On 28/05/2020 21:19, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/debugreg.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/debugreg.h
> @@ -113,6 +113,31 @@ static inline void debug_stack_usage_inc
> static inline void debug_stack_usage_dec(void) { }
> #endif /* X86_64 */
>
> +static __always_inline void local_db_save(unsigned long *dr7)
> +{
> + get_debugreg(*dr7, 7);
> + if (*dr7)
> + set_debugreg(0, 7);
%dr7 has an architecturally stuck bit in it.
You want *dr7 != 0x400 to avoid writing 0 unconditionally.
Also, API wise, wouldn't it be nicer to write "dr7 = local_db_save()"
rather than having a void function returning a single long via pointer?
~Andrew
