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[v5,4/6] powerpc/book3e: support kgdb for kernel space

Message ID 1371724110-8250-5-git-send-email-tiejun.chen@windriver.com (mailing list archive)
State Changes Requested
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Tiejun Chen June 20, 2013, 10:28 a.m. UTC
Currently we need to skip this for supporting KGDB.

Signed-off-by: Tiejun Chen <tiejun.chen@windriver.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64e.S |    4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

Scott Wood Oct. 18, 2013, 10:58 p.m. UTC | #1
On Thu, 2013-06-20 at 18:28 +0800, Tiejun Chen wrote:
> Currently we need to skip this for supporting KGDB.

Does it need to depend on CONFIG_KGDB?  Either you've fixed the "can't
quite save properly" part, or you haven't.

-Scott

> 
> Signed-off-by: Tiejun Chen <tiejun.chen@windriver.com>
> ---
>  arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64e.S |    4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64e.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64e.S
> index 07cf657..a286b51 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64e.S
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64e.S
> @@ -639,11 +639,13 @@ kernel_dbg_exc:
>  	rfdi
>  
>  	/* Normal debug exception */
> +1:	andi.	r14,r11,MSR_PR;		/* check for userspace again */
> +#ifndef CONFIG_KGDB
>  	/* XXX We only handle coming from userspace for now since we can't
>  	 *     quite save properly an interrupted kernel state yet
>  	 */
> -1:	andi.	r14,r11,MSR_PR;		/* check for userspace again */
>  	beq	kernel_dbg_exc;		/* if from kernel mode */
> +#endif
>  
>  	/* Now we mash up things to make it look like we are coming on a
>  	 * normal exception
Tiejun Chen Oct. 23, 2013, 9:27 a.m. UTC | #2
On 10/19/2013 06:58 AM, Scott Wood wrote:
> On Thu, 2013-06-20 at 18:28 +0800, Tiejun Chen wrote:
>> Currently we need to skip this for supporting KGDB.
>
> Does it need to depend on CONFIG_KGDB?  Either you've fixed the "can't
> quite save properly" part, or you haven't.

I'm not 100% sure if my change is fine to other scenarios so I have to use this 
guarantee other stuff are still safe. But if you think we can remove this 
dependent, I'm happy to do :)

Thanks,

Tiejun
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diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64e.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64e.S
index 07cf657..a286b51 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64e.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64e.S
@@ -639,11 +639,13 @@  kernel_dbg_exc:
 	rfdi
 
 	/* Normal debug exception */
+1:	andi.	r14,r11,MSR_PR;		/* check for userspace again */
+#ifndef CONFIG_KGDB
 	/* XXX We only handle coming from userspace for now since we can't
 	 *     quite save properly an interrupted kernel state yet
 	 */
-1:	andi.	r14,r11,MSR_PR;		/* check for userspace again */
 	beq	kernel_dbg_exc;		/* if from kernel mode */
+#endif
 
 	/* Now we mash up things to make it look like we are coming on a
 	 * normal exception