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-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/kernel/kgdb.c11
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kgdb.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kgdb.c
index 05adb69febf..c470a40b29f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kgdb.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kgdb.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
#include <asm/processor.h>
#include <asm/machdep.h>
#include <asm/debug.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
/*
* This table contains the mapping between PowerPC hardware trap types, and
@@ -153,6 +154,8 @@ static int kgdb_handle_breakpoint(struct pt_regs *regs)
static int kgdb_singlestep(struct pt_regs *regs)
{
struct thread_info *thread_info, *exception_thread_info;
+ struct thread_info *backup_current_thread_info = \
+ (struct thread_info *)kmalloc(sizeof(struct thread_info), GFP_KERNEL);
if (user_mode(regs))
return 0;
@@ -170,13 +173,17 @@ static int kgdb_singlestep(struct pt_regs *regs)
thread_info = (struct thread_info *)(regs->gpr[1] & ~(THREAD_SIZE-1));
exception_thread_info = current_thread_info();
- if (thread_info != exception_thread_info)
+ if (thread_info != exception_thread_info) {
+ /* Save the original current_thread_info. */
+ memcpy(backup_current_thread_info, exception_thread_info, sizeof *thread_info);
memcpy(exception_thread_info, thread_info, sizeof *thread_info);
+ }
kgdb_handle_exception(0, SIGTRAP, 0, regs);
if (thread_info != exception_thread_info)
- memcpy(thread_info, exception_thread_info, sizeof *thread_info);
+ /* Restore current_thread_info lastly. */
+ memcpy(exception_thread_info, backup_current_thread_info, sizeof *thread_info);
return 1;
}