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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] eepro100: prevent an infinite loop over same co
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Jason Wang |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] eepro100: prevent an infinite loop over same command block |
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Tue, 20 Oct 2015 11:04:43 +0800 |
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On 10/17/2015 07:35 PM, Peter Maydell wrote:
> On 16 October 2015 at 22:37, Stefan Weil <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Maybe real hardware will run an endless loop?
>> Or the "endless" loop is terminated because the driver
>> changes the link while the loop is running?
>>
>> The goal of eepro100.c should be emulation of the
>> real hardware, even of a potential design weakness.
> I agree in general, but we need to be sure that if we're
> letting the guest put a device into an infinite loop this
> doesn't lock up the whole VM (ie preventing the user
> from using the qemu monitor or otherwise rebooting it).
>
> thanks
> -- PMM
>
Yes, so the reproducer needs to be tested on real hardware.
Qinghao:
Any chance to test the reproducer on real e100? If not, I will try to
find one to test.
Thanks