If the kernel debugger was configured, attached and started with kgdbwait, the hardware breakpoint registers should get restored by the kgdb code which is managing the dr registers.
CC: [email protected] CC: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]> CC: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]> CC: H. Peter Anvin <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <[email protected]> --- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++------------ 1 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c index 4868e4a..712c1eb 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c @@ -1084,6 +1084,20 @@ static void clear_all_debug_regs(void) } } +#ifdef CONFIG_KGDB +/* + * Restore debug regs if using kgdbwait and you have a kernel debugger + * connection established. + */ +static void dbg_restore_debug_regs(void) +{ + if (unlikely(kgdb_connected && arch_kgdb_ops.correct_hw_break)) + arch_kgdb_ops.correct_hw_break(); +} +#else /* ! CONFIG_KGDB */ +#define dbg_restore_debug_regs() +#endif /* ! CONFIG_KGDB */ + /* * cpu_init() initializes state that is per-CPU. Some data is already * initialized (naturally) in the bootstrap process, such as the GDT @@ -1174,18 +1188,8 @@ void __cpuinit cpu_init(void) load_TR_desc(); load_LDT(&init_mm.context); -#ifdef CONFIG_KGDB - /* - * If the kgdb is connected no debug regs should be altered. This - * is only applicable when KGDB and a KGDB I/O module are built - * into the kernel and you are using early debugging with - * kgdbwait. KGDB will control the kernel HW breakpoint registers. - */ - if (kgdb_connected && arch_kgdb_ops.correct_hw_break) - arch_kgdb_ops.correct_hw_break(); - else -#endif - clear_all_debug_regs(); + clear_all_debug_regs(); + dbg_restore_debug_regs(); fpu_init(); @@ -1239,6 +1243,7 @@ void __cpuinit cpu_init(void) #endif clear_all_debug_regs(); + dbg_restore_debug_regs(); /* * Force FPU initialization: -- 1.6.4.rc1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Kgdb-bugreport mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kgdb-bugreport
