Re: [PATCH] [KGDB] core code cleanups

[Andrew Morton]

> On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:28:36 +0100 Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> * Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > This patch is against the x86-git which included the kgdb core.
> > 
> > Per review request from the x86-git maintainers, the kgdb-core has had 
> > the kgdb_handle_exception() separated into individual functions.  This 
> > patch does nothing other than re-organize the code.  There are no 
> > functional kgdb changes.
> > 
> > kgdb_handle_exception now calls gdb_serial_stub() to handle the 
> > debugger communications.  The gdb_serial_stub() has call out to sub 
> > handlers for all the major gdb serial packet types.
> 
> thanks Jason, i have applied your cleanups to x86.git.
> 

I don't recall having actually seen the kgdb patches recently.  Have they
had a suitable level of review?

In particular, as the plan is to migrate all kgdb-enabled architectures
onto the generic kgdb core (yes?), have the owners of the eligible
architectures actually taken a look at what we'll be asking of them?
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