Re: [PATCH 05/37] kdb: core for kgdb back end

[Jason Wessel]

Peter Zijlstra wrote:

> On Wed, 2009-12-23 at 15:19 -0600, Jason Wessel wrote:
>   
>> diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
>> index e96b8ed..25f6a7b 100644
>> --- a/kernel/module.c
>> +++ b/kernel/module.c
>> @@ -79,6 +80,10 @@ EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL(module_get);
>>  DEFINE_MUTEX(module_mutex);
>>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(module_mutex);
>>  static LIST_HEAD(modules);
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_KGDB_KDB
>> +struct list_head *kdb_modules = &modules; /* kdb needs the list of
>> modules */
>> +#endif /* CONFIG_KGDB_KDB */
>> +
>>     

Above we export "modules" so that kdb can emulate lsmod.


The remainder was a port from the original kdb, and should not been
needed.  The preempt_disable and preempt_enable should be able to be
safely called while the system in the kgdb exception context, so this
chunk of code is going to get axed and re-tested.

Thanks,
Jason.

>>  
>>  /* Block module loading/unloading? */
>>  int modules_disabled = 0;
>> @@ -2654,8 +2659,14 @@ int module_get_kallsym(unsigned int symnum,
>> unsigned long *value, char *type,
>>                         char *name, char *module_name, int *exported)
>>  {
>>         struct module *mod;
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_KGDB_KDB
>> +       int get_lock = !KDB_IS_RUNNING();
>> +#else
>> +#define        get_lock 1
>> +#endif
>>  
>> -       preempt_disable();
>> +       if (get_lock)
>> +               preempt_disable();
>>         list_for_each_entry_rcu(mod, &modules, list) {
>>                 if (symnum < mod->num_symtab) {
>>                         *value = mod->symtab[symnum].st_value;
>> @@ -2664,12 +2675,14 @@ int module_get_kallsym(unsigned int symnum,
>> unsigned long *value, char *type,
>>                                 KSYM_NAME_LEN);
>>                         strlcpy(module_name, mod->name,
>> MODULE_NAME_LEN);
>>                         *exported = is_exported(name, *value, mod);
>> -                       preempt_enable();
>> +                       if (get_lock)
>> +                               preempt_enable();
>>                         return 0;
>>                 }
>>                 symnum -= mod->num_symtab;
>>         }
>> -       preempt_enable();
>> +       if (get_lock)
>> +               preempt_enable();
>>         return -ERANGE;
>>  }
>>     

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/