linux/kernel/debug/debug_core.c, branch v3.12.10

kgdb/sysrq: fix inconstistent help message of sysrq key

2013-05-01T00:04:10Z

Currently help message of /proc/sysrq-trigger highlight its upper-case characters, like below: SysRq : HELP : loglevel(0-9) reBoot Crash terminate-all-tasks(E) memory-full-oom-kill(F) kill-all-tasks(I) ... this would confuse user trigger sysrq by upper-case character, which is inconsistent with the real lower-case character registed key. This inconsistent help message will also lead more confused when 26 upper-case letters put into use in future. This patch fix kgdb sysrq key: "debug(g)" Signed-off-by: zhangwei(Jovi) Cc: Jason Wessel Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

kgdb: remove #include from kgdb.h

2013-02-04T23:35:26Z

There's no reason kgdb.h itself needs to include the 8250 serial port header file. So push it down to the _very_ limited number of individual drivers that need the values in that file, and fix up the places where people really wanted serial_core.h and platform_device.h. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

Merge tag 'for_linus-3.7' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jwessel/kgdb

2012-10-13T02:16:58Z

Pull KGDB/KDB fixes and cleanups from Jason Wessel: "Cleanups - Clean up compile warnings in kgdboc.c and x86/kernel/kgdb.c - Add module event hooks for simplified debugging with gdb Fixes - Fix kdb to stop paging with 'q' on bta and dmesg - Fix for data that scrolls off the vga console due to line wrapping when using the kdb pager New - The debug core registers for kernel module events which allows a kernel aware gdb to automatically load symbols and break on entry to a kernel module - Allow kgdboc=kdb to setup kdb on the vga console" * tag 'for_linus-3.7' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jwessel/kgdb: tty/console: fix warnings in drivers/tty/serial/kgdboc.c kdb,vt_console: Fix missed data due to pager overruns kdb: Fix dmesg/bta scroll to quit with 'q' kgdboc: Accept either kbd or kdb to activate the vga + keyboard kdb shell kgdb,x86: fix warning about unused variable mips,kgdb: fix recursive page fault with CONFIG_KPROBES kgdb: Add module event hooks

kgdb: Add module event hooks

2012-10-12T11:37:33Z

Allow gdb to auto load kernel modules when it is attached, which makes it trivially easy to debug module init functions or pre-set breakpoints in a kernel module that has not loaded yet. Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel

kernel/debug: Mask KGDB NMI upon entry

2012-09-26T20:42:25Z

The new arch callback should manage NMIs that usually cause KGDB to enter. That is, not all NMIs should be enabled/disabled, but only those that issue kgdb_handle_exception(). We must mask it as serial-line interrupt can be used as an NMI, so if the original KGDB-entry cause was say a breakpoint, then every input to KDB console will cause KGDB to reenter, which we don't want. Signed-off-by: Anton Vorontsov Acked-by: Jason Wessel Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

Merge tag 'for_linus-3.4-rc2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jwessel/kgdb

2012-04-05T00:26:08Z

Pull KGDB/KDB regression fixes from Jason Wessel: - Fix a Smatch warning that appeared in the 3.4 merge window - Fix kgdb test suite with SMP for all archs without HW single stepping - Fix kgdb sw breakpoints with CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA=y limitations on x86 - Fix oops on kgdb test suite with CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA - Fix kgdb test suite with SMP for all archs with HW single stepping * tag 'for_linus-3.4-rc2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jwessel/kgdb: x86,kgdb: Fix DEBUG_RODATA limitation using text_poke() kgdb,debug_core: pass the breakpoint struct instead of address and memory kgdbts: (2 of 2) fix single step awareness to work correctly with SMP kgdbts: (1 of 2) fix single step awareness to work correctly with SMP kgdbts: Fix kernel oops with CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA kdb: Fix smatch warning on dbg_io_ops->is_console

kgdb,debug_core: pass the breakpoint struct instead of address and memory

2012-03-29T22:41:25Z

There is extra state information that needs to be exposed in the kgdb_bpt structure for tracking how a breakpoint was installed. The debug_core only uses the the probe_kernel_write() to install breakpoints, but this is not enough for all the archs. Some arch such as x86 need to use text_poke() in order to install a breakpoint into a read only page. Passing the kgdb_bpt structure to kgdb_arch_set_breakpoint() and kgdb_arch_remove_breakpoint() allows other archs to set the type variable which indicates how the breakpoint was installed. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # >= 2.6.36 Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel

Merge tag 'split-asm_system_h-for-linus-20120328' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dhowells/linux-asm_system

2012-03-28T22:58:21Z

Pull "Disintegrate and delete asm/system.h" from David Howells: "Here are a bunch of patches to disintegrate asm/system.h into a set of separate bits to relieve the problem of circular inclusion dependencies. I've built all the working defconfigs from all the arches that I can and made sure that they don't break. The reason for these patches is that I recently encountered a circular dependency problem that came about when I produced some patches to optimise get_order() by rewriting it to use ilog2(). This uses bitops - and on the SH arch asm/bitops.h drags in asm-generic/get_order.h by a circuituous route involving asm/system.h. The main difficulty seems to be asm/system.h. It holds a number of low level bits with no/few dependencies that are commonly used (eg. memory barriers) and a number of bits with more dependencies that aren't used in many places (eg. switch_to()). These patches break asm/system.h up into the following core pieces: (1) asm/barrier.h Move memory barriers here. This already done for MIPS and Alpha. (2) asm/switch_to.h Move switch_to() and related stuff here. (3) asm/exec.h Move arch_align_stack() here. Other process execution related bits could perhaps go here from asm/processor.h. (4) asm/cmpxchg.h Move xchg() and cmpxchg() here as they're full word atomic ops and frequently used by atomic_xchg() and atomic_cmpxchg(). (5) asm/bug.h Move die() and related bits. (6) asm/auxvec.h Move AT_VECTOR_SIZE_ARCH here. Other arch headers are created as needed on a per-arch basis." Fixed up some conflicts from other header file cleanups and moving code around that has happened in the meantime, so David's testing is somewhat weakened by that. We'll find out anything that got broken and fix it.. * tag 'split-asm_system_h-for-linus-20120328' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dhowells/linux-asm_system: (38 commits) Delete all instances of asm/system.h Remove all #inclusions of asm/system.h Add #includes needed to permit the removal of asm/system.h Move all declarations of free_initmem() to linux/mm.h Disintegrate asm/system.h for OpenRISC Split arch_align_stack() out from asm-generic/system.h Split the switch_to() wrapper out of asm-generic/system.h Move the asm-generic/system.h xchg() implementation to asm-generic/cmpxchg.h Create asm-generic/barrier.h Make asm-generic/cmpxchg.h #include asm-generic/cmpxchg-local.h Disintegrate asm/system.h for Xtensa Disintegrate asm/system.h for Unicore32 [based on ver #3, changed by gxt] Disintegrate asm/system.h for Tile Disintegrate asm/system.h for Sparc Disintegrate asm/system.h for SH Disintegrate asm/system.h for Score Disintegrate asm/system.h for S390 Disintegrate asm/system.h for PowerPC Disintegrate asm/system.h for PA-RISC Disintegrate asm/system.h for MN10300 ...

Remove all #inclusions of asm/system.h

2012-03-28T17:30:03Z

Remove all #inclusions of asm/system.h preparatory to splitting and killing it. Performed with the following command: perl -p -i -e 's!^#\s*include\s*.*\n!!' `grep -Irl '^#\s*include\s*' *` Signed-off-by: David Howells

kgdb,debug_core: add the ability to control the reboot notifier

2012-03-22T20:07:16Z

Sometimes it is desirable to stop the kernel debugger before allowing a system to reboot either with kdb or kgdb. This patch adds the ability to turn the reboot notifier on and off or enter the debugger and stop kernel execution before rebooting. It is possible to change the setting after booting the kernel with the following: echo 1 > /sys/module/debug_core/parameters/kgdbreboot It is also possible to change this setting using kdb / kgdb to manipulate the variable directly. Using KDB: mm kgdbreboot 1 Using gdb: set kgdbreboot=1 Reported-by: Jan Kiszka Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel