kgdb,debug_core: pass the breakpoint struct instead of address and memory
authorJason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:17:03 +0000 (10:17 -0500)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:33:48 +0000 (08:33 -0700)
commit 98b54aa1a2241b59372468bd1e9c2d207bdba54b upstream.

There is extra state information that needs to be exposed in the
kgdb_bpt structure for tracking how a breakpoint was installed.  The
debug_core only uses the the probe_kernel_write() to install
breakpoints, but this is not enough for all the archs.  Some arch such
as x86 need to use text_poke() in order to install a breakpoint into a
read only page.

Passing the kgdb_bpt structure to kgdb_arch_set_breakpoint() and
kgdb_arch_remove_breakpoint() allows other archs to set the type
variable which indicates how the breakpoint was installed.

Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
include/linux/kgdb.h
kernel/debug/debug_core.c

index fa39183..e5d689c 100644 (file)
@@ -207,8 +207,8 @@ extern void kgdb_arch_set_pc(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long pc);
 
 /* Optional functions. */
 extern int kgdb_validate_break_address(unsigned long addr);
-extern int kgdb_arch_set_breakpoint(unsigned long addr, char *saved_instr);
-extern int kgdb_arch_remove_breakpoint(unsigned long addr, char *bundle);
+extern int kgdb_arch_set_breakpoint(struct kgdb_bkpt *bpt);
+extern int kgdb_arch_remove_breakpoint(struct kgdb_bkpt *bpt);
 
 /**
  *     kgdb_arch_late - Perform any architecture specific initalization.
index 0d7c087..7fda904 100644 (file)
@@ -157,37 +157,39 @@ early_param("nokgdbroundup", opt_nokgdbroundup);
  * Weak aliases for breakpoint management,
  * can be overriden by architectures when needed:
  */
-int __weak kgdb_arch_set_breakpoint(unsigned long addr, char *saved_instr)
+int __weak kgdb_arch_set_breakpoint(struct kgdb_bkpt *bpt)
 {
        int err;
 
-       err = probe_kernel_read(saved_instr, (char *)addr, BREAK_INSTR_SIZE);
+       err = probe_kernel_read(bpt->saved_instr, (char *)bpt->bpt_addr,
+                               BREAK_INSTR_SIZE);
        if (err)
                return err;
-
-       return probe_kernel_write((char *)addr, arch_kgdb_ops.gdb_bpt_instr,
-                                 BREAK_INSTR_SIZE);
+       err = probe_kernel_write((char *)bpt->bpt_addr,
+                                arch_kgdb_ops.gdb_bpt_instr, BREAK_INSTR_SIZE);
+       return err;
 }
 
-int __weak kgdb_arch_remove_breakpoint(unsigned long addr, char *bundle)
+int __weak kgdb_arch_remove_breakpoint(struct kgdb_bkpt *bpt)
 {
-       return probe_kernel_write((char *)addr,
-                                 (char *)bundle, BREAK_INSTR_SIZE);
+       return probe_kernel_write((char *)bpt->bpt_addr,
+                                 (char *)bpt->saved_instr, BREAK_INSTR_SIZE);
 }
 
 int __weak kgdb_validate_break_address(unsigned long addr)
 {
-       char tmp_variable[BREAK_INSTR_SIZE];
+       struct kgdb_bkpt tmp;
        int err;
-       /* Validate setting the breakpoint and then removing it.  In the
+       /* Validate setting the breakpoint and then removing it.  If the
         * remove fails, the kernel needs to emit a bad message because we
         * are deep trouble not being able to put things back the way we
         * found them.
         */
-       err = kgdb_arch_set_breakpoint(addr, tmp_variable);
+       tmp.bpt_addr = addr;
+       err = kgdb_arch_set_breakpoint(&tmp);
        if (err)
                return err;
-       err = kgdb_arch_remove_breakpoint(addr, tmp_variable);
+       err = kgdb_arch_remove_breakpoint(&tmp);
        if (err)
                printk(KERN_ERR "KGDB: Critical breakpoint error, kernel "
                   "memory destroyed at: %lx", addr);
@@ -231,7 +233,6 @@ static void kgdb_flush_swbreak_addr(unsigned long addr)
  */
 int dbg_activate_sw_breakpoints(void)
 {
-       unsigned long addr;
        int error;
        int ret = 0;
        int i;
@@ -240,16 +241,15 @@ int dbg_activate_sw_breakpoints(void)
                if (kgdb_break[i].state != BP_SET)
                        continue;
 
-               addr = kgdb_break[i].bpt_addr;
-               error = kgdb_arch_set_breakpoint(addr,
-                               kgdb_break[i].saved_instr);
+               error = kgdb_arch_set_breakpoint(&kgdb_break[i]);
                if (error) {
                        ret = error;
-                       printk(KERN_INFO "KGDB: BP install failed: %lx", addr);
+                       printk(KERN_INFO "KGDB: BP install failed: %lx",
+                              kgdb_break[i].bpt_addr);
                        continue;
                }
 
-               kgdb_flush_swbreak_addr(addr);
+               kgdb_flush_swbreak_addr(kgdb_break[i].bpt_addr);
                kgdb_break[i].state = BP_ACTIVE;
        }
        return ret;
@@ -298,7 +298,6 @@ int dbg_set_sw_break(unsigned long addr)
 
 int dbg_deactivate_sw_breakpoints(void)
 {
-       unsigned long addr;
        int error;
        int ret = 0;
        int i;
@@ -306,15 +305,14 @@ int dbg_deactivate_sw_breakpoints(void)
        for (i = 0; i < KGDB_MAX_BREAKPOINTS; i++) {
                if (kgdb_break[i].state != BP_ACTIVE)
                        continue;
-               addr = kgdb_break[i].bpt_addr;
-               error = kgdb_arch_remove_breakpoint(addr,
-                                       kgdb_break[i].saved_instr);
+               error = kgdb_arch_remove_breakpoint(&kgdb_break[i]);
                if (error) {
-                       printk(KERN_INFO "KGDB: BP remove failed: %lx\n", addr);
+                       printk(KERN_INFO "KGDB: BP remove failed: %lx\n",
+                              kgdb_break[i].bpt_addr);
                        ret = error;
                }
 
-               kgdb_flush_swbreak_addr(addr);
+               kgdb_flush_swbreak_addr(kgdb_break[i].bpt_addr);
                kgdb_break[i].state = BP_SET;
        }
        return ret;
@@ -348,7 +346,6 @@ int kgdb_isremovedbreak(unsigned long addr)
 
 int dbg_remove_all_break(void)
 {
-       unsigned long addr;
        int error;
        int i;
 
@@ -356,12 +353,10 @@ int dbg_remove_all_break(void)
        for (i = 0; i < KGDB_MAX_BREAKPOINTS; i++) {
                if (kgdb_break[i].state != BP_ACTIVE)
                        goto setundefined;
-               addr = kgdb_break[i].bpt_addr;
-               error = kgdb_arch_remove_breakpoint(addr,
-                               kgdb_break[i].saved_instr);
+               error = kgdb_arch_remove_breakpoint(&kgdb_break[i]);
                if (error)
                        printk(KERN_ERR "KGDB: breakpoint remove failed: %lx\n",
-                          addr);
+                              kgdb_break[i].bpt_addr);
 setundefined:
                kgdb_break[i].state = BP_UNDEFINED;
        }