travis@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> v2: Update patch 2/3 to include which problems fixed.  Other minor
>   changes detailed in the patches.
> 
> * 1/3: Change the fix for 'KDB not defined' build problem by changing
>   the kgdb_nmicallin() interface to include the KDB specific reason code.
>   This removes the dependency on KDB in the debug core.  It also requires
>   a change to the kgdb call in from UV NMI handler to avoid a compile
>   error.
> 
> * 2/3: Fix problems found by the kbuild test robot tip-bot:
>   Make uv_register_nmi_notifier() and uv_handle_nmi_ping() static to
>   address sparse warnings.  Fix problem where uv_nmi_kexec_failed is
>   unused when CONFIG_KEXEC is not defined.
> 
> * 3/3: Fix UV call into kgdb to depend only on whether KGDB is defined
>   and not both KGDB and KDB.  This allows the power nmi command to
>   use the gdb remote connection if enabled.  Note new action of 'kgdb'
>   needs to be set as well to indicate user wants the kernel to wait for
>   gdb to be connected.  If it's set to 'kdb' then an error message is
>   displayed if KDB is not configured.
> 
>   Also note that if both KGDB and KDB are enabled, then the action
>   of 'kgdb' or 'kdb' has no affect on which is used.  See the KGDB
>   documentation for further information.

So unless Jason objects I plan to merge these bits in a day or two, 
for a v3.14 merge (if they pass all review and testing).

Thanks,

	Ingo
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