If we detect that we recursively entered the debugger we should hack
our I/O ops to NULL so that the panic() in the next line won't
actually cause another recursion into the debugger. The first line of
kgdb_panic() will check this and return.
Signed-off-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v3:
- ("kgdb: Prevent infinite recursive entries to the debugger") new for v3.
Changes in v2: None
kernel/debug/debug_core.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/kernel/debug/debug_core.c b/kernel/debug/debug_core.c
index 503c1630ca76..faf5bd4c34ee 100644
--- a/kernel/debug/debug_core.c
+++ b/kernel/debug/debug_core.c
@@ -532,6 +532,7 @@ static int kgdb_reenter_check(struct kgdb_state *ks)
if (exception_level > 1) {
dump_stack();
+ kgdb_io_module_registered = false;
panic("Recursive entry to debugger");
}
--
2.26.2.303.gf8c07b1a785-goog
