From: vijay.kilari@gmail.com (vijay.kilari at gmail.com)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [RFC v1 PATCH] ARM64: KGDB: Add FPSIMD debug support
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2013 18:08:40 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1383827921-18526-1-git-send-email-vijay.kilari@gmail.com> (raw)
From: Vijaya Kumar K <Vijaya.Kumar@caviumnetworks.com>
Based on ARM64 KGDB support patches, KGDB support for
FPSIMD is added. Only debugging of FPSIMD is kernel context
is supported.
This patch also requires Ard's patches where in kernel support
for NEON is added. So CONFIG_KERNEL_MODE_NEON should be enabled.
with this, FPSIMD registers can be viewed or set from gdb tool.
Unlike CPU registers, the FPSIMD registers are not saved on
exception entry. With the known restriction that FPSIMD should not be
touched in interrupt/exception context, in this patch the FPSIMD
registers are directly read/written on gdb tool request
Here, the FPSIMD registers are read and restored for every FPSIMD
register read and write by GDB tool. So this has impact on
gdb tool response which is neglible. Other architectures like
mips are also implemented similarly
Tested on ARM64 simulator
Vijaya Kumar K (1):
ARM64: KGDB: Add FP/SIMD debug support
arch/arm64/kernel/kgdb.c | 98 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)
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1.7.9.5
next reply other threads:[~2013-11-07 12:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-11-07 12:38 vijay.kilari at gmail.com [this message]
2013-11-07 12:38 ` [RFC v1 PATCH] ARM64: KGDB: Add FP/SIMD debug support vijay.kilari at gmail.com
2013-11-08 15:06 ` Will Deacon
2013-11-11 8:47 ` Vijay Kilari
2013-11-11 8:53 ` Ard Biesheuvel
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