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From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@rjwysocki.net>
To: Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@intel.com>
Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>,
	Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>, Lv Zheng <zetalog@gmail.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tools/power/acpi/tools/acpidbg: Add multi-commands support in batch mode
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2016 15:45:14 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1843492.Yub8jGoblF@vostro.rjw.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <804f8558b9e65d6022cdb982e1772194ba52d292.1469002094.git.lv.zheng@intel.com>

On Wednesday, July 20, 2016 04:12:08 PM Lv Zheng wrote:
> This patch adds multi-commands support for the batch mode. The same mode
> can be seen in acpiexec.
> 
> However people may think this is not useful for an in-kernel debugger,
> because the in-kernel debugger is always running, never exits. So we can
> run another command by running another acpidbg batch mode instance.
> 
> But this mode should still be useful for acpidbg. The reason is: when the
> in-kernel debugger has entered the single-stepping mode, ending acpidbg
> (which closes the debugger IO interface) will lead to the end of the
> single-stepping mode.
> 
> So we need the acpidbg multi-commands batch mode in order to execute
> multiple single-stepping mode commands in the batch mode.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@intel.com>

Does this depend on the kernel flushing support series?

Thanks,
Rafael

  reply	other threads:[~2016-07-21 13:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-07-14  2:52 [PATCH 0/3] ACPI / debugger: Add kernel flushing support Lv Zheng
2016-07-14  2:52 ` [PATCH 1/3] debugfs: Add .fsync() callback proxy support Lv Zheng
2016-07-19  8:13   ` Zheng, Lv
2016-07-14  2:52 ` [PATCH 2/3] ACPI / debugger: Add kernel flushing support Lv Zheng
2016-07-14  2:52 ` [PATCH 3/3] tools/power/acpi/acpidbg: Use new flushing mechanism Lv Zheng
2016-07-19 10:00 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] ACPI / debugger: Add kernel flushing support Lv Zheng
2016-07-19 10:00   ` [PATCH v2 1/2] " Lv Zheng
2016-07-21 13:43     ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-07-22  0:34       ` Zheng, Lv
2016-07-19 10:00   ` [PATCH v2 2/2] tools/power/acpi/acpidbg: Use new flushing mechanism Lv Zheng
2016-07-20  8:12 ` [PATCH] tools/power/acpi/tools/acpidbg: Add multi-commands support in batch mode Lv Zheng
2016-07-21 13:45   ` Rafael J. Wysocki [this message]
2016-07-22  0:26     ` Zheng, Lv
2016-07-22  4:16 ` [PATCH v3 0/3] ACPI / debugger: Add kernel flushing support Lv Zheng
2016-07-22  4:16   ` [PATCH v3 1/3] " Lv Zheng
2016-07-22  4:17   ` [PATCH v3 2/3] tools/power/acpi/acpidbg: Use new flushing mechanism Lv Zheng
2016-07-22  4:17   ` [PATCH v3 3/3] tools/power/acpi/acpidbg: Add multi-commands support in batch mode Lv Zheng
2016-07-26 11:01 ` [PATCH v4 0/3] ACPI / debugger: Add kernel flushing support Lv Zheng
2016-07-26 11:01   ` [PATCH v4 1/3] " Lv Zheng
2016-08-17  0:25     ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-08-17  2:39       ` Zheng, Lv
2016-07-26 11:01   ` [PATCH v4 2/3] tools/power/acpi/acpidbg: Use new flushing mechanism Lv Zheng
2016-08-17  0:29     ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-08-17  2:41       ` Zheng, Lv
2016-07-26 11:01   ` [PATCH v4 3/3] tools/power/acpi/acpidbg: Add multi-commands support in batch mode Lv Zheng
2016-08-17  0:30     ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-08-17  4:31       ` Zheng, Lv

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