Re: [PATCH] KVM: Qemu: Build fix for !CONFIG_GDBSTUB case.

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

Zhang, Xiantao wrote:
> From ee96ecb2c86e820278f3332d32a452f31c72dc30 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Xiantao Zhang <xiantao.zhang@intel.com>
> Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 17:23:27 +0800
> Subject: [PATCH] KVM: Qemu: Build fix for !CONFIG_GDBSTUB case.
> 
> Once CONFIG_GDBSTUB not configured, compile will generate error.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Xiantao Zhang <xiantao.zhang@intel.com>
> ---
>  qemu/vl.c |    2 ++
>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/qemu/vl.c b/qemu/vl.c
> index 92325e6..46733e9 100644
> --- a/qemu/vl.c
> +++ b/qemu/vl.c
> @@ -3862,10 +3862,12 @@ static int main_loop(void)
>  		qemu_system_powerdown();
>                  ret = EXCP_INTERRUPT;
>              }
> +#ifdef CONFIG_GDBSTUB
>              if (unlikely(ret == EXCP_DEBUG)) {
>                  gdb_set_stop_cpu(cur_cpu);
>                  vm_stop(EXCP_DEBUG);
>              }
> +#endif
>              /* If all cpus are halted then wait until the next IRQ */
>              /* XXX: use timeout computed from timers */
>              if (ret == EXCP_HALTED) {

This rather looks like a qemu upstream issue. But as no qemu arch comes
without gdbstub support and this switch is always true, no one noticed it.

But why not fixing the core issue, ie. adding gdbstub support, or at
least some intermediate dummy functions until qemu gains full ia64
support? That would also allow to clean up the CONFIG_GDBSTUB #ifdef'ery
from upstream. And it would be the first step towards kvm guest
debugging support for ia64.

Jan

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