From db7fbf492d94a0b59d8f85b3184231662586dea9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: George Prekas Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2021 17:22:34 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] 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.com Signed-off-by: George Prekas Reviewed-by: Jan Kiszka Cc: Kieran Bingham Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- scripts/gdb/linux/lists.py | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/scripts/gdb/linux/lists.py b/scripts/gdb/linux/lists.py index c487ddf09d38..bae4d70b7eae 100644 --- a/scripts/gdb/linux/lists.py +++ b/scripts/gdb/linux/lists.py @@ -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