[PATCH 0/3] arm64/hw_breakpoint: Enable FEAT_Debugv8p9

Anshuman Khandual anshuman.khandual at arm.com
Sun Oct 20 21:09:25 PDT 2024



On 10/1/24 10:05, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
> This series enables FEAT_Debugv8p9 thus extending breakpoint and watchpoint
> support upto 64. This series is based on v6.12-rc1 after applying the KVM
> FEAT_FGT2 FGU series.
> 
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20241001024356.1096072-1-anshuman.khandual@arm.com/
> 
> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet at lwn.net>
> Cc: Marc Zyngier <maz at kernel.org>
> Cc: Oliver Upton <oliver.upton at linux.dev>
> Cc: James Morse <james.morse at arm.com>
> Cc: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose at arm.com>
> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas at arm.com>
> Cc: Will Deacon <will at kernel.org>
> Cc: Mark Brown <broonie at kernel.org>
> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland at arm.com>
> Cc: linux-arm-kernel at lists.infradead.org
> Cc: kvmarm at lists.linux.dev
> Cc: linux-kernel at vger.kernel.org
> 
> Changes in V1:
> 
> - Changed FTR_STRICT to FTR_NONSTRICT for the following ID_AA64DFR1_EL1
>   register fields - ABL_CMPs, DPFZS, PMICNTR, CTX_CMPs, WRPs and BRPs
> 
> Changes in RFC V2:
> 
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/20240620092607.267132-1-anshuman.khandual@arm.com/
> 
> - This series has been split from RFC V1 dealing only with arm64 breakpoints
> - Restored back DBG_MDSCR_MASK definition (unrelated change)
> - Added preempt_disable()/enable() blocks between selecting banks and registers
> 
> Changes in RFC:
> 
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240405080008.1225223-1-anshuman.khandual@arm.com/
> 
> Anshuman Khandual (3):
>   arm64/cpufeature: Add field details for ID_AA64DFR1_EL1 register
>   arm64/boot: Enable EL2 requirements for FEAT_Debugv8p9
>   arm64/hw_breakpoint: Enable FEAT_Debugv8p9
> 
>  Documentation/arch/arm64/booting.rst    | 19 ++++++++++
>  arch/arm64/include/asm/debug-monitors.h |  1 +
>  arch/arm64/include/asm/el2_setup.h      | 27 +++++++++++++
>  arch/arm64/include/asm/hw_breakpoint.h  | 50 ++++++++++++++++++++-----
>  arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_arm.h        |  1 +
>  arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c          | 21 ++++++++---
>  arch/arm64/kernel/debug-monitors.c      | 16 ++++++--
>  arch/arm64/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c       | 33 ++++++++++++++++
>  8 files changed, 149 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
> 

Hello,

Gentle ping ! Any updates on this series ? Although I realize that this series is
dependent on the other FEAT_FGT2 series [1] for MDSELR_EL1 access handling in KVM
and sysreg definitions, but just wondering if proposed breakpoint and watchpoint
changes are okay or something needs to be changed. Thank you.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20241001024356.1096072-1-anshuman.khandual@arm.com/

- Anshuman



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