[PATCH 08/11] ARM: kgdb_fiq: Implement knocking into KDB via escape command

[Anton Vorontsov]

As Colin Cross noticed, serial ports could be noisy, so occasional
characters once in a while are possible. So, considering the noise
possibility, entering the debugger on any received byte is unacceptable
for production devices.

This changes KGDB FIQ behaviour in a such way so that we have to type the
GDB-protocol "$3#33" command to actually enter the debugger, the kernel
will print the following prompt:

	Type $3#33 to enter the debugger>

This is the exactly the same command we use to escape from KGDB to KDB,
so it should be all pretty familiar.

For convenience, there is a kgdb_fiq.knock kernel command line option,
when set to 0, this turns the special command to just a return key
press, so the kernel will be printing this:

	Hit <return> to enter the debugger>

And for the cases when NMI connected to a dedicated button, the knocking
can be disabled altogether by setting kgdb_fiq.knock to -1.

Suggested-by: Colin Cross <ccross@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Anton Vorontsov <anton.vorontsov@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 arch/arm/kernel/kgdb_fiq.c |   58 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 58 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/kgdb_fiq.c b/arch/arm/kernel/kgdb_fiq.c
index 72a62c7..2bf4467 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/kgdb_fiq.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/kgdb_fiq.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/hardirq.h>
+#include <linux/kdb.h>
 #include <linux/kgdb.h>
 #include <asm/fiq.h>
 #include <asm/exception.h>
@@ -26,6 +27,60 @@ static int kgdb_fiq_enabled;
 module_param_named(enable, kgdb_fiq_enabled, int, 0600);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(enable, "set to 1 to enable FIQ KGDB");
 
+static int kgdb_fiq_knock = 1;
+module_param_named(knock, kgdb_fiq_knock, int, 0600);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(knock, "if set to 1 (default), the special '$3#33' command "
+			"must be used to enter the debugger; when set to 0, "
+			"hitting return key is enough to enter the debugger; "
+			"when set to -1, the debugger is entered immediately "
+			"upon NMI");
+
+/*
+ * "Serial ports are often noisy, especially when muxed over another port (we
+ * often use serial over the headset connector). Noise on the async command
+ * line just causes characters that are ignored, on a command line that blocked
+ * execution noise would be catastrophic." -- Colin Cross
+ *
+ * So, this small function implements KGDB/KDB knocking on the serial line: we
+ * won't enter the debugger until we receive a known magic phrase (which is
+ * actually "$3#33", known as "escape to KDB" command. If knocking is disabled,
+ * just pressing the return key is enough to enter the debugger.
+ */
+static bool kgdb_fiq_poll_knock(void)
+{
+	static int n;
+	int c = -1;
+	get_char_func *getc;
+	char magic[] = "$3#33";
+	size_t m = strlen(magic);
+
+	if (kgdb_fiq_knock < 0)
+		return 1;
+
+	for (getc = &kdb_poll_funcs[0]; *getc; ++getc) {
+		c = (*getc)();
+		if (c >= 0)
+			break;
+	}
+
+	if (!kgdb_fiq_knock && (c == '\r' || c == '\n')) {
+		return 1;
+	} else if (c == magic[n]) {
+		kdb_printf("%c", c);
+		n = (n + 1) % m;
+		if (!n)
+			return 1;
+	} else {
+		n = 0;
+		kdb_printf("\r%s %s to enter the debugger> %*s",
+			   kgdb_fiq_knock ? "Type" : "Hit",
+			   kgdb_fiq_knock ? magic  : "<return>", m, "");
+		memset(magic, '\b', m);
+		kdb_printf("%s", magic);
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static unsigned int kgdb_fiq;
 static void (*kgdb_enable_fiq)(unsigned int irq, bool on);
 static bool (*is_kgdb_fiq)(unsigned int irq);
@@ -36,6 +91,9 @@ asmlinkage void __exception_irq_entry kgdb_fiq_do_handle(struct pt_regs *regs)
 		return;
 	dbg_io_ops->clear_irqs();
 
+	if (!kgdb_fiq_poll_knock())
+		return;
+
 	nmi_enter();
 	kgdb_handle_exception(1, 0, 0, regs);
 	nmi_exit();
-- 
1.7.10.4

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