Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 31 May 2006 15:35:15 -0700 | From | Tom Rini <> | Subject | Re: linux-2.6 x86_64 kgdb issue |
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On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 11:01:56PM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote: > On Wednesday 31 May 2006 17:03, Tom Rini wrote: > > On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 09:13:53AM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote: > > > > [snip] > > > > > Yes because you if modular works you don't need to build it in. > > > > > > Modular was working at some point on x86-64 for kdb and the original 2.6 > > > version of kgdb was nearly there too. > > > > FWIW, the only change the current version of kgdb makes that would > > prevent it from being totally modular is the debugger_active check in > > Can you post the patch and a description?
The change is a simple if (atomic_read(&debugger_active)) return right at the start. And I'm embarrased to say the change predates me on the project so I'm not 100% sure on the lineage and it might be totally bogus now.
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