x86/mpx: Trace #BR exceptions
authorDave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Sun, 7 Jun 2015 18:37:03 +0000 (11:37 -0700)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Tue, 9 Jun 2015 10:24:31 +0000 (12:24 +0200)
commite7126cf5f10aef1555cb99eddb7efff41bdf9566
treefc24752c5b4a2202483c8e594d5c37ec948b9538
parent8c3641e957a948f41f0174290096ed7a3b95e703
x86/mpx: Trace #BR exceptions

This is the first in a series of MPX tracing patches.
I've found these extremely useful in the process of
debugging applications and the kernel code itself.

This exception hooks in to the bounds (#BR) exception
very early and allows capturing the key registers which
would influence how the exception is handled.

Note that bndcfgu/bndstatus are technically still
64-bit registers even in 32-bit mode.

Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave@sr71.net>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20150607183703.5FE2619A@viggo.jf.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
arch/x86/include/asm/trace/mpx.h [new file with mode: 0644]
arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
arch/x86/mm/mpx.c