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2011-10-31kernel: Fix files explicitly needing EXPORT_SYMBOL infrastructurePaul Gortmaker
These files were getting <linux/module.h> via an implicit non-obvious path, but we want to crush those out of existence since they cost time during compiles of processing thousands of lines of headers for no reason. Give them the lightweight header that just contains the EXPORT_SYMBOL infrastructure. Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
2011-08-01kdb: Remove all references to DOING_KGDB2Jason Wessel
The DOING_KGDB2 was originally a state variable for one of the two ways to automatically transition from kdb to kgdb. Purge all these variables and just use one single state for the transition. Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
2011-08-01kdb,kgdb: Implement switch and pass buffer from kdb -> gdbJason Wessel
When switching from kdb mode to kgdb mode packets were getting lost depending on the size of the fifo queue of the serial chip. When gdb initially connects if it is in kdb mode it should entirely send any character buffer over to the gdbstub when switching connections. Previously kdb was zero'ing out the character buffer and this could lead to gdb failing to connect at all, or a lengthy pause could occur on the initial connect. Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
2010-10-22kdb,debug_core: adjust master cpu switch logic against new debug_core lockingJason Wessel
The kdb shell needs to enforce switching back to the original CPU that took the exception before restoring normal kernel execution. Resuming from a different CPU than what took the original exception will cause problems with spin locks that are freed from the a different processor than had taken the lock. The special logic in dbg_cpu_switch() can go away entirely with because the state of what cpus want to be masters or slaves will remain unchanged between entry and exit of the debug_core exception context. Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
2010-05-20kgdb,8250,pl011: Return immediately from console pollJason Wessel
The design of the kdb shell requires that every device that can provide input to kdb have a polling routine that exits immediately if there is no character available. This is required in order to get the page scrolling mechanism working. Changing the kernel debugger I/O API to require all polling character routines to exit immediately if there is no data allows the kernel debugger to process multiple input channels. NO_POLL_CHAR will be the return code to the polling routine when ever there is no character available. CC: linux-serial@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
2010-05-20kdb: core for kgdb back end (1 of 2)Jason Wessel
This patch contains only the kdb core. Because the change set was large, it was split. The next patch in the series includes the instrumentation into the core kernel which are mainly helper functions for kdb. This work is directly derived from kdb v4.4 found at: ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/kdb/download/v4.4/ The kdb internals have been re-organized to make them mostly platform independent and to connect everything to the debug core which is used by gdbstub (which has long been known as kgdb). The original version of kdb was 58,000 lines worth of changes to support x86. From that implementation only the kdb shell, and basic commands for memory access, runcontrol, lsmod, and dmesg where carried forward. This is a generic implementation which aims to cover all the current architectures using the kgdb core: ppc, arm, x86, mips, sparc, sh and blackfin. More archictectures can be added by implementing the architecture specific kgdb functions. [mort@sgi.com: Compile fix with hugepages enabled] [mort@sgi.com: Clean breakpoint code renaming kdba_ -> kdb_] [mort@sgi.com: fix new line after printing registers] [mort@sgi.com: Remove the concept of global vs. local breakpoints] [mort@sgi.com: Rework kdb_si_swapinfo to use more generic name] [mort@sgi.com: fix the information dump macros, remove 'arch' from the names] [sfr@canb.auug.org.au: include fixup to include linux/slab.h] CC: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com> Signed-off-by: Martin Hicks <mort@sgi.com>