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-rw-r--r--src/helper/log.c21
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/src/helper/log.c b/src/helper/log.c
index efe5d5bb..8e3dd70c 100644
--- a/src/helper/log.c
+++ b/src/helper/log.c
@@ -358,6 +358,9 @@ char *alloc_printf(const char *format, ...)
* This function will send a keep alive packet if >500ms has passed since last time
* it was invoked.
*
+ * Note that this function can be invoked often, so it needs to be relatively
+ * fast when invoked more often than every 500ms.
+ *
*/
void keep_alive()
{
@@ -365,18 +368,22 @@ void keep_alive()
if (current_time-last_time>1000)
{
LOG_WARNING("BUG: keep_alive() was not invoked in the 1000ms timelimit. GDB alive packet not sent! (%lld)", current_time-last_time);
- last_time=current_time;
- } else if (current_time-last_time>500)
+ }
+ if (current_time-last_time>500)
{
/* this will keep the GDB connection alive */
LOG_USER_N("%s", "");
+
+ /* also process TCL events (we have to do this from 'log.c' since its
+ * keep_alive() is the only routine guaranteed to be called at least
+ * once per second :( */
+ process_jim_events ();
+
+ /* process any timer events now */
+ target_call_timer_callbacks_now();
+
last_time=current_time;
}
-
- /* also process TCL events (we have to do this from 'log.c' since its
- * keep_alive() is the only routine guaranteed to be called at least
- * once per second :( */
- process_jim_events ();
}
/* reset keep alive timer without sending message */