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2011-03-25kdb: code cleanup to use macro instead of valueJovi Zhang
It's better to use macro KDB_BASE_CMD_MAX instead of 50 Signed-off-by: Jovi Zhang <bookjovi@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
2011-03-18KGDB: Notify GDB of machine halt, reboot or power offDavid Howells
Notify GDB of the machine halting, rebooting or powering off by sending it an exited command (remote protocol command 'W'). This is done by calling: void gdbstub_exit(int status) from the arch's machine_{halt,restart,power_off}() functions with an appropriate exit status to be reported to GDB. Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
2010-12-22Merge branch 'master' into for-nextJiri Kosina
Conflicts: MAINTAINERS arch/arm/mach-omap2/pm24xx.c drivers/scsi/bfa/bfa_fcpim.c Needed to update to apply fixes for which the old branch was too outdated.
2010-11-17kdb: fix crash when KDB_BASE_CMD_MAX is exceededJovi Zhang
When the number of dyanmic kdb commands exceeds KDB_BASE_CMD_MAX, the kernel will fault. Signed-off-by: Jovi Zhang <bookjovi@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
2010-11-17kdb: fix memory leak in kdb_main.cJovi Zhang
Call kfree in the error path as well as the success path in kdb_ll(). Signed-off-by: Jovi Zhang <bookjovi@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
2010-11-01tree-wide: fix comment/printk typosUwe Kleine-König
"gadget", "through", "command", "maintain", "maintain", "controller", "address", "between", "initiali[zs]e", "instead", "function", "select", "already", "equal", "access", "management", "hierarchy", "registration", "interest", "relative", "memory", "offset", "already", Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
2010-10-29debug_core,x86,blackfin: Clean up hw debug disable APIDongdong Deng
The kgdb_disable_hw_debug() was an architecture specific function for disabling all hardware breakpoints on a per cpu basis when entering the debug core. This patch will remove the weak function kdbg_disable_hw_debug() and change it into a call back which lives with the rest of hw breakpoint call backs in struct kgdb_arch. Signed-off-by: Dongdong Deng <dongdong.deng@windriver.com> Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
2010-10-29kdb: Fix early debugging crash regressionJason Wessel
The kdb_current legally be equal to NULL in the early boot of the x86 arch. The problem pcan be observed by booting with the kernel arguments: earlyprintk=vga ekgdboc=kbd kgdbwait The kdb shell will oops on entry and recursively fault because it cannot get past the final stage of shell initialization. Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
2010-10-29kdb: fix per_cpu command to remove supress maskJason Wessel
Rusty pointed out that the per_cpu command uses up lots of space on the stack and the cpu supress mask is probably not needed. This patch removes the need for the supress mask as well as fixing up the following problems with the kdb per_cpu command: * The per_cpu command should allow an address as an argument * When you have more data than can be displayed on one screen allow the user to break out of the print loop. Reported-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> 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>
2010-10-22debug_core: refactor locking for master/slave cpusJason Wessel
For quite some time there have been problems with memory barriers and various races with NMI on multi processor systems using the kernel debugger. The algorithm for entering the kernel debug core and resuming kernel execution was racy and had several known edge case problems with attempting to debug something on a heavily loaded system using breakpoints that are hit repeatedly and quickly. The prior "locking" design entry worked as follows: * The atomic counter kgdb_active was used with atomic exchange in order to elect a master cpu out of all the cpus that may have taken a debug exception. * The master cpu increments all elements of passive_cpu_wait[]. * The master cpu issues the round up cpus message. * Each "slave cpu" that enters the debug core increments its own element in cpu_in_kgdb[]. * Each "slave cpu" spins on passive_cpu_wait[] until it becomes 0. * The master cpu debugs the system. The new scheme removes the two arrays of atomic counters and replaces them with 2 single counters. One counter is used to count the number of cpus waiting to become a master cpu (because one or more hit an exception). The second counter is use to indicate how many cpus have entered as slave cpus. The new entry logic works as follows: * One or more cpus enters via kgdb_handle_exception() and increments the masters_in_kgdb. Each cpu attempts to get the spin lock called dbg_master_lock. * The master cpu sets kgdb_active to the current cpu. * The master cpu takes the spinlock dbg_slave_lock. * The master cpu asks to round up all the other cpus. * Each slave cpu that is not already in kgdb_handle_exception() will enter and increment slaves_in_kgdb. Each slave will now spin try_locking on dbg_slave_lock. * The master cpu waits for the sum of masters_in_kgdb and slaves_in_kgdb to be equal to the sum of the online cpus. * The master cpu debugs the system. In the new design the kgdb_active can only be changed while holding dbg_master_lock. Stress testing has not turned up any further entry/exit races that existed in the prior locking design. The prior locking design suffered from atomic variables not being truly atomic (in the capacity as used by kgdb) along with memory barrier races. Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com> Acked-by: Dongdong Deng <dongdong.deng@windriver.com>
2010-10-22debug_core: disable hw_breakpoints on all cores in kgdb_cpu_enter()Dongdong Deng
The slave cpus do not have the hw breakpoints disabled upon entry to the debug_core and as a result could cause unrecoverable recursive faults on badly placed breakpoints, or get out of sync with the arch specific hw breakpoint operations. This patch addresses the problem by invoking kgdb_disable_hw_debug() earlier in kgdb_enter_cpu for each cpu that enters the debug core. The hw breakpoint dis/enable flow should be: master_debug_cpu slave_debug_cpu \ / kgdb_cpu_enter | kgdb_disable_hw_debug --> uninstall pre-enabled hw_breakpoint | do add/rm dis/enable operates to hw_breakpoints on master_debug_cpu.. | correct_hw_break --> correct/install the enabled hw_breakpoint | leave_kgdb Signed-off-by: Dongdong Deng <dongdong.deng@windriver.com> Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
2010-10-22kdb,kgdb: fix sparse fixupsJason Wessel
Fix the following sparse warnings: kdb_main.c:328:5: warning: symbol 'kdbgetu64arg' was not declared. Should it be static? kgdboc.c:246:12: warning: symbol 'kgdboc_early_init' was not declared. Should it be static? kgdb.c:652:26: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces) kgdb.c:652:26: expected void const *ptr kgdb.c:652:26: got struct perf_event *[noderef] <asn:3>*pev The one in kgdb.c required the (void * __force) because of the return code from register_wide_hw_breakpoint looking like: return (void __percpu __force *)ERR_PTR(err); Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
2010-10-22kdb: Fix oops in kdb_unregisterJason Wessel
Nothing should try to use kdb_commands directly as sometimes it is null. Instead, use the for_each_kdbcmd() iterator. This particular problem dates back to the initial kdb merge (2.6.35), but at that point nothing was dynamically unregistering commands from the kdb shell. Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
2010-10-22kdb: Allow kernel loadable modules to add kdb shell functionsJason Wessel
In order to allow kernel modules to dynamically add a command to the kdb shell the kdb_register, kdb_register_repeat, kdb_unregister, and kdb_printf need to be exported as GPL symbols. Any kernel module that adds a dynamic kdb shell function should only need to include linux/kdb.h. Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
2010-10-22debug_core: stop rcu warnings on kernel resumeJason Wessel
When returning from the kernel debugger reset the rcu jiffies_stall value to prevent the rcu stall detector from sending NMI events which invoke a stack dump for each cpu in the system. Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
2010-10-22debug_core: move all watch dog syncs to a single functionJason Wessel
Move the various clock and watch dog syncs to a single function in advance of adding another sync for the rcu stall detector. Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
2010-09-08Merge branch 'core-fixes-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'core-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: gcc-4.6: kernel/*: Fix unused but set warnings mutex: Fix annotations to include it in kernel-locking docbook pid: make setpgid() system call use RCU read-side critical section MAINTAINERS: Add RCU's public git tree
2010-09-05gcc-4.6: kernel/*: Fix unused but set warningsAndi Kleen
No real bugs I believe, just some dead code. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: andi@firstfloor.org Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2010-08-28Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input: Input: pxa27x_keypad - remove input_free_device() in pxa27x_keypad_remove() Input: mousedev - fix regression of inverting axes Input: uinput - add devname alias to allow module on-demand load Input: hil_kbd - fix compile error USB: drop tty argument from usb_serial_handle_sysrq_char() Input: sysrq - drop tty argument form handle_sysrq() Input: sysrq - drop tty argument from sysrq ops handlers
2010-08-21Input: sysrq - drop tty argument form handle_sysrq()Dmitry Torokhov
Sysrq operations do not accept tty argument anymore so no need to pass it to us. [Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>: fix build breakage in drm code caused by sysrq using bool but not including linux/types.h] [Sachin Sant <sachinp@in.ibm.com>: fix build breakage in s390 keyboadr driver] Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Acked-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com> Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru>
2010-08-19Input: sysrq - drop tty argument from sysrq ops handlersDmitry Torokhov
Noone is using tty argument so let's get rid of it. Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Acked-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com> Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru>
2010-08-16kdb: fix compile error without CONFIG_KALLSYMSJason Wessel
If CONFIG_KGDB_KDB is set and CONFIG_KALLSYMS is not set the kernel will fail to build with the error: kernel/built-in.o: In function `kallsyms_symbol_next': kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_support.c:237: undefined reference to `kdb_walk_kallsyms' kernel/built-in.o: In function `kallsyms_symbol_complete': kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_support.c:193: undefined reference to `kdb_walk_kallsyms' The kdb_walk_kallsyms needs a #ifdef proper header to match the C implementation. This patch also fixes the compiler warnings in kdb_support.c when compiling without CONFIG_KALLSYMS set. The compiler warnings are a result of the kallsyms_lookup() macro not initializing the two of the pass by reference variables. Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com> Reported-by: Michal Simek <monstr@monstr.eu>
2010-08-06Merge branch 'timers-timekeeping-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'timers-timekeeping-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: um: Fix read_persistent_clock fallout kgdb: Do not access xtime directly powerpc: Clean up obsolete code relating to decrementer and timebase powerpc: Rework VDSO gettimeofday to prevent time going backwards clocksource: Add __clocksource_updatefreq_hz/khz methods x86: Convert common clocksources to use clocksource_register_hz/khz timekeeping: Make xtime and wall_to_monotonic static hrtimer: Cleanup direct access to wall_to_monotonic um: Convert to use read_persistent_clock timkeeping: Fix update_vsyscall to provide wall_to_monotonic offset powerpc: Cleanup xtime usage powerpc: Simplify update_vsyscall time: Kill off CONFIG_GENERIC_TIME time: Implement timespec_add x86: Fix vtime/file timestamp inconsistencies Trivial conflicts in Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt Much less trivial conflicts in arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c resolved as per Thomas' earlier merge commit 47916be4e28c ("Merge branch 'powerpc.cherry-picks' into timers/clocksource")
2010-08-05Merge branch 'kms-merge' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jwessel/linux-2.6-kgdb * 'kms-merge' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jwessel/linux-2.6-kgdb: kgdb,docs: Update the kgdb docs to include kms drm_fb_helper: Preserve capability to use atomic kms i915: when kgdb is active display compression should be off drm/i915: use new fb debug hooks drm: add KGDB/KDB support fb: add hooks to handle KDB enter/exit kgdboc: Add call backs to allow kernel mode switching vt,console,kdb: automatically set kdb LINES variable vt,console,kdb: implement atomic console enter/leave functions
2010-08-05Merge branch 'for_linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jwessel/linux-2.6-kgdb * 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jwessel/linux-2.6-kgdb: debug_core,kdb: fix crash when arch does not have single step kgdb,x86: use macro HBP_NUM to replace magic number 4 kgdb,mips: remove unused kgdb_cpu_doing_single_step operations mm,kdb,kgdb: Add a debug reference for the kdb kmap usage KGDB: Remove set but unused newPC ftrace,kdb: Allow dumping a specific cpu's buffer with ftdump ftrace,kdb: Extend kdb to be able to dump the ftrace buffer kgdb,powerpc: Replace hardcoded offset by BREAK_INSTR_SIZE arm,kgdb: Add ability to trap into debugger on notify_die gdbstub: do not directly use dbg_reg_def[] in gdb_cmd_reg_set() gdbstub: Implement gdbserial 'p' and 'P' packets kgdb,arm: Individual register get/set for arm kgdb,mips: Individual register get/set for mips kgdb,x86: Individual register get/set for x86 kgdb,kdb: individual register set and and get API gdbstub: Optimize kgdb's "thread:" response for the gdb serial protocol kgdb: remove custom hex_to_bin()implementation
2010-08-05vt,console,kdb: automatically set kdb LINES variableJason Wessel
The kernel console interface stores the number of lines it is configured to use. The kdb debugger can greatly benefit by knowing how many lines there are on the console for the pager functionality without having the end user compile in the setting or have to repeatedly change it at run time. Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com> Signed-off-by: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org> CC: David Airlie <airlied@linux.ie> CC: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2010-08-05debug_core,kdb: fix crash when arch does not have single stepJason Wessel
When an arch such as mips and microblaze does not implement either HW or software single stepping the debug core should re-enter kdb. The kdb code will properly ignore the single step operation. Attempting to single step the kernel without software or hardware support causes unpredictable kernel crashes. Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
2010-08-05gdbstub: do not directly use dbg_reg_def[] in gdb_cmd_reg_set()Jason Wessel
Presently the usable registers definitions on x86 are not contiguous for kgdb. The x86 kgdb uses a case statement for the sparse register accesses. The array which defines the registers (dbg_reg_def) should not be used directly in order to safely work with sparse register definitions. Specifically there was a problem when gdb accesses ORIG_AX, which is accessed only through the case statement. This patch encodes register memory using the size information provided from the debugger which avoids the need to look up the size of the register. The dbg_set_reg() function always further validates the inputs from the debugger. Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com> Signed-off-by: Dongdong Deng <dongdong.deng@windriver.com>
2010-08-05gdbstub: Implement gdbserial 'p' and 'P' packetsJason Wessel
The gdbserial 'p' and 'P' packets allow gdb to individually get and set registers instead of querying for all the available registers. Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
2010-08-05kgdb,kdb: individual register set and and get APIJason Wessel
The kdb shell specification includes the ability to get and set architecture specific registers by name. For the time being individual register get and set will be implemented on a per architecture basis. If an architecture defines DBG_MAX_REG_NUM > 0 then kdb and the gdbstub will use the capability for individually getting and setting architecture specific registers. Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
2010-08-05gdbstub: Optimize kgdb's "thread:" response for the gdb serial protocolJason Wessel
The gdb debugger understands how to parse short versions of the thread reference string as long as the bytes are paired in sets of two characters. The kgdb implementation was always sending 8 leading zeros which could be omitted, and further optimized in the case of non-negative thread numbers. The negative numbers are used to reference a specific cpu in the case of kgdb. An example of the previous i386 stop packet looks like: T05thread:00000000000003bb; New stop packet response: T05thread:03bb; The previous ThreadInfo response looks like: m00000000fffffffe,0000000000000001,0000000000000002,0000000000000003,0000000000000004,0000000000000005,0000000000000006,0000000000000007,000000000000000c,0000000000000088,000000000000008a,000000000000008b,000000000000008c,000000000000008d,000000000000008e,00000000000000d4,00000000000000d5,00000000000000dd New ThreadInfo response: mfffffffe,01,02,03,04,05,06,07,0c,88,8a,8b,8c,8d,8e,d4,d5,dd A few bytes saved means better response time when using kgdb over a serial line. Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
2010-08-05kgdb: remove custom hex_to_bin()implementationAndy Shevchenko
Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <ext-andriy.shevchenko@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
2010-08-04Merge branch 'master' into for-nextJiri Kosina
2010-07-29kgdb: Do not access xtime directlyThomas Gleixner
The xtime cleanup missed the kgdb access to xtime. Fix it. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2010-07-21sysrq,kdb: Use __handle_sysrq() for kdb's sysrq functionJason Wessel
The kdb code should not toggle the sysrq state in case an end user wants to try and resume the normal kernel execution. Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com> Acked-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
2010-07-21debug_core,kdb: fix kgdb_connected bit set in the wrong placeJason Wessel
Immediately following an exit from the kdb shell the kgdb_connected variable should be set to zero, unless there are breakpoints planted. If the kgdb_connected variable is not zeroed out with kdb, it is impossible to turn off kdb. This patch is merely a work around for now, the real fix will check for the breakpoints. Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
2010-07-21Fix merge regression from external kdb to upstream kdbJason Wessel
In the process of merging kdb to the mainline, the kdb lsmod command stopped printing the base load address of kernel modules. This is needed for using kdb in conjunction with external tools such as gdb. Simply restore the functionality by adding a kdb_printf for the base load address of the kernel modules. Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
2010-07-21repair gdbstub to match the gdbserial protocol specificationJason Wessel
The gdbserial protocol handler should return an empty packet instead of an error string when ever it responds to a command it does not implement. The problem cases come from a debugger client sending qTBuffer, qTStatus, qSearch, qSupported. The incorrect response from the gdbstub leads the debugger clients to not function correctly. Recent versions of gdb will not detach correctly as a result of this behavior. Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com> Signed-off-by: Dongdong Deng <dongdong.deng@windriver.com>
2010-07-21kdb: break out of kdb_ll() when command is terminatedMartin Hicks
Without this patch the "ll" linked-list traversal command won't terminate when you hit q/Q. Signed-off-by: Martin Hicks <mort@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
2010-07-19update email addressPavel Machek
pavel@suse.cz no longer works, replace it with working address. Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
2010-06-05module: fix kdb's illicit use of struct module_use.Rusty Russell
Linus changed the structure, and luckily this didn't compile any more. Reported-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Cc: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com> Cc: Martin Hicks <mort@sgi.com>
2010-05-20x86, kgdb, init: Add early and late debug statesJason Wessel
The kernel debugger can operate well before mm_init(), but the x86 hardware breakpoint code which uses the perf api requires that the kernel allocators are initialized. This means the kernel debug core needs to provide an optional arch specific call back to allow the initialization functions to run after the kernel has been further initialized. The kdb shell already had a similar restriction with an early initialization and late initialization. The kdb_init() was moved into the debug core's version of the late init which is called dbg_late_init(); CC: kgdb-bugreport@lists.sourceforge.net Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
2010-05-20kdb,debug_core: Allow the debug core to receive a panic notificationJason Wessel
It is highly desirable to trap into kdb on panic. The debug core will attempt to register as the first in line for the panic notifier. CC: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> CC: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> CC: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
2010-05-20debug_core,kdb: Allow the debug core to process a recursive debug entryJason Wessel
This allows kdb to debug a crash with in the kms code with a single level recursive re-entry. Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
2010-05-20printk,kdb: capture printk() when in kdb shellJason Wessel
Certain calls from the kdb shell will call out to printk(), and any of these calls should get vectored back to the kdb_printf() so that the kdb pager and processing can be used, as well as to properly channel I/O to the polled I/O devices. CC: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com> Acked-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2010-05-20kgdboc,kdb: Allow kdb to work on a non open console portJason Wessel
If kdb is open on a serial port that is not actually a console make sure to call the poll routines to emit and receive characters. Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com> Acked-by: Martin Hicks <mort@sgi.com>
2010-05-20kgdb: Add the ability to schedule a breakpoint via a taskletJason Wessel
Some kgdb I/O modules require the ability to create a breakpoint tasklet, such as kgdboc and external modules such as kgdboe. The breakpoint tasklet is used as an asynchronous entry point into the debugger which will have a different function scope than the current execution path where it might not be safe to have an inline breakpoint. This is true of some of the kgdb I/O drivers which share code with kgdb and rest of the kernel users. Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
2010-05-20x86,kgdb: Add low level debug hookJason Wessel
The only way the debugger can handle a trap in inside rcu_lock, notify_die, or atomic_notifier_call_chain without a triple fault is to have a low level "first opportunity handler" in the int3 exception handler. Generally this will be something the vast majority of folks will not need, but for those who need it, it is added as a kernel .config option called KGDB_LOW_LEVEL_TRAP. CC: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> CC: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> CC: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> CC: x86@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
2010-05-20kgdb: remove post_primary_code referencesJason Wessel
Remove all the references to the kgdb_post_primary_code. This function serves no useful purpose because you can obtain the same information from the "struct kgdb_state *ks" from with in the debugger, if for some reason you want the data. Also remove the unintentional duplicate assignment for ks->ex_vector. Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>