Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] eepro100: prevent an infinite loop over same command block

[Jason Wang]

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