Re: [PATCH] powerpc, hw_breakpoints: Fix CONFIG_HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINToff-case in ptrace_set_debugreg

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Fri May 06 2011 - 02:14:31 EST



* Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> We make use of ptrace_get_breakpoints() / ptrace_put_breakpoints()
> to protect ptrace_set_debugreg() even if CONFIG_HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT
> if off. However in this case, these APIs are not implemented.
>
> To fix this, push the protection down inside the relevant ifdef.
> Best would be to export the code inside CONFIG_HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT
> into a standalone function to cleanup the ifdefury there and call
> the breakpoint ref API inside. But as it is more invasive, this
> should be rather made in an -rc1.
>
> Fixes:
>
> arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c:1594: error: implicit declaration of function 'ptrace_get_breakpoints'
> make[2]: *** [arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.o] Error 1
> make[1]: *** [arch/powerpc/kernel] Error 2
> make: *** [sub-make] Error 2

Thanks.

I'll need a PowerPC ack for this. Note: it's dependent on hw-breakpoint fixes
in tip:perf/urgent so the commit will want to go there too.

Thanks,

Ingo
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