From: Paul Walmsley <pjw@kernel.org>
To: "Miquel Sabaté Solà" <mikisabate@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
pjw@kernel.org, palmer@dabbelt.com, alex@ghiti.fr,
wangyuli@uniontech.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] riscv: kgdb: Ensure that BUFMAX > NUMREGBYTES
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2025 11:28:02 -0600 (MDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2f6dd420-2bfd-794d-182c-74934577272d@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <68da3e6d.050a0220.c13dc.0f9a@mx.google.com>
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On Mon, 29 Sep 2025, Miquel Sabaté Solà wrote:
> Miquel Sabaté Solà @ 2025-09-15 16:32 +02:
>
> > The current value of BUFMAX is similar as in other architectures, but as
> > per documentation on KGDB (see
> > 'Documentation/process/debugging/kgdb.rst'), BUFMAX has to be larger
> > than NUMREGBYTES.
> >
> > Some NUMREGBYTES architectures (e.g. powerpc or hexagon) actually define
> > BUFMAX in relation to NUMREGBYTES, and thus this condition is always
> > guaranteed. Since 2048 is a value that is generally accepted on all
> > architectures, and that is larger than the current value of NUMREGBYTES,
> > we can keep this value in arch/riscv, but we can at least add an
> > 'static_assert' as an extra measure just in case NUMREGBYTES changes in
> > the future for some unforseen reason.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Miquel Sabaté Solà <mikisabate@gmail.com>
[ ... ]
> Gentle ping :)
Thanks, queued for early v6.18-rc.
- Paul
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From: Paul Walmsley <pjw@kernel.org>
To: "Miquel Sabaté Solà" <mikisabate@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
pjw@kernel.org, palmer@dabbelt.com, alex@ghiti.fr,
wangyuli@uniontech.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] riscv: kgdb: Ensure that BUFMAX > NUMREGBYTES
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2025 11:28:02 -0600 (MDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2f6dd420-2bfd-794d-182c-74934577272d@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <68da3e6d.050a0220.c13dc.0f9a@mx.google.com>
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On Mon, 29 Sep 2025, Miquel Sabaté Solà wrote:
> Miquel Sabaté Solà @ 2025-09-15 16:32 +02:
>
> > The current value of BUFMAX is similar as in other architectures, but as
> > per documentation on KGDB (see
> > 'Documentation/process/debugging/kgdb.rst'), BUFMAX has to be larger
> > than NUMREGBYTES.
> >
> > Some NUMREGBYTES architectures (e.g. powerpc or hexagon) actually define
> > BUFMAX in relation to NUMREGBYTES, and thus this condition is always
> > guaranteed. Since 2048 is a value that is generally accepted on all
> > architectures, and that is larger than the current value of NUMREGBYTES,
> > we can keep this value in arch/riscv, but we can at least add an
> > 'static_assert' as an extra measure just in case NUMREGBYTES changes in
> > the future for some unforseen reason.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Miquel Sabaté Solà <mikisabate@gmail.com>
[ ... ]
> Gentle ping :)
Thanks, queued for early v6.18-rc.
- Paul
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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-09-15 14:32 [PATCH] riscv: kgdb: Ensure that BUFMAX > NUMREGBYTES Miquel Sabaté Solà
2025-09-15 14:32 ` Miquel Sabaté Solà
2025-09-29 8:08 ` Miquel Sabaté Solà
2025-09-29 8:08 ` Miquel Sabaté Solà
2025-10-08 17:28 ` Paul Walmsley [this message]
2025-10-08 17:28 ` Paul Walmsley
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