From: Tom Rini <trini@kernel.crashing.org>
To: Corey Minyard <minyard@acm.org>
Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: PPC debug setcontext syscall implementation
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 15:23:50 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20041202222349.GE14005@smtp.west.cox.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <41AF7DFC.9040009@acm.org>
On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 02:41:32PM -0600, Corey Minyard wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I have attached a patch with the implementation of the debug_setcontext
> system call. The syscall has been reserved for a while and I've posted
> this before. So I've ported to the newest kernel and here it is again.
>
> This syscall allows signal handlers to perform debug functions. It
> allows the signal handler to turn on single-stepping, for instance, and
> the thread will get a trap after executing the next instruction. It can
> also (on supported PPC processors) turn on branch tracing and get a trap
> after the next branch instruction is executed. This is useful for
> in-application debugging.
I asked Corey off-list, and this is vs 2.6.10-rc2-mm3.
I propose (and will update the patch tracker
(http://ozlabs.org/ppc32-patches/, I don't recall if/how well it was
advertised)) that so long as KGDB still works (I'll even go test it on
classic) as well as GDB testsuite (this is a 'touchy' area, so I'd like
to well-test changes) is still 'OK', pushing this into 2.6.11.
--
Tom Rini
http://gate.crashing.org/~trini/
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-12-02 22:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-12-02 20:41 PPC debug setcontext syscall implementation Corey Minyard
2004-12-02 22:23 ` Tom Rini [this message]
2004-12-02 22:49 ` Matt Porter
2004-12-02 22:58 ` Corey Minyard
2004-12-02 23:16 ` Tom Rini
2004-12-03 22:07 ` Corey Minyard
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