[PATCH v5 1/4] arm64: support single-step and breakpoint handler hooks

Sandeepa Prabhu sandeepa.prabhu at linaro.org
Tue Dec 3 01:09:10 EST 2013


Hi Will,

If you have no further issues or objections with this patch, please
can you Ack this patch and consider for queuing it on upstream branch?
(Or should it merge along with kgdb series?)

Thanks,
Sandeepa

On 30 November 2013 12:02,  <vijay.kilari at gmail.com> wrote:
> From: Sandeepa Prabhu <sandeepa.prabhu at linaro.org>
>
> AArch64 Single Steping and Breakpoint debug exceptions will be
> used by multiple debug framworks like kprobes & kgdb.
>
> This patch implements the hooks for those frameworks to register
> their own handlers for handling breakpoint and single step events.
>
> Reworked the debug exception handler in entry.S: do_dbg to route
> software breakpoint (BRK64) exception to do_debug_exception()
>
> Signed-off-by: Sandeepa Prabhu <sandeepa.prabhu at linaro.org>
> Signed-off-by: Deepak Saxena <dsaxena at linaro.org>
> ---
>  arch/arm64/include/asm/debug-monitors.h |   21 ++++++++
>  arch/arm64/kernel/debug-monitors.c      |   86 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S               |    2 +
>  3 files changed, 108 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/debug-monitors.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/debug-monitors.h
> index a2232d0..6231479 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/debug-monitors.h
> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/debug-monitors.h
> @@ -62,6 +62,27 @@ struct task_struct;
>
>  #define DBG_ARCH_ID_RESERVED   0       /* In case of ptrace ABI updates. */
>
> +#define DBG_HOOK_HANDLED       0
> +#define DBG_HOOK_ERROR         1
> +
> +struct step_hook {
> +       struct list_head node;
> +       int (*fn)(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned int esr);
> +};
> +
> +void register_step_hook(struct step_hook *hook);
> +void unregister_step_hook(struct step_hook *hook);
> +
> +struct break_hook {
> +       struct list_head node;
> +       u32 esr_val;
> +       u32 esr_mask;
> +       int (*fn)(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned int esr);
> +};
> +
> +void register_break_hook(struct break_hook *hook);
> +void unregister_break_hook(struct break_hook *hook);
> +
>  u8 debug_monitors_arch(void);
>
>  void enable_debug_monitors(enum debug_el el);
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/debug-monitors.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/debug-monitors.c
> index 4ae6857..23586bd 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/debug-monitors.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/debug-monitors.c
> @@ -187,6 +187,48 @@ static void clear_regs_spsr_ss(struct pt_regs *regs)
>         regs->pstate = spsr;
>  }
>
> +/* EL1 Single Step Handler hooks */
> +static LIST_HEAD(step_hook);
> +DEFINE_RWLOCK(step_hook_lock);
> +
> +void register_step_hook(struct step_hook *hook)
> +{
> +       write_lock(&step_hook_lock);
> +       list_add(&hook->node, &step_hook);
> +       write_unlock(&step_hook_lock);
> +}
> +
> +void unregister_step_hook(struct step_hook *hook)
> +{
> +       write_lock(&step_hook_lock);
> +       list_del(&hook->node);
> +       write_unlock(&step_hook_lock);
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Call registered single step handers
> + * There is no Syndrome info to check for determining the handler.
> + * So we call all the registered handlers, until the right handler is
> + * found which returns zero.
> + */
> +static int call_step_hook(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned int esr)
> +{
> +       struct step_hook *hook;
> +       int retval = DBG_HOOK_ERROR;
> +
> +       read_lock(&step_hook_lock);
> +
> +       list_for_each_entry(hook, &step_hook, node)     {
> +               retval = hook->fn(regs, esr);
> +               if (retval == DBG_HOOK_HANDLED)
> +                       break;
> +       }
> +
> +       read_unlock(&step_hook_lock);
> +
> +       return retval;
> +}
> +
>  static int single_step_handler(unsigned long addr, unsigned int esr,
>                                struct pt_regs *regs)
>  {
> @@ -214,7 +256,10 @@ static int single_step_handler(unsigned long addr, unsigned int esr,
>                  */
>                 user_rewind_single_step(current);
>         } else {
> -               /* TODO: route to KGDB */
> +               /* call registered single step handlers */
> +               if (call_step_hook(regs, esr) == DBG_HOOK_HANDLED)
> +                       return 0;
> +
>                 pr_warning("Unexpected kernel single-step exception at EL1\n");
>                 /*
>                  * Re-enable stepping since we know that we will be
> @@ -226,11 +271,50 @@ static int single_step_handler(unsigned long addr, unsigned int esr,
>         return 0;
>  }
>
> +
> +static LIST_HEAD(break_hook);
> +DEFINE_RWLOCK(break_hook_lock);
> +
> +void register_break_hook(struct break_hook *hook)
> +{
> +       write_lock(&break_hook_lock);
> +       list_add(&hook->node, &break_hook);
> +       write_unlock(&break_hook_lock);
> +}
> +
> +void unregister_break_hook(struct break_hook *hook)
> +{
> +       write_lock(&break_hook_lock);
> +       list_del(&hook->node);
> +       write_unlock(&break_hook_lock);
> +}
> +
> +static int call_break_hook(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned int esr)
> +{
> +       struct break_hook *hook;
> +       int (*fn)(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned int esr) = NULL;
> +
> +       read_lock(&break_hook_lock);
> +       list_for_each_entry(hook, &break_hook, node)
> +               if ((esr & hook->esr_mask) == hook->esr_val)
> +                       fn = hook->fn;
> +       read_unlock(&break_hook_lock);
> +
> +       return fn ? fn(regs, esr) : DBG_HOOK_ERROR;
> +}
> +
>  static int brk_handler(unsigned long addr, unsigned int esr,
>                        struct pt_regs *regs)
>  {
>         siginfo_t info;
>
> +       /* call the registered breakpoint handler */
> +       if (call_break_hook(regs, esr) == DBG_HOOK_HANDLED)
> +               return 0;
> +
> +       pr_warn("unexpected brk exception at %lx, esr=0x%x\n",
> +                       (long)instruction_pointer(regs), esr);
> +
>         if (!user_mode(regs))
>                 return -EFAULT;
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
> index 4d2c6f3..32d7fe6 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
> @@ -288,6 +288,8 @@ el1_dbg:
>         /*
>          * Debug exception handling
>          */
> +       cmp     x24, #ESR_EL1_EC_BRK64          // if BRK64
> +       cinc    x24, x24, eq                    // set bit '0'
>         tbz     x24, #0, el1_inv                // EL1 only
>         mrs     x0, far_el1
>         mov     x2, sp                          // struct pt_regs
> --
> 1.7.9.5
>



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