The command "info threads" did not work correctly with kgdb. It would
result in a silent kernel hang if used.
This patach addresses several problems.
- Fix use of deprecated NR_CPUS
- Fix kgdb to not walk linearly through the pid space
- Correctly implement shadow pids
- Change the threads per query to a #define
- Fix kgdb_hex2long to work with negated values
The threads 0 and -1 are reserved to represent the current task. That
means that CPU 0 will start with a shadow thread id of -2, and CPU 1
will have a shadow thread id of -3, etc...
From the debugger you can switch to a shadow thread to see what one of
the other cpus was doing, however it is not possible to execute run
control operations on any other cpu execept the cpu executing the
kgdb_handle_exception().
Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
A regression to the kgdb core was found in the case of using the
CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA kernel option. When this option is on, a breakpoint
cannot be written into any readonly memory page. When an external
debugger requests a breakpoint to get set, the
kgdb_validate_break_address() was only checking to see if the address
to place the breakpoint was readable and lacked a write check.
This patch changes the validate routine to try reading (via the
breakpoint set request) and also to try immediately writing the break
point. If either fails, an error is correctly returned and the
debugger behaves correctly. Then an end user can make the
descision to use hardware breakpoints.
Also update the documentation to reflect that using
CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA will inhibit the use of software breakpoints.
Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
- Fix warning reported by sparse
kernel/kgdb.c:1502:6: warning: symbol 'kgdb_console_write' was not declared.
Should it be static?
Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
Add a common hex array in hexdump.c so everyone can use it.
Add a common hi/lo helper to avoid the shifting masking that is
done to get the upper and lower nibbles of a byte value.
Pull the pack_hex_byte helper from kgdb as it is opencoded many
places in the tree that will be consolidated.
Signed-off-by: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
Cc: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Noticed by sparse:
arch/x86/kernel/kgdb.c:556:15: warning: symbol 'kgdb_arch_pc' was not declared. Should it be static?
kernel/kgdb.c:149:8: warning: symbol 'kgdb_do_roundup' was not declared. Should it be static?
kernel/kgdb.c:193:22: warning: symbol 'kgdb_arch_pc' was not declared. Should it be static?
kernel/kgdb.c:712:5: warning: symbol 'remove_all_break' was not declared. Should it be static?
Related to kgdb_hex2long:
arch/x86/kernel/kgdb.c:371:28: warning: incorrect type in argument 2 (different signedness)
arch/x86/kernel/kgdb.c:371:28: expected long *long_val
arch/x86/kernel/kgdb.c:371:28: got unsigned long *<noident>
kernel/kgdb.c:469:27: warning: incorrect type in argument 2 (different signedness)
kernel/kgdb.c:469:27: expected long *long_val
kernel/kgdb.c:469:27: got unsigned long *<noident>
kernel/kgdb.c:470:27: warning: incorrect type in argument 2 (different signedness)
kernel/kgdb.c:470:27: expected long *long_val
kernel/kgdb.c:470:27: got unsigned long *<noident>
kernel/kgdb.c:894:27: warning: incorrect type in argument 2 (different signedness)
kernel/kgdb.c:894:27: expected long *long_val
kernel/kgdb.c:894:27: got unsigned long *<noident>
kernel/kgdb.c:895:27: warning: incorrect type in argument 2 (different signedness)
kernel/kgdb.c:895:27: expected long *long_val
kernel/kgdb.c:895:27: got unsigned long *<noident>
kernel/kgdb.c:1127:28: warning: incorrect type in argument 2 (different signedness)
kernel/kgdb.c:1127:28: expected long *long_val
kernel/kgdb.c:1127:28: got unsigned long *<noident>
kernel/kgdb.c:1132:25: warning: incorrect type in argument 2 (different signedness)
kernel/kgdb.c:1132:25: expected long *long_val
kernel/kgdb.c:1132:25: got unsigned long *<noident>
Signed-off-by: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
On the ppc 4xx architecture the instruction cache must be flushed as
well as the data cache. This patch just makes it generic for all
architectures where CACHE_FLUSH_IS_SAFE is set to 1.
Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Fix the problem of protecting the kgdb handle_exception exit
which had an NMI race condition, while trying to restore
normal system operation.
There was a small window after the master processor sets cpu_in_debug
to zero but before it has set kgdb_active to zero where a
non-master processor in an SMP system could receive an NMI and
re-enter the kgdb_wait() loop.
As long as the master processor sets the cpu_in_debug before sending
the cpu roundup the cpu_in_debug variable can also be used to guard
against the race condition.
The kgdb_wait() function no longer needs to check
kgdb_active because it is done in the arch specific code
and handled along with the nmi traps at the low level.
This also allows kgdb_wait() to exit correctly if it was
entered for some unknown reason due to a spurious NMI that
could not be handled by the arch specific code.
Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
kgdb core fixes:
- Check to see that mm->mmap_cache is not null before calling
flush_cache_range(), else on arch=ARM it will cause a fatal
fault.
- Breakpoints should only be restored if they are in the BP_ACTIVE
state.
- Fix a typo in comments to "kgdb_register_io_module"
x86 kgdb fixes:
- Fix the x86 arch handler such that on a kill or detach that the
appropriate cleanup on the single stepping flags gets run.
- Add in the DIE_NMIWATCHDOG call for x86_64
- Touch the nmi watchdog before returning the system to normal
operation after performing any kind of kgdb operation, else
the possibility exists to trigger the watchdog.
Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Fix two regressions dealing with the kgdb core.
1) kgdb_skipexception and kgdb_post_primary_code are optional
functions that are only required on archs that need special exception
fixups.
2) The kernel address space scope must be set on any probe_kernel_*
function or archs such as ARCH=arm will not allow access to the kernel
memory space. As an example, it is required to allow the full kernel
address space is when you the kernel debugger to inspect a system
call.
Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Add HW breakpoints into the arch specific portion of x86 kgdb. In the
current x86 kernel.org kernels HW breakpoints are changed out in lazy
fashion because there is no infrastructure around changing them when
changing to a kernel task or entering the kernel mode via a system
call. This lazy approach means that if a user process uses HW
breakpoints the kgdb will loose out. This is an acceptable trade off
because the developer debugging the kernel is assumed to know what is
going on system wide and would be aware of this trade off.
There is a minor bug fix to the kgdb core so as to correctly call the
hw breakpoint functions with a valid value from the enum.
There is also a minor change to the x86_64 startup code when using
early HW breakpoints. When the debugger is connected, the cpu startup
code must not zero out the HW breakpoint registers or you cannot hit
the breakpoints you are interested in, in the first place.
Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
If kgdb does remove a breakpoint that had a problem on the recursion
check, it should also print the address of the breakpoint.
Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
In order to not trip the clocksource watchdog, kgdb must touch the
clocksource watchdog on the return to normal system run state.
Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
kgdb core code. Handles the protocol and the arch details.
[ mingo@elte.hu: heavily modified, simplified and cleaned up. ]
[ xemul@openvz.org: use find_task_by_pid_ns ]
Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@web.de>
Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Jason Wessel
Harvey Harrison