[PATCH 18/20] ARM: kdgb: use <asm/opcodes.h> for data to be assembled as intruction
Ben Dooks
ben.dooks at codethink.co.uk
Fri Aug 30 15:10:54 EDT 2013
The arch_kgdb_breakpoint() function uses an inline assembly directive
to assemble a specific instruction using .word. This means the linker
will not treat is as an instruction, and therefore incorrectly swap
the endian-ness if running BE8.
As noted, this code means that kgdb is really only usable on arm32
kernels, and should be made dependant on not being a thumb2 kernel
until fixed. However this is not something to be added to this patch.
Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks <ben.dooks at codethink.co.uk>
Reviewed-by: Dave Martin <Dave.Martin at arm.com>
---
arch/arm/include/asm/kgdb.h | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/kgdb.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/kgdb.h
index 48066ce..0a9d5dd 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/kgdb.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/kgdb.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
#define __ARM_KGDB_H__
#include <linux/ptrace.h>
+#include <asm/opcodes.h>
/*
* GDB assumes that we're a user process being debugged, so
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@
static inline void arch_kgdb_breakpoint(void)
{
- asm(".word 0xe7ffdeff");
+ asm(__inst_arm(0xe7ffdeff));
}
extern void kgdb_handle_bus_error(void);
--
1.7.10.4
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