[PATCH 9/9] kgdb: Always process the whole breakpoint list on activate or deactivate

From: Jason Wessel
Date: Fri Dec 11 2009 - 10:39:10 EST


This patch fixes 2 edge cases in using kgdb in conjunction with gdb.

1) kgdb_deactivate_sw_breakpoints() should process the entire array of
breakpoints. The failure to do so results in breakpoints that you
cannot remove, because a break point can only be removed if its
state flag is set to BP_SET.

The easy way to duplicate this problem is to plant a break point in
a kernel module and then unload the kernel module.

2) kgdb_activate_sw_breakpoints() should process the entire array of
breakpoints. The failure to do so results in missed breakpoints
when a breakpoint cannot be activated.

Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/kgdb.c | 23 +++++++++++++++--------
1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/kgdb.c b/kernel/kgdb.c
index 8584eac..2eb517e 100644
--- a/kernel/kgdb.c
+++ b/kernel/kgdb.c
@@ -625,7 +625,8 @@ static void kgdb_flush_swbreak_addr(unsigned long addr)
static int kgdb_activate_sw_breakpoints(void)
{
unsigned long addr;
- int error = 0;
+ int error;
+ int ret = 0;
int i;

for (i = 0; i < KGDB_MAX_BREAKPOINTS; i++) {
@@ -635,13 +636,16 @@ static int kgdb_activate_sw_breakpoints(void)
addr = kgdb_break[i].bpt_addr;
error = kgdb_arch_set_breakpoint(addr,
kgdb_break[i].saved_instr);
- if (error)
- return error;
+ if (error) {
+ ret = error;
+ printk(KERN_INFO "KGDB: BP install failed: %lx", addr);
+ continue;
+ }

kgdb_flush_swbreak_addr(addr);
kgdb_break[i].state = BP_ACTIVE;
}
- return 0;
+ return ret;
}

static int kgdb_set_sw_break(unsigned long addr)
@@ -688,7 +692,8 @@ static int kgdb_set_sw_break(unsigned long addr)
static int kgdb_deactivate_sw_breakpoints(void)
{
unsigned long addr;
- int error = 0;
+ int error;
+ int ret = 0;
int i;

for (i = 0; i < KGDB_MAX_BREAKPOINTS; i++) {
@@ -697,13 +702,15 @@ static int kgdb_deactivate_sw_breakpoints(void)
addr = kgdb_break[i].bpt_addr;
error = kgdb_arch_remove_breakpoint(addr,
kgdb_break[i].saved_instr);
- if (error)
- return error;
+ if (error) {
+ printk(KERN_INFO "KGDB: BP remove failed: %lx\n", addr);
+ ret = error;
+ }

kgdb_flush_swbreak_addr(addr);
kgdb_break[i].state = BP_SET;
}
- return 0;
+ return ret;
}

static int kgdb_remove_sw_break(unsigned long addr)
--
1.6.4.rc1

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