On 2012-03-16 16:36, Jason Wessel wrote:
On 03/16/2012 07:17 AM, Jan Kiszka wrote:
Hook into machine restart/power-off/halt handlers and call gdbstub_exit
so that a attached gdb frontend is properly informed. If kgdb is
disabled or no frontend attached, gdbstub_exit will do nothing.
We
On 2012-03-16 16:57, Jason Wessel wrote:
On 03/16/2012 07:17 AM, Jan Kiszka wrote:
Even if the content is always 0, gdb expects us to return also ds,
es, fs, and gs while in x86-64 mode. Do this to avoid ugly errors on
info registers.
Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka jan.kis...@siemens.com
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On 03/19/2012 08:52 AM, Jan Kiszka wrote:
On 2012-03-16 16:57, Jason Wessel wrote:
The rest should be fine. I can test this and add it to the merge queue with
the NUMREGBYTES change, unless you disagree.
I don't disagree. :)
Sounds fine. I added this to the merge queue for the 3.4 kernel.
On 03/19/2012 08:49 AM, Jan Kiszka wrote:
An arch-independent hook has its advantages, no question. Maybe we
should just start this way and then evolved on top as needed.
Sounds good to me. I added the reboot notifier patch into the merge queue for
kgdb/kdb.
I was wondering why those
This is the merge queue for the 3.4 kernel, in case anyone wanted to further
comment, before I send the pull request.
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jwessel/kgdb.git for_linus
Thanks,
Jason.
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Andrei Warkentin (1):
KDB: Fix usability issues relating to the 'enter' key.
From: Jan Kiszka jan.kis...@siemens.com
Not all kgdb I/O drivers implement a flush operation. Adjust
gdbstub_exit accordingly.
Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka jan.kis...@siemens.com
Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel jason.wes...@windriver.com
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kernel/debug/gdbstub.c |3 ++-
1 files changed, 2
The gdbstub and kdb should get detached if the system is rebooting.
Calling gdbstub_exit() will set the proper debug core state and send a
message to any debugger that is connected to correctly detach.
An attached debugger will receive the exit code from
include/linux/reboot.h based on SYS_HALT,
Sometimes it is desirable to stop the kernel debugger before allowing
a system to reboot either with kdb or kgdb. This patch adds the
ability to turn the reboot notifier on and off or enter the debugger
and stop kernel execution before rebooting.
It is possible to change the setting after
From: Andrei Warkentin andrey.warken...@gmail.com
This fixes the following problems:
1) Typematic-repeat of 'enter' gives warning message
and leaks make/break if KDB exits. Repeats
look something like 0x1c 0x1c 0x9c
2) Use of 'keypad enter' gives warning message and
leaks the ENTER
