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* [PATCH v2] scripts/gdb: fix list_for_each
@ 2020-09-24 14:20 George Prekas
  2021-01-05 16:51 ` George Prekas
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: George Prekas @ 2020-09-24 14:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Jan Kiszka, Kieran Bingham; +Cc: linux-kernel

If the list is uninitialized (next pointer is NULL), list_for_each gets
stuck in an infinite loop. Print a message and treat list as empty.

Signed-off-by: George Prekas <prekageo@amazon.com>
---
  scripts/gdb/linux/lists.py | 5 +++++
  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/gdb/linux/lists.py b/scripts/gdb/linux/lists.py
index c487ddf09d38..bae4d70b7eae 100644
--- a/scripts/gdb/linux/lists.py
+++ b/scripts/gdb/linux/lists.py
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ def list_for_each(head):
          raise TypeError("Must be struct list_head not {}"
                             .format(head.type))

+    if head['next'] == 0:
+        gdb.write("list_for_each: Uninitialized list '{}' treated as 
empty\n"
+                     .format(head.address))
+        return
+
      node = head['next'].dereference()
      while node.address != head.address:
          yield node.address
-- 
2.16.6


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