[PATCH 1/2] ARM: fix compiling error due to debug_info change

Bryan Wu bryan.wu at canonical.com
Wed Mar 9 22:41:27 EST 2011


On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 6:42 PM, Will Deacon <will.deacon at arm.com> wrote:
> Hi Bryan,
>
>> Subject: [PATCH 1/2] ARM: fix compiling error due to debug_info change
>
> Is there a patch 2/2 as well? (I only received this one).
>
Oops, my mistake.

>> This bug was introduced by "ARM: 6668/1: ptrace: remove single-step emulation code" from Will Deacon
>>
>> Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon at arm.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Bryan Wu <bryan.wu at canonical.com>
>> ---
>>  arch/arm/include/asm/a.out-core.h |    6 ------
>>  1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/a.out-core.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/a.out-core.h
>> index 93d04ac..639f5c8 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm/include/asm/a.out-core.h
>> +++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/a.out-core.h
>> @@ -32,12 +32,6 @@ static inline void aout_dump_thread(struct pt_regs *regs, struct user *dump)
>>       dump->u_dsize = (tsk->mm->brk - tsk->mm->start_data + PAGE_SIZE - 1) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
>>       dump->u_ssize = 0;
>>
>> -     dump->u_debugreg[0] = tsk->thread.debug.bp[0].address;
>> -     dump->u_debugreg[1] = tsk->thread.debug.bp[1].address;
>> -     dump->u_debugreg[2] = tsk->thread.debug.bp[0].insn.arm;
>> -     dump->u_debugreg[3] = tsk->thread.debug.bp[1].insn.arm;
>> -     dump->u_debugreg[4] = tsk->thread.debug.nsaved;
>> -
>>       if (dump->start_stack < 0x04000000)
>>               dump->u_ssize = (0x04000000 - dump->start_stack) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
>
> Damn, looks like I forgot to update this code. I think it might be better
> to memset zero the u_debugreg array rather than ignore the assignment and
> also add a comment to struct user to explain that thie field is no longer
> used.
>

That makes sense. I will update a patch for you soon.

-Bryan



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