Re: [PATCH] kgdb:unify x86-kgdb

[Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>]

Jason Wessel wrote:
> Jan Kiszka wrote:
>> diff -up arch/x86/kernel/kgdb_32.c arch/x86/kernel/kgdb_64.c
>>
>> screamed for unification. Here it is.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
>>
>> ---
>>  arch/x86/kernel/Makefile_32 |    2 
>>  arch/x86/kernel/Makefile_64 |    2 
>>  arch/x86/kernel/kgdb.c      |  561 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  arch/x86/kernel/kgdb_32.c   |  414 --------------------------------
>>  arch/x86/kernel/kgdb_64.c   |  495 --------------------------------------
>>  5 files changed, 563 insertions(+), 911 deletions(-)
>>   
> FYI this is already done in the head branch for kgdb which is going into
> the -mm tree.  You will see the new patch set in the 2.6.25-rcX series.
> 
> There is now a single x86-lite.patch which contains a number of other
> modifications to the core-lite.patch to make use of
> probe_kernel_address() and a new function probe_kernel_write().  Also
> the die hooks for the "no context" memory faults were removed.

Hmm, is this any kind of patch I should have seen in your kernel.org
git? Which branch?

Jan