[PATCH] FRV debugging fixes

From: David Howells
Date: Tue Dec 14 2004 - 11:15:01 EST



The attached patch fixes three debugging problems in the frv arch:

(1) Single-stepping in userspace steps through into the kernel-mode interrupt
handler when a hardware interrupt happens, and sometimes it gets past
where the debug-mode handler would normally catch it. This patch extends
the range of detected PC values.

(2) When setting up the kernel-mode exception frame from the debug-mode
handler for a userspace debugging event, we weren't setting the LR
register to generate a return to the exception handler epilogue.

(3) sys_ptrace() now needs to "put" the inferior task_struct not "free" it as
was done in 2.4.

Signed-Off-By: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
warthog>diffstat frv-debug-2610rc3.diff
break.S | 7 +++++++
ptrace.c | 2 +-
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff -uNr linux-2.6.10-rc3-mm1-mmcleanup/arch/frv/kernel/break.S linux-2.6.10-rc3-mm1-misc/arch/frv/kernel/break.S
--- linux-2.6.10-rc3-mm1-mmcleanup/arch/frv/kernel/break.S 2004-12-13 17:33:50.000000000 +0000
+++ linux-2.6.10-rc3-mm1-misc/arch/frv/kernel/break.S 2004-12-13 19:28:04.000000000 +0000
@@ -202,6 +202,10 @@
setlo %lo(__entry_kernel_external_interrupt),gr3
subcc gr2,gr3,gr0,icc0
beq icc0,#2,__break_step_kernel_external_interrupt
+ sethi.p %hi(__entry_uspace_external_interrupt),gr3
+ setlo %lo(__entry_uspace_external_interrupt),gr3
+ subcc gr2,gr3,gr0,icc0
+ beq icc0,#2,__break_step_uspace_external_interrupt

LEDS 0x2007,gr2

@@ -483,6 +487,9 @@
movgs gr2,bpsr

# return through remainder of the exception prologue
+ # - need to load gr23 with return handler address
+ sethi.p %hi(__entry_return_from_user_exception),gr23
+ setlo %lo(__entry_return_from_user_exception),gr23
sethi.p %hi(__entry_common),gr3
setlo %lo(__entry_common),gr3
movgs gr3,bpcsr
diff -uNr linux-2.6.10-rc3-mm1-mmcleanup/arch/frv/kernel/ptrace.c linux-2.6.10-rc3-mm1-misc/arch/frv/kernel/ptrace.c
--- linux-2.6.10-rc3-mm1-mmcleanup/arch/frv/kernel/ptrace.c 2004-12-13 17:33:50.000000000 +0000
+++ linux-2.6.10-rc3-mm1-misc/arch/frv/kernel/ptrace.c 2004-12-13 19:28:11.000000000 +0000
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@
break;
}
out_tsk:
- free_task_struct(child);
+ put_task_struct(child);
out:
unlock_kernel();
return ret;
-
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