Re: [PATCH] x86/kgdb: return 0 from kgdb_arch_set_breakpoint

[Nadav Amit]

> On May 31, 2019, at 12:47 PM, Matt Mullins <mmullins@xxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> err must be nonzero in order to reach text_poke(), which caused kgdb to
> fail to set breakpoints:
> 
> 	(gdb) break __x64_sys_sync
> 	Breakpoint 1 at 0xffffffff81288910: file ../fs/sync.c, line 124.
> 	(gdb) c
> 	Continuing.
> 	Warning:
> 	Cannot insert breakpoint 1.
> 	Cannot access memory at address 0xffffffff81288910
> 
> 	Command aborted.
> 
> Fixes: 86a22057127d ("x86/kgdb: Avoid redundant comparison of patched code")
> Signed-off-by: Matt Mullins <mmullins@xxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/kernel/kgdb.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kgdb.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kgdb.c
> index 9a8c1648fc9a..6690c5652aeb 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/kgdb.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kgdb.c
> @@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ int kgdb_arch_set_breakpoint(struct kgdb_bkpt *bpt)
> 		       BREAK_INSTR_SIZE);
> 	bpt->type = BP_POKE_BREAKPOINT;
> 
> -	return err;
> +	return 0;
> }
> 
> int kgdb_arch_remove_breakpoint(struct kgdb_bkpt *bpt)
> -- 
> 2.17.1

My bad. Thanks for fixing it.

Reviewed-by: Nadav Amit <namit@xxxxxxxxxx>