[PATCH 01/11] kernel/debug: Mask KGDB NMI upon entry

Anton Vorontsov anton.vorontsov at linaro.org
Wed Sep 19 19:41:52 EDT 2012


The new arch callback should manage NMIs that usually cause KGDB to
enter. That is, not all NMIs should be enabled/disabled, but only
those that issue kgdb_handle_exception().

We must mask it as serial-line interrupt can be used as an NMI, so
if the original KGDB-entry cause was say a breakpoint, then every
input to KDB console will cause KGDB to reenter, which we don't want.

Signed-off-by: Anton Vorontsov <anton.vorontsov at linaro.org>
---
 include/linux/kgdb.h      |  3 +++
 kernel/debug/debug_core.c | 14 +++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/kgdb.h b/include/linux/kgdb.h
index c4d2fc1..7800cce 100644
--- a/include/linux/kgdb.h
+++ b/include/linux/kgdb.h
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ extern void kgdb_arch_late(void);
  * hardware breakpoints.
  * @correct_hw_break: Allow an architecture to specify how to correct the
  * hardware debug registers.
+ * @enable_nmi: Manage NMI-triggered entry to KGDB
  */
 struct kgdb_arch {
 	unsigned char		gdb_bpt_instr[BREAK_INSTR_SIZE];
@@ -252,6 +253,8 @@ struct kgdb_arch {
 	void	(*disable_hw_break)(struct pt_regs *regs);
 	void	(*remove_all_hw_break)(void);
 	void	(*correct_hw_break)(void);
+
+	void	(*enable_nmi)(bool on);
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/kernel/debug/debug_core.c b/kernel/debug/debug_core.c
index 0557f24..17e073c 100644
--- a/kernel/debug/debug_core.c
+++ b/kernel/debug/debug_core.c
@@ -672,6 +672,10 @@ kgdb_handle_exception(int evector, int signo, int ecode, struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	struct kgdb_state kgdb_var;
 	struct kgdb_state *ks = &kgdb_var;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	if (arch_kgdb_ops.enable_nmi)
+		arch_kgdb_ops.enable_nmi(0);
 
 	ks->cpu			= raw_smp_processor_id();
 	ks->ex_vector		= evector;
@@ -681,11 +685,15 @@ kgdb_handle_exception(int evector, int signo, int ecode, struct pt_regs *regs)
 	ks->linux_regs		= regs;
 
 	if (kgdb_reenter_check(ks))
-		return 0; /* Ouch, double exception ! */
+		goto out; /* Ouch, double exception ! */
 	if (kgdb_info[ks->cpu].enter_kgdb != 0)
-		return 0;
+		goto out;
 
-	return kgdb_cpu_enter(ks, regs, DCPU_WANT_MASTER);
+	ret = kgdb_cpu_enter(ks, regs, DCPU_WANT_MASTER);
+out:
+	if (arch_kgdb_ops.enable_nmi)
+		arch_kgdb_ops.enable_nmi(1);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 int kgdb_nmicallback(int cpu, void *regs)
-- 
1.7.11.5




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