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authorGeorge Prekas <prekageo@amazon.com>2021-02-25 17:22:34 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2021-02-26 09:41:05 -0800
commitdb7fbf492d94a0b59d8f85b3184231662586dea9 (patch)
treeadfd16adb5fc0ad46a05fb60f8753ff80ae0232c /scripts/gdb
parent3d2fc4c082448e9c05792f9b2a11c1d5db408b85 (diff)
scripts/gdb: fix list_for_each
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. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/4ae23bb1-c333-f669-da2d-fa35c4f49018@amazon.com Signed-off-by: George Prekas <prekageo@amazon.com> Reviewed-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com> Cc: Kieran Bingham <kbingham@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'scripts/gdb')
-rw-r--r--scripts/gdb/linux/lists.py5
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
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