[PATCH] arm: kgdb: fix NUMREGBYTES so that gdb_regs[] is the correct size

Rabin Vincent rabin at rab.in
Thu Apr 5 13:48:33 PDT 2018


On Thu, Apr 05, 2018 at 04:09:16PM -0400, David Rivshin wrote:
> From: David Rivshin <DRivshin at allworx.com>
> 
> NUMREGBYTES (which is used as the size for gdb_regs[]) is incorrectly based
> on DBG_MAX_REG_NUM instead of GDB_MAX_REGS. DBG_MAX_REG_NUM is the number
> of total registers, while GDB_MAX_REGS is the number of 'unsigned longs'
> it takes to serialize those registers. Since FP registers require 3
> 'unsigned longs' each, DBG_MAX_REG_NUM is smaller than GDB_MAX_REGS.
> 
> This causes GDB 8.0 give the following error on connect:
> "Truncated register 19 in remote 'g' packet"
> 
> This also causes the register serialization/deserialization logic to
> overflow gdb_regs[], overwriting whatever follows.
> 
> Fixes: 834b2964b7ab ("kgdb,arm: fix register dump")
> Cc: <stable at vger.kernel.org> # 2.6.37+
> Signed-off-by: David Rivshin <drivshin at allworx.com>

Acked-by: Rabin Vincent <rabin at rab.in>



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