Re: [PATCH 1/2 v5] powerpc/kvm: support to handle sw breakpoint

2014-09-08 Thread Alexander Graf
On 07.09.14 18:31, Madhavan Srinivasan wrote: This patch adds kernel side support for software breakpoint. Design is that, by using an illegal instruction, we trap to hypervisor via Emulation Assistance interrupt, where we check for the illegal instruction and accordingly we return to Host

Re: [PATCH 2/2 v5] powerpc/kvm: common sw breakpoint instr across ppc

2014-09-08 Thread Alexander Graf
On 07.09.14 18:31, Madhavan Srinivasan wrote: This patch extends the use of illegal instruction as software breakpoint instruction across the ppc platform. Patch extends booke program interrupt code to support software breakpoint. Signed-off-by: Madhavan Srinivasan ma...@linux.vnet.ibm.com