Re: [Kgdb-bugreport] [PATCH] kdb: Fix handling of kallsyms_symbol_next() return value

[Jason W. <jas...@wi...>]

On 03/02/2015 08:13 AM, Daniel Thompson wrote:
> kallsyms_symbol_next() returns a boolean (true on success). Currently
> kdb_read() tests the return value with an inequality that
> unconditionally evaluates to true.
> 
> This is fixed in the obvious way and, since the conditional branch is
> supposed to be unreachable, we also add a WARN_ON().
> 


Thanks.  Applied to kgdb-next.  I'll send it along to the upstream
before the end of the v4.0 cycle, we'll see if we pickup any other
fixes along the way. :-)

Cheers,
Jason.