Re: KGDB 2.0.3 with fixes and development in ethernet interface

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Fri Jan 16 2004 - 09:09:06 EST


On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 01:58:06PM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote:
> ++int kgdbeth_thread(void *data)
> ++{
> ++ struct net_device *ndev = (struct net_device *)data;
> ++ daemonize("kgdbeth");
> ++ while (!ndev->ip_ptr) {
> ++ schedule();
> ++ }
> ++ debugger_entry();
> ++ return 0;
>
> Don't you need some locking around ndev->ip_ptr? [Okay, it probably
> only matters on SMP, so it is not causing your problems..]

Not to mention it should use a proper wait_event instead of this
really stupid loop.

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