Commit db7fbf49 authored by George Prekas's avatar George Prekas Committed by Linus Torvalds

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.comSigned-off-by: default avatarGeorge Prekas <prekageo@amazon.com>
Reviewed-by: default avatarJan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
Cc: Kieran Bingham <kbingham@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
parent 3d2fc4c0
......@@ -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
......
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