From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dave.Martin@arm.com (Dave Martin) Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 17:50:18 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 18/19] ARM: kdgb: use for data to be assembled as intruction In-Reply-To: <1377639509-22778-19-git-send-email-ben.dooks@codethink.co.uk> References: <1377639509-22778-1-git-send-email-ben.dooks@codethink.co.uk> <1377639509-22778-19-git-send-email-ben.dooks@codethink.co.uk> Message-ID: <20130828165018.GH3842@localhost.localdomain> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 10:38:28PM +0100, Ben Dooks wrote: > The arch_kgdb_breakpoint() function uses an inline assembly directive > to assemble a specific instruction using .word. This means the linker > will not treat is as an instruction, and therefore incorrectly swap > the endian-ness if running BE8. Reviewed-by: Dave Martin I wonder whether KGDB works with Thumb-2 kernels... but this patch shouldn't make things any worse, anyway. Cheers ---Dave > > Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks > --- > arch/arm/include/asm/kgdb.h | 3 ++- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/kgdb.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/kgdb.h > index 48066ce..0a9d5dd 100644 > --- a/arch/arm/include/asm/kgdb.h > +++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/kgdb.h > @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ > #define __ARM_KGDB_H__ > > #include > +#include > > /* > * GDB assumes that we're a user process being debugged, so > @@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ > > static inline void arch_kgdb_breakpoint(void) > { > - asm(".word 0xe7ffdeff"); > + asm(__inst_arm(0xe7ffdeff)); > } > > extern void kgdb_handle_bus_error(void); > -- > 1.7.10.4 > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-arm-kernel mailing list > linux-arm-kernel at lists.infradead.org > http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-arm-kernel