Re: [PATCH] kgdb: Fix to kill breakpoints on initmem after boot

[Sumit Garg]

On Wed, 24 Feb 2021 at 23:50, Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On Wed, 24 Feb 2021 10:09:25 -0800 Doug Anderson <dianders@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 12:17 AM Sumit Garg <sumit.garg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > Currently breakpoints in kernel .init.text section are not handled
> > > correctly while allowing to remove them even after corresponding pages
> > > have been freed.
> > >
> > > Fix it via killing .init.text section breakpoints just prior to initmem
> > > pages being freed.
> >
> > It might be worth it to mention that HW breakpoints aren't handled by
> > this patch but it's probably not such a big deal.
>
> I added that to the changelog, thanks.
>

Thanks Andrew for picking this up.

-Sumit

> I'll take your response to be the coveted acked-by :)