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authorJason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>2010-05-20 21:04:30 -0500
committerJason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>2010-05-20 21:04:30 -0500
commit0bb9fef9134cf4fdcfce02f9adc22d3d0725cc29 (patch)
treee553411a2405a7fbc2a71e82b2e8efe6eba23173 /arch/x86/kernel/cpu
parent031acd8c42edd61070f81c51edc89e83147a3d0e (diff)
x86,early dr regs,kgdb: Allow kernel debugger early dr register access
If the kernel debugger was configured, attached and started with kgdbwait, the hardware breakpoint registers should get restored by the kgdb code which is managing the dr registers. CC: x86@kernel.org CC: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> CC: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com> CC: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/cpu')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c29
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index c1c00d0b169..cc83a002786 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -1084,6 +1084,20 @@ static void clear_all_debug_regs(void)
}
}
+#ifdef CONFIG_KGDB
+/*
+ * Restore debug regs if using kgdbwait and you have a kernel debugger
+ * connection established.
+ */
+static void dbg_restore_debug_regs(void)
+{
+ if (unlikely(kgdb_connected && arch_kgdb_ops.correct_hw_break))
+ arch_kgdb_ops.correct_hw_break();
+}
+#else /* ! CONFIG_KGDB */
+#define dbg_restore_debug_regs()
+#endif /* ! CONFIG_KGDB */
+
/*
* cpu_init() initializes state that is per-CPU. Some data is already
* initialized (naturally) in the bootstrap process, such as the GDT
@@ -1174,18 +1188,8 @@ void __cpuinit cpu_init(void)
load_TR_desc();
load_LDT(&init_mm.context);
-#ifdef CONFIG_KGDB
- /*
- * If the kgdb is connected no debug regs should be altered. This
- * is only applicable when KGDB and a KGDB I/O module are built
- * into the kernel and you are using early debugging with
- * kgdbwait. KGDB will control the kernel HW breakpoint registers.
- */
- if (kgdb_connected && arch_kgdb_ops.correct_hw_break)
- arch_kgdb_ops.correct_hw_break();
- else
-#endif
- clear_all_debug_regs();
+ clear_all_debug_regs();
+ dbg_restore_debug_regs();
fpu_init();
@@ -1239,6 +1243,7 @@ void __cpuinit cpu_init(void)
#endif
clear_all_debug_regs();
+ dbg_restore_debug_regs();
/*
* Force FPU initialization: