[0/2] PATCH Kernel watchpoint interface-2.6.9-rc4-mm1

[0/2] PATCH Kernel watchpoint interface-2.6.9-rc4-mm1

[Prasanna S Panchamukhi]

Hi,

Often kernel developer try to moniter global variables.
These patches provide a simple interface for monitering global variables.
Please see the comments in the watchpoint patch for details.
These patches can be applied over 2.6.9-rc4-mm1.

Please provide your comments.

Thanks
Prasanna
-- 

Prasanna S Panchamukhi
Linux Technology Center
India Software Labs, IBM Bangalore
Ph: 91-80-25044636
<prasanna@in.ibm.com>

Re: [1/2] PATCH Kernel watchpoint interface-2.6.9-rc4-mm1

[Prasanna S Panchamukhi]

This patch provides global debug register settings.
Used by kernel watchpoint interface patch.
---
Signed-off-by: Prasanna S Panchamukhi <prasanna@in.ibm.com>


---

 linux-2.6.9-rc4-prasanna/arch/i386/Kconfig.debug     |    7 
 linux-2.6.9-rc4-prasanna/arch/i386/kernel/Makefile   |    1 
 linux-2.6.9-rc4-prasanna/arch/i386/kernel/debugreg.c |  178 +++++++++++++++++++
 linux-2.6.9-rc4-prasanna/arch/i386/kernel/process.c  |   28 ++
 linux-2.6.9-rc4-prasanna/arch/i386/kernel/ptrace.c   |    5 
 linux-2.6.9-rc4-prasanna/arch/i386/kernel/signal.c   |    3 
 linux-2.6.9-rc4-prasanna/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c    |    4 
 linux-2.6.9-rc4-prasanna/include/asm-i386/debugreg.h |  162 +++++++++++++++++
 8 files changed, 383 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff -puN arch/i386/Kconfig.debug~kprobes-debug-regs-2.6.9-rc4-mm1 arch/i386/Kconfig.debug
--- linux-2.6.9-rc4/arch/i386/Kconfig.debug~kprobes-debug-regs-2.6.9-rc4-mm1	2004-10-18 13:49:18.000000000 +0530
+++ linux-2.6.9-rc4-prasanna/arch/i386/Kconfig.debug	2004-10-18 13:49:28.000000000 +0530
@@ -29,6 +29,13 @@ config KPROBES
 	  for kernel debugging, non-intrusive instrumentation and testing.
 	  If in doubt, say "N".
 
+config DEBUGREG
+	bool "Global Debug Registers"
+	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
+	help
+	  Global debug register settings will be honoured if this is turned on.
+	  If in doubt, say "N".
+
 config DEBUG_STACK_USAGE
 	bool "Stack utilization instrumentation"
 	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
diff -puN /dev/null arch/i386/kernel/debugreg.c
--- /dev/null	2003-01-30 15:54:37.000000000 +0530
+++ linux-2.6.9-rc4-prasanna/arch/i386/kernel/debugreg.c	2004-10-18 13:49:18.000000000 +0530
@@ -0,0 +1,178 @@
+/*
+ * This provides a debug register allocation mechanism, to be
+ * used by all debuggers, which need debug registers.
+ *
+ * Author: vamsi_krishna@in.ibm.com
+ *	   bharata@in.ibm.com
+ */
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/spinlock.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <asm/system.h>
+#include <asm/debugreg.h>
+
+struct debugreg dr_list[DR_MAX];
+unsigned long dr7_global_mask = 0;
+static spinlock_t dr_lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
+
+static inline void set_dr7_global_mask(int regnum)
+{
+	switch (regnum) {
+		case 0: dr7_global_mask |= DR7_DR0_BITS; break;
+		case 1: dr7_global_mask |= DR7_DR1_BITS; break;
+		case 2: dr7_global_mask |= DR7_DR2_BITS; break;
+		case 3: dr7_global_mask |= DR7_DR3_BITS; break;
+	}
+	return;
+}
+
+static inline void clear_dr7_global_mask(int regnum)
+{
+	switch (regnum) {
+		case 0: dr7_global_mask &= ~DR7_DR0_BITS; break;
+		case 1: dr7_global_mask &= ~DR7_DR1_BITS; break;
+		case 2: dr7_global_mask &= ~DR7_DR2_BITS; break;
+		case 3: dr7_global_mask &= ~DR7_DR3_BITS; break;
+	}
+	return;
+}
+
+static int get_dr(int regnum, int flag)
+{
+	if ((flag == DR_ALLOC_GLOBAL) && (dr_list[regnum].flag == DR_UNUSED)) {
+		dr_list[regnum].flag = DR_GLOBAL;
+		set_dr7_global_mask(regnum);
+		return regnum;
+	}
+	else if ((dr_list[regnum].flag == DR_UNUSED) || (dr_list[regnum].flag == DR_LOCAL)) {
+		dr_list[regnum].use_count++;
+		dr_list[regnum].flag = DR_LOCAL;
+		return regnum;
+	}
+	return -1;
+}
+
+static int get_any_dr(int flag)
+{
+	int i;
+	if (flag == DR_ALLOC_LOCAL) {
+		for (i = 0; i < DR_MAX; i++) {
+			if (dr_list[i].flag == DR_LOCAL) {
+				dr_list[i].use_count++;
+				return i;
+			} else if (dr_list[i].flag == DR_UNUSED) {
+				dr_list[i].flag = DR_LOCAL;
+				dr_list[i].use_count = 1;
+				return i;
+			}
+		}
+	} else {
+		for (i = DR_MAX-1; i >= 0; i--) {
+			if (dr_list[i].flag == DR_UNUSED) {
+				dr_list[i].flag = DR_GLOBAL;
+				set_dr7_global_mask(i);
+				return i;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return -1;
+}
+
+static inline void dr_free_local(int regnum)
+{
+	if (! (--dr_list[regnum].use_count))
+		dr_list[regnum].flag = DR_UNUSED;
+	return;
+}
+
+static inline void dr_free_global(int regnum)
+{
+	dr_list[regnum].flag = DR_UNUSED;
+	dr_list[regnum].use_count = 0;
+	clear_dr7_global_mask(regnum);
+	return;
+}
+
+int dr_alloc(int regnum, int flag)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	spin_lock(&dr_lock);
+	if (regnum == DR_ANY)
+		ret = get_any_dr(flag);
+	else if (regnum >= DR_MAX)
+		ret = -1;
+	else
+		ret = get_dr(regnum, flag);
+	spin_unlock(&dr_lock);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+int dr_free(int regnum)
+{
+	spin_lock(&dr_lock);
+	if (regnum >= DR_MAX || dr_list[regnum].flag == DR_UNUSED) {
+		spin_unlock(&dr_lock);
+		return -1;
+	}
+	if (dr_list[regnum].flag == DR_LOCAL)
+		dr_free_local(regnum);
+	else
+		dr_free_global(regnum);
+	spin_unlock(&dr_lock);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void dr_inc_use_count(unsigned long mask)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	spin_lock(&dr_lock);
+	for (i =0; i < DR_MAX; i++) {
+		if (DR_IS_LOCAL(mask, i))
+			dr_list[i].use_count++;
+	}
+	spin_unlock(&dr_lock);
+}
+
+void dr_dec_use_count(unsigned long mask)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	spin_lock(&dr_lock);
+	for (i =0; i < DR_MAX; i++) {
+		if (DR_IS_LOCAL(mask, i))
+			dr_free_local(i);
+	}
+	spin_unlock(&dr_lock);
+}
+
+/*
+ * This routine decides if the ptrace request is for enabling or disabling
+ * a debug reg, and accordingly calls dr_alloc() or dr_free().
+ *
+ * gdb uses ptrace to write to debug registers. It assumes that writing to
+ * debug register always succeds and it doesn't check the return value of
+ * ptrace. Now with this new global debug register allocation/freeing,
+ * ptrace request for a local debug register can fail, if the required debug
+ * register is already globally allocated. Since gdb fails to notice this
+ * failure, it sometimes tries to free a debug register, which is not
+ * allocated for it.
+ */
+int enable_debugreg(unsigned long old_dr7, unsigned long new_dr7)
+{
+	int i, dr_shift = 1UL;
+	for (i = 0; i < DR_MAX; i++, dr_shift <<= 2) {
+		if ((old_dr7 ^ new_dr7) & dr_shift) {
+			if (new_dr7 & dr_shift)
+				dr_alloc(i, DR_ALLOC_LOCAL);
+			else
+				dr_free(i);
+			return 0;
+		}
+	}
+	return -1;
+}
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(dr_alloc);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(dr_free);
diff -puN arch/i386/kernel/Makefile~kprobes-debug-regs-2.6.9-rc4-mm1 arch/i386/kernel/Makefile
--- linux-2.6.9-rc4/arch/i386/kernel/Makefile~kprobes-debug-regs-2.6.9-rc4-mm1	2004-10-18 13:49:18.000000000 +0530
+++ linux-2.6.9-rc4-prasanna/arch/i386/kernel/Makefile	2004-10-18 13:49:28.000000000 +0530
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_SRAT) 	+= srat.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_HPET_TIMER) 	+= time_hpet.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_EFI) 		+= efi.o efi_stub.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK)	+= early_printk.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_DEBUGREG)		+= debugreg.o
 
 EXTRA_AFLAGS   := -traditional
 
diff -puN arch/i386/kernel/process.c~kprobes-debug-regs-2.6.9-rc4-mm1 arch/i386/kernel/process.c
--- linux-2.6.9-rc4/arch/i386/kernel/process.c~kprobes-debug-regs-2.6.9-rc4-mm1	2004-10-18 13:49:18.000000000 +0530
+++ linux-2.6.9-rc4-prasanna/arch/i386/kernel/process.c	2004-10-18 13:49:18.000000000 +0530
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION
 #include <asm/math_emu.h>
 #endif
+#include <asm/debugreg.h>
 
 #include <linux/irq.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
@@ -317,6 +318,8 @@ void exit_thread(void)
 		tss->io_bitmap_base = INVALID_IO_BITMAP_OFFSET;
 		put_cpu();
 	}
+	if (tsk->thread.debugreg[7])
+		dr_dec_use_count(tsk->thread.debugreg[7]);
 	perfctr_exit_thread(&tsk->thread);
 }
 
@@ -324,6 +327,8 @@ void flush_thread(void)
 {
 	struct task_struct *tsk = current;
 
+	if (tsk->thread.debugreg[7])
+		dr_dec_use_count(tsk->thread.debugreg[7]);
 	memset(tsk->thread.debugreg, 0, sizeof(unsigned long)*8);
 	memset(tsk->thread.tls_array, 0, sizeof(tsk->thread.tls_array));	
 	/*
@@ -416,6 +421,9 @@ int copy_thread(int nr, unsigned long cl
 		desc->b = LDT_entry_b(&info);
 	}
 
+	if (tsk->thread.debugreg[7])
+		dr_inc_use_count(tsk->thread.debugreg[7]);
+
 	err = 0;
  out:
 	if (err && p->thread.io_bitmap_ptr) {
@@ -593,6 +601,24 @@ struct task_struct fastcall * __switch_t
 	/*
 	 * Now maybe reload the debug registers
 	 */
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUGREG
+{
+	/*
+	 * Don't reload global debug registers. Don't touch the global debug
+	 * register settings in dr7.
+	 */
+	unsigned long next_dr7 = next->debugreg[7];
+	if (unlikely(next_dr7)) {
+		if (DR7_L0(next_dr7)) loaddebug(next, 0);
+		if (DR7_L1(next_dr7)) loaddebug(next, 1);
+		if (DR7_L2(next_dr7)) loaddebug(next, 2);
+		if (DR7_L3(next_dr7)) loaddebug(next, 3);
+		/* no 4 and 5 */
+		loaddebug(next, 6);
+		load_process_dr7(next_dr7);
+	}
+}
+#else
 	if (unlikely(next->debugreg[7])) {
 		loaddebug(next, 0);
 		loaddebug(next, 1);
@@ -602,7 +628,7 @@ struct task_struct fastcall * __switch_t
 		loaddebug(next, 6);
 		loaddebug(next, 7);
 	}
-
+#endif
 	if (unlikely(prev->io_bitmap_ptr || next->io_bitmap_ptr))
 		handle_io_bitmap(next, tss);
 
diff -puN arch/i386/kernel/ptrace.c~kprobes-debug-regs-2.6.9-rc4-mm1 arch/i386/kernel/ptrace.c
--- linux-2.6.9-rc4/arch/i386/kernel/ptrace.c~kprobes-debug-regs-2.6.9-rc4-mm1	2004-10-18 13:49:18.000000000 +0530
+++ linux-2.6.9-rc4-prasanna/arch/i386/kernel/ptrace.c	2004-10-18 13:49:18.000000000 +0530
@@ -353,6 +353,11 @@ asmlinkage int sys_ptrace(long request, 
 
 			  addr -= (long) &dummy->u_debugreg;
 			  addr = addr >> 2;
+
+			  if (addr == 7 && (enable_debugreg(child->thread.debugreg[addr], data)) < 0) {
+				  ret = -EBUSY;
+				  break;
+			  }
 			  child->thread.debugreg[addr] = data;
 			  ret = 0;
 		  }
diff -puN arch/i386/kernel/signal.c~kprobes-debug-regs-2.6.9-rc4-mm1 arch/i386/kernel/signal.c
--- linux-2.6.9-rc4/arch/i386/kernel/signal.c~kprobes-debug-regs-2.6.9-rc4-mm1	2004-10-18 13:49:18.000000000 +0530
+++ linux-2.6.9-rc4-prasanna/arch/i386/kernel/signal.c	2004-10-18 13:49:18.000000000 +0530
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <asm/ucontext.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/i387.h>
+#include <asm/debugreg.h>
 #include "sigframe.h"
 
 #define DEBUG_SIG 0
@@ -600,7 +601,7 @@ int fastcall do_signal(struct pt_regs *r
 		 * have been cleared if the watchpoint triggered
 		 * inside the kernel.
 		 */
-		__asm__("movl %0,%%db7"	: : "r" (current->thread.debugreg[7]));
+		load_process_dr7(current->thread.debugreg[7]);
 
 		/* Whee!  Actually deliver the signal.  */
 		handle_signal(signr, &info, &ka, oldset, regs);
diff -puN arch/i386/kernel/traps.c~kprobes-debug-regs-2.6.9-rc4-mm1 arch/i386/kernel/traps.c
--- linux-2.6.9-rc4/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c~kprobes-debug-regs-2.6.9-rc4-mm1	2004-10-18 13:49:18.000000000 +0530
+++ linux-2.6.9-rc4-prasanna/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c	2004-10-18 13:49:28.000000000 +0530
@@ -812,9 +812,7 @@ asmlinkage void do_debug(struct pt_regs 
 	 * the signal is delivered.
 	 */
 clear_dr7:
-	__asm__("movl %0,%%db7"
-		: /* no output */
-		: "r" (0));
+	load_process_dr7(0);
 	CHK_REMOTE_DEBUG(1,SIGTRAP,error_code,regs,)
 	return;
 
diff -puN include/asm-i386/debugreg.h~kprobes-debug-regs-2.6.9-rc4-mm1 include/asm-i386/debugreg.h
--- linux-2.6.9-rc4/include/asm-i386/debugreg.h~kprobes-debug-regs-2.6.9-rc4-mm1	2004-10-18 13:49:18.000000000 +0530
+++ linux-2.6.9-rc4-prasanna/include/asm-i386/debugreg.h	2004-10-18 13:49:18.000000000 +0530
@@ -61,4 +61,166 @@
 #define DR_LOCAL_SLOWDOWN (0x100)   /* Local slow the pipeline */
 #define DR_GLOBAL_SLOWDOWN (0x200)  /* Global slow the pipeline */
 
+struct debugreg {
+	unsigned long flag;
+	unsigned long use_count;
+};
+
+/* debugreg flags */
+#define DR_UNUSED	0
+#define DR_LOCAL	1
+#define DR_GLOBAL	2
+
+#define DR_MAX	4
+#define DR_ANY	DR_MAX + 1
+
+/* global or local allocation requests */
+#define DR_ALLOC_GLOBAL		0
+#define DR_ALLOC_LOCAL		1
+
+#define DR7_RW_SET(dr, regnum, rw) do {	\
+		(dr) &= ~(0x3 << (16 + (4 * (regnum)))); \
+		(dr) |= (((rw) & 0x3) << (16 + (4 * (regnum)))); \
+	} while (0)
+
+#define DR7_RW_VAL(dr, regnum) \
+	(((dr) >> (16 + (4 * (regnum)))) & 0x3)
+
+#define DR7_LEN_SET(dr, regnum, len) do { \
+		(dr) &= ~(0x3 << (18 + (4 * (regnum)))); \
+		(dr) |= (((len-1) & 0x3) << (18 + (4 * (regnum)))); \
+	} while (0)
+
+#define DR7_LEN_VAL(dr, regnum) \
+	(((dr) >> (18 + (4 * (regnum)))) & 0x3)
+
+#define DR7_L0(dr)    (((dr))&0x1)
+#define DR7_L1(dr)    (((dr)>>2)&0x1)
+#define DR7_L2(dr)    (((dr)>>4)&0x1)
+#define DR7_L3(dr)    (((dr)>>6)&0x1)
+
+#define DR_IS_LOCAL(dr, num) ((dr) & (1UL << (num <<1)))
+
+/* Set the rw, len and global flag in dr7 for a debug register */
+#define SET_DR7(dr, regnum, access, len) do { \
+		DR7_RW_SET(dr, regnum, access); \
+		DR7_LEN_SET(dr, regnum, len); \
+		dr |= (2UL << regnum*2); \
+	} while (0)
+
+/* Disable a debug register by clearing the global/local flag in dr7 */
+#define RESET_DR7(dr, regnum) dr &= ~(3UL << regnum*2)
+
+#define DR7_DR0_BITS		0x000F0003
+#define DR7_DR1_BITS		0x00F0000C
+#define DR7_DR2_BITS		0x0F000030
+#define DR7_DR3_BITS		0xF00000C0
+
+#define DR_TRAP_MASK 		0xF
+
+#define DR_TYPE_EXECUTE		0x0
+#define DR_TYPE_WRITE		0x1
+#define DR_TYPE_IO		0x2
+#define DR_TYPE_RW		0x3
+
+#define get_dr(regnum, val) \
+		__asm__("movl %%db" #regnum ", %0"  \
+			:"=r" (val))
+static inline unsigned long read_dr(int regnum)
+{
+	unsigned long val = 0;
+	switch (regnum) {
+		case 0: get_dr(0, val); break;
+		case 1: get_dr(1, val); break;
+		case 2: get_dr(2, val); break;
+		case 3: get_dr(3, val); break;
+		case 6: get_dr(6, val); break;
+		case 7: get_dr(7, val); break;
+	}
+	return val;
+}
+#undef get_dr
+
+#define set_dr(regnum, val) \
+		__asm__("movl %0,%%db" #regnum  \
+			: /* no output */ \
+			:"r" (val))
+static inline void write_dr(int regnum, unsigned long val)
+{
+	switch (regnum) {
+		case 0: set_dr(0, val); break;
+		case 1: set_dr(1, val); break;
+		case 2: set_dr(2, val); break;
+		case 3: set_dr(3, val); break;
+		case 7: set_dr(7, val); break;
+	}
+	return;
+}
+#undef set_dr
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUGREG
+/*
+ * Given the debug status register, returns the debug register number
+ * which caused the debug trap.
+ */
+static inline int dr_trap(unsigned int condition)
+{
+	int i, reg_shift = 1UL;
+	for (i = 0; i < DR_MAX; i++, reg_shift <<= 1)
+		if ((condition & reg_shift))
+			return i;
+	return -1;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Given the debug status register, returns the address due to which
+ * the debug trap occured.
+ */
+static inline unsigned long dr_trap_addr(unsigned int condition)
+{
+	int regnum = dr_trap(condition);
+
+	if (regnum == -1)
+		return -1;
+	return read_dr(regnum);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Given the debug status register, returns the type of debug trap:
+ * execute, read/write, write or io.
+ */
+static inline int dr_trap_type(unsigned int condition)
+{
+	int regnum = dr_trap(condition);
+
+	if (regnum == -1)
+		return -1;
+	return DR7_RW_VAL(read_dr(7), regnum);
+}
+
+/* Function declarations */
+
+extern int dr_alloc(int regnum, int flag);
+extern int dr_free(int regnum);
+extern void dr_inc_use_count(unsigned long mask);
+extern void dr_dec_use_count(unsigned long mask);
+extern struct debugreg dr_list[DR_MAX];
+extern unsigned long dr7_global_mask;
+extern int enable_debugreg(unsigned long old_dr7, unsigned long new_dr7);
+
+static inline void load_process_dr7(unsigned long curr_dr7)
+{
+	write_dr(7, (read_dr(7) & dr7_global_mask) | curr_dr7);
+}
+#else
+static inline int enable_debugreg(unsigned long old_dr7, unsigned long new_dr7) { return 0; }
+static inline void load_process_dr7(unsigned long curr_dr7)
+{
+	write_dr(7, curr_dr7);
+}
+
+static void dr_inc_use_count(unsigned long mask) { }
+static void dr_dec_use_count(unsigned long mask) { }
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_DEBUGREG */
 #endif

_
Thanks
Prasanna
-- 

Prasanna S Panchamukhi
Linux Technology Center
India Software Labs, IBM Bangalore
Ph: 91-80-25044636
<prasanna@in.ibm.com>

Re: [2/2] PATCH Kernel watchpoint interface-2.6.9-rc4-mm1

[Prasanna S Panchamukhi]

 This patch provides a simple interface for kernel-space watchpoints
using processor's debug registers. Using Kwatch interface users can
moniter kernel global variables and dump the debugging information such
as kernel stack, global variables, processor registers.

	int register_kwatch(unsigned long addr, u8 length, u8 type,
		kwatch_handler_t handler)

	-length of the breakpoint can be 1,2 or 4 bytes long.
	-type can be read, write, execute. 
		0 Break on instruction execution only. 
		1 Break on data writes only.
		3 Break on data reads or writes but not instruction fetches.

	-return value is the debug register number allocated/used 
	for setting up this watch point.

Sample code:

	This sample code sets a watchpoint on the instruction
	excution at do_fork.

	struct kwatch kp;
	void kwatch_handler(struct kwatch *p, struct pt_regs *regs)
	{
		.......<do-any-thing>........
	}

       debug_regs_num = register_kwatch(do_fork, 1, 0, kwatch_handler);

Signed-off-by: Prasanna S Panchamukhi <prasanna@in.ibm.com>
---


---

 linux-2.6.9-rc4-prasanna/arch/i386/Kconfig.debug   |    7 
 linux-2.6.9-rc4-prasanna/arch/i386/kernel/Makefile |    1 
 linux-2.6.9-rc4-prasanna/arch/i386/kernel/kwatch.c |  171 +++++++++++++++++++++
 linux-2.6.9-rc4-prasanna/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c  |    1 
 linux-2.6.9-rc4-prasanna/include/asm-i386/kwatch.h |   31 +++
 5 files changed, 211 insertions(+)

diff -puN arch/i386/Kconfig.debug~kprobes-kernel-watchpoint-2.6.9-rc4-mm1 arch/i386/Kconfig.debug
--- linux-2.6.9-rc4/arch/i386/Kconfig.debug~kprobes-kernel-watchpoint-2.6.9-rc4-mm1	2004-10-18 13:50:25.000000000 +0530
+++ linux-2.6.9-rc4-prasanna/arch/i386/Kconfig.debug	2004-10-18 13:50:25.000000000 +0530
@@ -36,6 +36,13 @@ config DEBUGREG
 	  Global debug register settings will be honoured if this is turned on.
 	  If in doubt, say "N".
 
+config KWATCH
+	bool "Kwatch points"
+	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && DEBUGREG
+	help
+	  This enables kernel-space watchpoints using processor's debug
+	  registers. If in doubt, say "N".
+
 config DEBUG_STACK_USAGE
 	bool "Stack utilization instrumentation"
 	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
diff -puN /dev/null arch/i386/kernel/kwatch.c
--- /dev/null	2003-01-30 15:54:37.000000000 +0530
+++ linux-2.6.9-rc4-prasanna/arch/i386/kernel/kwatch.c	2004-10-18 13:50:25.000000000 +0530
@@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
+/*
+ * Support for kernel watchpoints.
+ * (C) 2002 Vamsi Krishna S <vamsi_krishna@in.ibm.com>.
+ */
+#include <linux/config.h>
+#include <linux/kprobes.h>
+#include <linux/ptrace.h>
+#include <linux/spinlock.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <asm/kwatch.h>
+#include <asm/kdebug.h>
+#include <asm/debugreg.h>
+#include <asm/bitops.h>
+
+static struct kwatch kwatch_list[DR_MAX];
+static spinlock_t kwatch_lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
+static unsigned long kwatch_in_progress; /* currently being handled */
+
+struct dr_info {
+	int debugreg;
+	unsigned long addr;
+	int type;
+};
+
+static inline void write_smp_dr(void *info)
+{
+	struct dr_info *dr = (struct dr_info *)info;
+
+	if (cpu_has_de && dr->type == DR_TYPE_IO)
+		set_in_cr4(X86_CR4_DE);
+	write_dr(dr->debugreg, dr->addr);
+}
+
+/* Update the debug register on all CPUs */
+static void sync_dr(int debugreg, unsigned long addr, int type)
+{
+	struct dr_info dr;
+	dr.debugreg = debugreg;
+	dr.addr = addr;
+	dr.type = type;
+	smp_call_function(write_smp_dr, &dr, 0, 0);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Interrupts are disabled on entry as trap1 is an interrupt gate and they
+ * remain disabled thorough out this function.
+ */
+int kwatch_handler(unsigned long condition, struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+	int debugreg = dr_trap(condition);
+	unsigned long addr = dr_trap_addr(condition);
+	int retval = 0;
+
+	if (!(condition & (DR_TRAP0|DR_TRAP1|DR_TRAP2|DR_TRAP3))) {
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	/* We're in an interrupt, but this is clear and BUG()-safe. */
+	preempt_disable();
+
+	/* If we are recursing, we already hold the lock. */
+	if (kwatch_in_progress) {
+		goto recursed;
+	}
+	set_bit(debugreg, &kwatch_in_progress);
+
+	spin_lock(&kwatch_lock);
+	if (kwatch_list[debugreg].addr != addr)
+		goto out;
+
+	if (kwatch_list[debugreg].handler) {
+		kwatch_list[debugreg].handler(&kwatch_list[debugreg], regs);
+	}
+
+	if (kwatch_list[debugreg].type == DR_TYPE_EXECUTE)
+		regs->eflags |= RF_MASK;
+out:
+	clear_bit(debugreg, &kwatch_in_progress);
+	spin_unlock(&kwatch_lock);
+	preempt_enable_no_resched();
+	return retval;
+
+recursed:
+	if (kwatch_list[debugreg].type == DR_TYPE_EXECUTE)
+		regs->eflags |= RF_MASK;
+	preempt_enable_no_resched();
+	return 1;
+}
+
+int register_kwatch(unsigned long addr, u8 length, u8 type,
+		kwatch_handler_t handler)
+{
+	int debugreg;
+	unsigned long dr7, flags;
+
+	debugreg = dr_alloc(DR_ANY, DR_ALLOC_GLOBAL);
+	if (debugreg < 0) {
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&kwatch_lock, flags);
+	kwatch_list[debugreg].addr = addr;
+	kwatch_list[debugreg].length = length;
+	kwatch_list[debugreg].type = type;
+	kwatch_list[debugreg].handler = handler;
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&kwatch_lock, flags);
+
+	write_dr(debugreg, (unsigned long)addr);
+	sync_dr(debugreg, (unsigned long)addr, type);
+	if (cpu_has_de && type == DR_TYPE_IO)
+		set_in_cr4(X86_CR4_DE);
+
+	dr7 = read_dr(7);
+	SET_DR7(dr7, debugreg, type, length);
+	write_dr(7, dr7);
+	sync_dr(7, dr7, 0);
+	return debugreg;
+}
+
+void unregister_kwatch(int debugreg)
+{
+	unsigned long flags;
+	unsigned long dr7 = read_dr(7);
+
+	RESET_DR7(dr7, debugreg);
+	write_dr(7, dr7);
+	sync_dr(7, dr7, 0);
+	dr_free(debugreg);
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&kwatch_lock, flags);
+	kwatch_list[debugreg].addr = 0;
+	kwatch_list[debugreg].handler = NULL;
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&kwatch_lock, flags);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Wrapper routine to for handling exceptions.
+ */
+int kwatch_exceptions_notify(struct notifier_block *self, unsigned long val,
+			     void *data)
+{
+	struct die_args *args = (struct die_args *)data;
+	switch (val) {
+	case DIE_DEBUG:
+		if (kwatch_handler(args->err, args->regs))
+			return NOTIFY_STOP;
+		break;
+	default:
+		break;
+	}
+	return NOTIFY_DONE;
+}
+
+static struct notifier_block kwatch_exceptions_nb = {
+	.notifier_call = kwatch_exceptions_notify,
+	.priority = 0x7ffffffe /* we need to notified second*/
+};
+
+static int __init init_kwatch(void)
+{
+	int err = 0;
+
+	err = register_die_notifier(&kwatch_exceptions_nb);
+	return err;
+}
+
+__initcall(init_kwatch);
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(register_kwatch);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(unregister_kwatch);
diff -puN arch/i386/kernel/Makefile~kprobes-kernel-watchpoint-2.6.9-rc4-mm1 arch/i386/kernel/Makefile
--- linux-2.6.9-rc4/arch/i386/kernel/Makefile~kprobes-kernel-watchpoint-2.6.9-rc4-mm1	2004-10-18 13:50:25.000000000 +0530
+++ linux-2.6.9-rc4-prasanna/arch/i386/kernel/Makefile	2004-10-18 13:50:25.000000000 +0530
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_HPET_TIMER) 	+= time_hpet.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_EFI) 		+= efi.o efi_stub.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK)	+= early_printk.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DEBUGREG)		+= debugreg.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_KWATCH)		+= kwatch.o
 
 EXTRA_AFLAGS   := -traditional
 
diff -puN arch/i386/kernel/traps.c~kprobes-kernel-watchpoint-2.6.9-rc4-mm1 arch/i386/kernel/traps.c
--- linux-2.6.9-rc4/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c~kprobes-kernel-watchpoint-2.6.9-rc4-mm1	2004-10-18 13:50:25.000000000 +0530
+++ linux-2.6.9-rc4-prasanna/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c	2004-10-18 13:50:25.000000000 +0530
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 #include <asm/io.h>
 #include <asm/atomic.h>
 #include <asm/debugreg.h>
+#include <asm/kwatch.h>
 #include <asm/desc.h>
 #include <asm/i387.h>
 #include <asm/nmi.h>
diff -puN /dev/null include/asm-i386/kwatch.h
--- /dev/null	2003-01-30 15:54:37.000000000 +0530
+++ linux-2.6.9-rc4-prasanna/include/asm-i386/kwatch.h	2004-10-18 13:50:25.000000000 +0530
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#ifndef _ASM_KWATCH_H
+#define _ASM_KWATCH_H
+/*
+ * Dynamic Probes (kwatch points) support
+ *  	Vamsi Krishna S <vamsi_krishna@in.ibm.com>, Oct, 2002
+ */
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/ptrace.h>
+
+struct kwatch;
+typedef void (*kwatch_handler_t)(struct kwatch *, struct pt_regs *);
+
+struct kwatch {
+	unsigned long addr;	/* location of watchpoint */
+	u8 length;	/* range of address */
+	u8 type;	/* type of watchpoint */
+	kwatch_handler_t handler;
+};
+
+#define RF_MASK	0x00010000
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_KWATCH
+extern int register_kwatch(unsigned long addr, u8 length, u8 type, kwatch_handler_t handler);
+extern void unregister_kwatch(int debugreg);
+extern int kwatch_handler(unsigned long condition, struct pt_regs *regs);
+#else
+static inline int register_kwatch(unsigned long addr, u8 length, u8 type, kwatch_handler_t handler) { return -ENOSYS; }
+static inline void unregister_kwatch(int debugreg) { }
+static inline int kwatch_handler(unsigned long condition, struct pt_regs *regs) { return 0; }
+#endif
+#endif /* _ASM_KWATCH_H */

_
Thanks
Prasanna
-- 

Prasanna S Panchamukhi
Linux Technology Center
India Software Labs, IBM Bangalore
Ph: 91-80-25044636
<prasanna@in.ibm.com>

Re: [2/2] PATCH Kernel watchpoint interface-2.6.9-rc4-mm1

[Prasanna S Panchamukhi]

Hi All,

Please find the updated kernel watchpoint patch below. This patch can
be applied over 2.6.9-final and helpful to setting hardware breakpoints.

Thanks
Prasanna


 This patch provides a simple interface for kernel-space watchpoints
using processor's debug registers. Using Kwatch interface users can
monitor kernel global variables and dump the debugging information such
as kernel stack, global variables, processor registers.

	int register_kwatch(unsigned long addr, u8 length, u8 type,
		kwatch_handler_t handler)

	-length of the breakpoint can be 1,2 or 4 bytes long.
	-type can be read, write, execute. 
		0 Break on instruction execution only. 
		1 Break on data writes only.
		3 Break on data reads or writes but not instruction fetches.

	-return value is the debug register number allocated/used 
	for setting up this watch point.

Sample code:

	This sample code sets a watchpoint on the instruction
	excution at do_fork.

	struct kwatch kp;
	void kwatch_handler(struct kwatch *p, struct pt_regs *regs)
	{
		.......<do-any-thing>........
	}

       debug_regs_num = register_kwatch(do_fork, 1, 0, kwatch_handler);

Signed-off-by: Prasanna S Panchamukhi <prasanna@in.ibm.com>
---


---

 linux-2.6.9-final-prasanna/arch/i386/Kconfig.debug   |    8 
 linux-2.6.9-final-prasanna/arch/i386/kernel/Makefile |    1 
 linux-2.6.9-final-prasanna/arch/i386/kernel/kwatch.c |  190 +++++++++++++++++++
 linux-2.6.9-final-prasanna/include/asm-i386/kwatch.h |   50 +++++
 4 files changed, 249 insertions(+)

diff -puN arch/i386/Kconfig.debug~kprobes-kernel-watchpoint-2.6.9-final arch/i386/Kconfig.debug
--- linux-2.6.9-final/arch/i386/Kconfig.debug~kprobes-kernel-watchpoint-2.6.9-final	2004-10-22 12:01:09.000000000 +0530
+++ linux-2.6.9-final-prasanna/arch/i386/Kconfig.debug	2004-10-22 12:07:24.000000000 +0530
@@ -29,6 +29,14 @@ config KPROBES
 	  for kernel debugging, non-intrusive instrumentation and testing.
 	  If in doubt, say "N".
 
+config KWATCH
+	bool "Kwatch points"
+	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
+	select DEBUGREG
+	help
+	  This enables kernel-space watchpoints using processor's debug
+	  registers. If in doubt, say "N".
+
 config DEBUGREG
 	bool "Global Debug Registers"
 	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
diff -puN /dev/null arch/i386/kernel/kwatch.c
--- /dev/null	2003-01-30 15:54:37.000000000 +0530
+++ linux-2.6.9-final-prasanna/arch/i386/kernel/kwatch.c	2004-10-22 12:01:09.000000000 +0530
@@ -0,0 +1,190 @@
+/*
+ *  Kernel Watchpoint interface.
+ *  arch/i386/kernel/kwatch.c
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) IBM Corporation, 2002, 2004
+ *
+ * 2002-Oct	Created by Vamsi Krishna S <vamsi_krishna@in.ibm.com> for
+ *		Kernel Watchpoint implementation.
+ */
+#include <linux/config.h>
+#include <linux/kprobes.h>
+#include <linux/ptrace.h>
+#include <linux/spinlock.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <asm/kwatch.h>
+#include <asm/kdebug.h>
+#include <asm/debugreg.h>
+#include <asm/bitops.h>
+
+static struct kwatch kwatch_list[DR_MAX];
+static spinlock_t kwatch_lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
+static unsigned long kwatch_in_progress; /* currently being handled */
+
+struct dr_info {
+	int debugreg;
+	unsigned long addr;
+	int type;
+};
+
+static inline void write_smp_dr(void *info)
+{
+	struct dr_info *dr = (struct dr_info *)info;
+
+	if (cpu_has_de && dr->type == DR_TYPE_IO)
+		set_in_cr4(X86_CR4_DE);
+	write_dr(dr->debugreg, dr->addr);
+}
+
+/* Update the debug register on all CPUs */
+static void sync_dr(int debugreg, unsigned long addr, int type)
+{
+	struct dr_info dr;
+	dr.debugreg = debugreg;
+	dr.addr = addr;
+	dr.type = type;
+	smp_call_function(write_smp_dr, &dr, 0, 0);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Interrupts are disabled on entry as trap1 is an interrupt gate and they
+ * remain disabled thorough out this function.
+ */
+int kwatch_handler(unsigned long condition, struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+	int debugreg = dr_trap(condition);
+	unsigned long addr = dr_trap_addr(condition);
+	int retval = 0;
+
+	if (!(condition & (DR_TRAP0|DR_TRAP1|DR_TRAP2|DR_TRAP3))) {
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	/* We're in an interrupt, but this is clear and BUG()-safe. */
+	preempt_disable();
+
+	/* If we are recursing, we already hold the lock. */
+	if (kwatch_in_progress) {
+		goto recursed;
+	}
+	set_bit(debugreg, &kwatch_in_progress);
+
+	spin_lock(&kwatch_lock);
+	if (kwatch_list[debugreg].addr != addr)
+		goto out;
+
+	if (kwatch_list[debugreg].handler) {
+		kwatch_list[debugreg].handler(&kwatch_list[debugreg], regs);
+	}
+
+	if (kwatch_list[debugreg].type == DR_TYPE_EXECUTE)
+		regs->eflags |= RF_MASK;
+out:
+	clear_bit(debugreg, &kwatch_in_progress);
+	spin_unlock(&kwatch_lock);
+	preempt_enable_no_resched();
+	return retval;
+
+recursed:
+	if (kwatch_list[debugreg].type == DR_TYPE_EXECUTE)
+		regs->eflags |= RF_MASK;
+	preempt_enable_no_resched();
+	return 1;
+}
+
+int register_kwatch(unsigned long addr, u8 length, u8 type,
+		kwatch_handler_t handler)
+{
+	int debugreg;
+	unsigned long dr7, flags;
+
+	debugreg = dr_alloc(DR_ANY, DR_ALLOC_GLOBAL);
+	if (debugreg < 0) {
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&kwatch_lock, flags);
+	kwatch_list[debugreg].addr = addr;
+	kwatch_list[debugreg].length = length;
+	kwatch_list[debugreg].type = type;
+	kwatch_list[debugreg].handler = handler;
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&kwatch_lock, flags);
+
+	write_dr(debugreg, (unsigned long)addr);
+	sync_dr(debugreg, (unsigned long)addr, type);
+	if (cpu_has_de && type == DR_TYPE_IO)
+		set_in_cr4(X86_CR4_DE);
+
+	dr7 = read_dr(7);
+	SET_DR7(dr7, debugreg, type, length);
+	write_dr(7, dr7);
+	sync_dr(7, dr7, 0);
+	return debugreg;
+}
+
+void unregister_kwatch(int debugreg)
+{
+	unsigned long flags;
+	unsigned long dr7 = read_dr(7);
+
+	RESET_DR7(dr7, debugreg);
+	write_dr(7, dr7);
+	sync_dr(7, dr7, 0);
+	dr_free(debugreg);
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&kwatch_lock, flags);
+	kwatch_list[debugreg].addr = 0;
+	kwatch_list[debugreg].handler = NULL;
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&kwatch_lock, flags);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Wrapper routine to for handling exceptions.
+ */
+int kwatch_exceptions_notify(struct notifier_block *self, unsigned long val,
+			     void *data)
+{
+	struct die_args *args = (struct die_args *)data;
+	switch (val) {
+	case DIE_DEBUG:
+		if (kwatch_handler(args->err, args->regs))
+			return NOTIFY_STOP;
+		break;
+	default:
+		break;
+	}
+	return NOTIFY_DONE;
+}
+
+static struct notifier_block kwatch_exceptions_nb = {
+	.notifier_call = kwatch_exceptions_notify,
+	.priority = 0x7ffffffe /* we need to notified second*/
+};
+
+static int __init init_kwatch(void)
+{
+	int err = 0;
+
+	err = register_die_notifier(&kwatch_exceptions_nb);
+	return err;
+}
+
+__initcall(init_kwatch);
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(register_kwatch);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(unregister_kwatch);
diff -puN arch/i386/kernel/Makefile~kprobes-kernel-watchpoint-2.6.9-final arch/i386/kernel/Makefile
--- linux-2.6.9-final/arch/i386/kernel/Makefile~kprobes-kernel-watchpoint-2.6.9-final	2004-10-22 12:01:09.000000000 +0530
+++ linux-2.6.9-final-prasanna/arch/i386/kernel/Makefile	2004-10-22 12:01:09.000000000 +0530
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_HPET_TIMER) 	+= time_hpet.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_EFI) 		+= efi.o efi_stub.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK)	+= early_printk.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DEBUGREG)		+= debugreg.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_KWATCH)		+= kwatch.o
 
 EXTRA_AFLAGS   := -traditional
 
diff -puN /dev/null include/asm-i386/kwatch.h
--- /dev/null	2003-01-30 15:54:37.000000000 +0530
+++ linux-2.6.9-final-prasanna/include/asm-i386/kwatch.h	2004-10-22 12:01:09.000000000 +0530
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#ifndef _ASM_KWATCH_H
+#define _ASM_KWATCH_H
+/*
+ *  Kernel Watchpoint interface.
+ *  include/asm-i386/kwatch.h
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) IBM Corporation, 2002, 2004
+ *
+ * 2002-Oct	Created by Vamsi Krishna S <vamsi_krishna@in.ibm.com> for
+ *		Kernel Watchpoint implementation.
+ */
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/ptrace.h>
+
+struct kwatch;
+typedef void (*kwatch_handler_t)(struct kwatch *, struct pt_regs *);
+
+struct kwatch {
+	unsigned long addr;	/* location of watchpoint */
+	u8 length;	/* range of address */
+	u8 type;	/* type of watchpoint */
+	kwatch_handler_t handler;
+};
+
+#define RF_MASK	0x00010000
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_KWATCH
+extern int register_kwatch(unsigned long addr, u8 length, u8 type, kwatch_handler_t handler);
+extern void unregister_kwatch(int debugreg);
+extern int kwatch_handler(unsigned long condition, struct pt_regs *regs);
+#else
+static inline int register_kwatch(unsigned long addr, u8 length, u8 type, kwatch_handler_t handler) { return -ENOSYS; }
+static inline void unregister_kwatch(int debugreg) { }
+static inline int kwatch_handler(unsigned long condition, struct pt_regs *regs) { return 0; }
+#endif
+#endif /* _ASM_KWATCH_H */

_
-- 

Prasanna S Panchamukhi
Linux Technology Center
India Software Labs, IBM Bangalore
Ph: 91-80-25044636
<prasanna@in.ibm.com>

Re: [1/2] PATCH Kernel watchpoint interface-2.6.9-rc4-mm1

[Keith Owens]

On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 14:15:25 +0530, 
Prasanna S Panchamukhi <prasanna@in.ibm.com> wrote:
>This patch provides global debug register settings.
>Used by kernel watchpoint interface patch.

>+config DEBUGREG
>+	bool "Global Debug Registers"
>+	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
>+	help
>+	  Global debug register settings will be honoured if this is turned on.
>+	  If in doubt, say "N".
>+

I like most of the patch, but Kconfig is wrong.  This option should not
be exposed to end users, instead CONFIG_DEBUGREG should be selected by
the debug code that calls debugreg.  IOW, kgdb, kdb or kwatch select
debugreg, not the other way around.

Re: [1/2] PATCH Kernel watchpoint interface-2.6.9-rc4-mm1

[Andi Kleen]

> +config DEBUGREG
> +	bool "Global Debug Registers"

I agree with Keith that it shouldn't be user visible. I would always
enable it in fact.

> +{
> +	int i;
> +	if (flag == DR_ALLOC_LOCAL) {

[...] This all would be simpler if you used lib/idr.c, no?

> +int dr_free(int regnum)
> +{
> +	spin_lock(&dr_lock);
> +	if (regnum >= DR_MAX || dr_list[regnum].flag == DR_UNUSED) {
> +		spin_unlock(&dr_lock);
> +		return -1;

This should printk

> +#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUGREG
> +{
> +	/*
> +	 * Don't reload global debug registers. Don't touch the global debug
> +	 * register settings in dr7.
> +	 */
> +	unsigned long next_dr7 = next->debugreg[7];
> +	if (unlikely(next_dr7)) {
> +		if (DR7_L0(next_dr7)) loaddebug(next, 0);
> +		if (DR7_L1(next_dr7)) loaddebug(next, 1);
> +		if (DR7_L2(next_dr7)) loaddebug(next, 2);
> +		if (DR7_L3(next_dr7)) loaddebug(next, 3);

I would do this differently - check instead if the registers
are different between the tasks and only reload when different.
This will make updating/freeing more expensive because
you will need to change all tasks, but imho it's worth it.

And then no ifdefs please.

>  	 */
>  clear_dr7:
> -	__asm__("movl %0,%%db7"
> -		: /* no output */
> -		: "r" (0));
> +	load_process_dr7(0);
>  	CHK_REMOTE_DEBUG(1,SIGTRAP,error_code,regs,)

That's mm (and should go away anyways because debug notifiers are better) 
I would do the patch against mainline so that it can be actually merged.

-Andi

Re: [1/2] PATCH Kernel watchpoint interface-2.6.9-rc4-mm1

[Prasanna S Panchamukhi]

Hi,

I have updated the patch with Andi Kleen's and Keith Owens suggestions.
This patch can be applied over 2.6.9-final.
Kindly review and provide your feedback.

Thanks
Prasanna


This patch provides debug register allocation mechanism.
Useful for debuggers like IOW, kgdb, kdb, kernel watchpoint.
---
Signed-off-by: Prasanna S Panchamukhi <prasanna@in.ibm.com>

---


---

 linux-2.6.9-final-prasanna/arch/i386/Kconfig.debug     |    8 
 linux-2.6.9-final-prasanna/arch/i386/kernel/Makefile   |    1 
 linux-2.6.9-final-prasanna/arch/i386/kernel/debugreg.c |  288 +++++++++++++++++
 linux-2.6.9-final-prasanna/arch/i386/kernel/process.c  |   25 +
 linux-2.6.9-final-prasanna/arch/i386/kernel/ptrace.c   |    5 
 linux-2.6.9-final-prasanna/arch/i386/kernel/signal.c   |    3 
 linux-2.6.9-final-prasanna/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c    |    4 
 linux-2.6.9-final-prasanna/include/asm-i386/debugreg.h |  162 +++++++++
 8 files changed, 486 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff -puN arch/i386/Kconfig.debug~kprobes-debug-regs-2.6.9-final arch/i386/Kconfig.debug
--- linux-2.6.9-final/arch/i386/Kconfig.debug~kprobes-debug-regs-2.6.9-final	2004-10-22 11:09:34.000000000 +0530
+++ linux-2.6.9-final-prasanna/arch/i386/Kconfig.debug	2004-10-22 11:09:34.000000000 +0530
@@ -29,6 +29,14 @@ config KPROBES
 	  for kernel debugging, non-intrusive instrumentation and testing.
 	  If in doubt, say "N".
 
+config DEBUGREG
+	bool "Global Debug Registers"
+	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
+	default off
+	help
+	  Global debug register settings need to be enabled by the
+	  debuggers using it.
+
 config DEBUG_STACK_USAGE
 	bool "Stack utilization instrumentation"
 	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
diff -puN /dev/null arch/i386/kernel/debugreg.c
--- /dev/null	2003-01-30 15:54:37.000000000 +0530
+++ linux-2.6.9-final-prasanna/arch/i386/kernel/debugreg.c	2004-10-22 11:09:34.000000000 +0530
@@ -0,0 +1,288 @@
+/*
+ *  Debug register
+ *  arch/i386/kernel/debugreg.c
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) IBM Corporation, 2002, 2004
+ *
+ * 2002-Oct	Created by Vamsi Krishna S <vamsi_krishna@in.ibm.com> and
+ *		Bharata Rao <bharata@in.ibm.com> to provide debug register
+ *		allocation mechanism.
+ * 2004-Oct	Updated by Prasanna S Panchamukhi <prasanna@in.ibm.com> with
+ *		idr_allocations mechanism as suggested by Andi Kleen.
+ */
+/*
+ * This provides a debug register allocation mechanism, to be
+ * used by all debuggers, which need debug registers.
+ *
+ */
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/spinlock.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/idr.h>
+#include <asm/system.h>
+#include <asm/debugreg.h>
+
+struct debugreg dr_list[DR_MAX];
+unsigned long dr7_global_mask = 0;
+static spinlock_t dr_lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
+static DEFINE_IDR(debugreg_idr);
+static spinlock_t debugreg_idr_lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
+
+static inline void set_dr7_global_mask(int regnum)
+{
+	switch (regnum) {
+		case 0: dr7_global_mask |= DR7_DR0_BITS; break;
+		case 1: dr7_global_mask |= DR7_DR1_BITS; break;
+		case 2: dr7_global_mask |= DR7_DR2_BITS; break;
+		case 3: dr7_global_mask |= DR7_DR3_BITS; break;
+	}
+	return;
+}
+
+static inline void clear_dr7_global_mask(int regnum)
+{
+	switch (regnum) {
+		case 0: dr7_global_mask &= ~DR7_DR0_BITS; break;
+		case 1: dr7_global_mask &= ~DR7_DR1_BITS; break;
+		case 2: dr7_global_mask &= ~DR7_DR2_BITS; break;
+		case 3: dr7_global_mask &= ~DR7_DR3_BITS; break;
+	}
+	return;
+}
+
+/*
+ * See if specific debug register is free.
+ */
+static int specific_debugreg(unsigned int regnum)
+{
+	int r, n;
+
+	if (regnum >= DR_MAX)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	spin_lock(&debugreg_idr_lock);
+
+	if (idr_find(&debugreg_idr, regnum)) {
+		r = -EBUSY;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	r = idr_pre_get(&debugreg_idr, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!r) {
+		r = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	r = idr_get_new_above(&debugreg_idr, specific_debugreg, regnum, &n);
+	if (r) {
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (n != regnum) {
+		idr_remove(&debugreg_idr, n);
+		r = -EBUSY;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+out:
+	spin_unlock(&debugreg_idr_lock);
+	return r;
+}
+
+static int next_free_debugreg(unsigned int *regnum)
+{
+	int r;
+	unsigned int n;
+
+	spin_lock(&debugreg_idr_lock);
+
+	r = idr_pre_get(&debugreg_idr, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!r) {
+		r = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	r = idr_get_new(&debugreg_idr, next_free_debugreg, &n);
+	if (r) {
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (n >= DR_MAX) {
+		idr_remove(&debugreg_idr, n);
+		r = -ENOSPC;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	*regnum = n;
+
+out:
+	spin_unlock(&debugreg_idr_lock);
+	return r;
+}
+
+static int free_debugreg(int regnum)
+{
+	spin_lock(&debugreg_idr_lock);
+	idr_remove(&debugreg_idr, regnum);
+	spin_unlock(&debugreg_idr_lock);
+}
+
+static int get_dr(int regnum, int flag)
+{
+	if ((flag == DR_ALLOC_GLOBAL) && ((specific_debugreg(regnum)) >= 0)) {
+		dr_list[regnum].flag = DR_GLOBAL;
+		set_dr7_global_mask(regnum);
+		return regnum;
+	}
+	else if (((specific_debugreg(regnum)) >= 0) || (dr_list[regnum].flag == DR_LOCAL)) {
+		dr_list[regnum].use_count++;
+		dr_list[regnum].flag = DR_LOCAL;
+		return regnum;
+	}
+	return -1;
+}
+
+static int get_any_dr(int flag)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	if (flag == DR_ALLOC_LOCAL) {
+		for (i = 0; i < DR_MAX; i++) {
+			if (dr_list[i].flag == DR_LOCAL) {
+				dr_list[i].use_count++;
+				return i;
+			}
+		}
+		if ((next_free_debugreg(&i)) >= 0) {
+			dr_list[i].flag = DR_LOCAL;
+			dr_list[i].use_count = 1;
+			return i;
+		}
+	} else {
+		if ((next_free_debugreg(&i)) >= 0) {
+			dr_list[i].flag = DR_GLOBAL;
+			set_dr7_global_mask(i);
+			return i;
+		}
+	}
+	return -1;
+}
+
+static inline void dr_free_local(int regnum)
+{
+	if (! (--dr_list[regnum].use_count)) {
+		free_debugreg(regnum);
+		dr_list[regnum].flag = DR_UNUSED;
+	}
+	return;
+}
+
+static inline void dr_free_global(int regnum)
+{
+	free_debugreg(regnum);
+	dr_list[regnum].flag = DR_UNUSED;
+	dr_list[regnum].use_count = 0;
+	clear_dr7_global_mask(regnum);
+	return;
+}
+
+int dr_alloc(int regnum, int flag)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	spin_lock(&dr_lock);
+	if (regnum == DR_ANY) {
+		ret = get_any_dr(flag);
+	} else if (regnum >= DR_MAX) {
+		printk("dr_alloc:Cannot allocate debug register %d\n",regnum);
+		ret = -1;
+	} else {
+		ret = get_dr(regnum, flag);
+	}
+	spin_unlock(&dr_lock);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+int dr_free(int regnum)
+{
+	spin_lock(&dr_lock);
+	if (regnum >= DR_MAX || dr_list[regnum].flag == DR_UNUSED) {
+		spin_unlock(&dr_lock);
+		printk("dr_free:Cannot free debug register %d\n",regnum);
+		return -1;
+	}
+	if (dr_list[regnum].flag == DR_LOCAL)
+		dr_free_local(regnum);
+	else
+		dr_free_global(regnum);
+	spin_unlock(&dr_lock);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void dr_inc_use_count(unsigned long mask)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	spin_lock(&dr_lock);
+	for (i = 0; i < DR_MAX; i++) {
+		if (DR_IS_LOCAL(mask, i))
+			dr_list[i].use_count++;
+	}
+	spin_unlock(&dr_lock);
+}
+
+void dr_dec_use_count(unsigned long mask)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	spin_lock(&dr_lock);
+	for (i = 0; i < DR_MAX; i++) {
+		if (DR_IS_LOCAL(mask, i))
+			dr_free_local(i);
+	}
+	spin_unlock(&dr_lock);
+}
+
+/*
+ * This routine decides if the ptrace request is for enabling or disabling
+ * a debug reg, and accordingly calls dr_alloc() or dr_free().
+ *
+ * gdb uses ptrace to write to debug registers. It assumes that writing to
+ * debug register always succeds and it doesn't check the return value of
+ * ptrace. Now with this new global debug register allocation/freeing,
+ * ptrace request for a local debug register can fail, if the required debug
+ * register is already globally allocated. Since gdb fails to notice this
+ * failure, it sometimes tries to free a debug register, which is not
+ * allocated for it.
+ */
+int enable_debugreg(unsigned long old_dr7, unsigned long new_dr7)
+{
+	int i, dr_shift = 1UL;
+	for (i = 0; i < DR_MAX; i++, dr_shift <<= 2) {
+		if ((old_dr7 ^ new_dr7) & dr_shift) {
+			if (new_dr7 & dr_shift)
+				dr_alloc(i, DR_ALLOC_LOCAL);
+			else
+				dr_free(i);
+			return 0;
+		}
+	}
+	return -1;
+}
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(dr_alloc);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(dr_free);
diff -puN arch/i386/kernel/Makefile~kprobes-debug-regs-2.6.9-final arch/i386/kernel/Makefile
--- linux-2.6.9-final/arch/i386/kernel/Makefile~kprobes-debug-regs-2.6.9-final	2004-10-22 11:09:34.000000000 +0530
+++ linux-2.6.9-final-prasanna/arch/i386/kernel/Makefile	2004-10-22 11:09:34.000000000 +0530
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_SRAT) 	+= srat.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_HPET_TIMER) 	+= time_hpet.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_EFI) 		+= efi.o efi_stub.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK)	+= early_printk.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_DEBUGREG)		+= debugreg.o
 
 EXTRA_AFLAGS   := -traditional
 
diff -puN arch/i386/kernel/process.c~kprobes-debug-regs-2.6.9-final arch/i386/kernel/process.c
--- linux-2.6.9-final/arch/i386/kernel/process.c~kprobes-debug-regs-2.6.9-final	2004-10-22 11:09:34.000000000 +0530
+++ linux-2.6.9-final-prasanna/arch/i386/kernel/process.c	2004-10-22 11:11:26.000000000 +0530
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION
 #include <asm/math_emu.h>
 #endif
+#include <asm/debugreg.h>
 
 #include <linux/irq.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
@@ -316,12 +317,16 @@ void exit_thread(void)
 		tss->io_bitmap_base = INVALID_IO_BITMAP_OFFSET;
 		put_cpu();
 	}
+	if (tsk->thread.debugreg[7])
+		dr_dec_use_count(tsk->thread.debugreg[7]);
 }
 
 void flush_thread(void)
 {
 	struct task_struct *tsk = current;
 
+	if (tsk->thread.debugreg[7])
+		dr_dec_use_count(tsk->thread.debugreg[7]);
 	memset(tsk->thread.debugreg, 0, sizeof(unsigned long)*8);
 	memset(tsk->thread.tls_array, 0, sizeof(tsk->thread.tls_array));	
 	/*
@@ -413,6 +418,9 @@ int copy_thread(int nr, unsigned long cl
 		desc->b = LDT_entry_b(&info);
 	}
 
+	if (tsk->thread.debugreg[7])
+		dr_inc_use_count(tsk->thread.debugreg[7]);
+
 	err = 0;
  out:
 	if (err && p->thread.io_bitmap_ptr) {
@@ -588,14 +596,19 @@ struct task_struct fastcall * __switch_t
 	/*
 	 * Now maybe reload the debug registers
 	 */
-	if (unlikely(next->debugreg[7])) {
-		loaddebug(next, 0);
-		loaddebug(next, 1);
-		loaddebug(next, 2);
-		loaddebug(next, 3);
+	/*
+	 * Don't reload global debug registers. Don't touch the global debug
+	 * register settings in dr7.
+	 */
+	unsigned long next_dr7 = next->debugreg[7];
+	if (unlikely(next_dr7)) {
+		if (prev->debugreg[0] != next->debugreg[0]) loaddebug(next, 0);
+		if (prev->debugreg[1] != next->debugreg[1]) loaddebug(next, 1);
+		if (prev->debugreg[2] != next->debugreg[2]) loaddebug(next, 2);
+		if (prev->debugreg[3] != next->debugreg[3]) loaddebug(next, 3);
 		/* no 4 and 5 */
 		loaddebug(next, 6);
-		loaddebug(next, 7);
+		load_process_dr7(next_dr7);
 	}
 
 	if (unlikely(prev->io_bitmap_ptr || next->io_bitmap_ptr))
diff -puN arch/i386/kernel/ptrace.c~kprobes-debug-regs-2.6.9-final arch/i386/kernel/ptrace.c
--- linux-2.6.9-final/arch/i386/kernel/ptrace.c~kprobes-debug-regs-2.6.9-final	2004-10-22 11:09:34.000000000 +0530
+++ linux-2.6.9-final-prasanna/arch/i386/kernel/ptrace.c	2004-10-22 11:09:34.000000000 +0530
@@ -353,6 +353,11 @@ asmlinkage int sys_ptrace(long request, 
 
 			  addr -= (long) &dummy->u_debugreg;
 			  addr = addr >> 2;
+
+			  if (addr == 7 && (enable_debugreg(child->thread.debugreg[addr], data)) < 0) {
+				  ret = -EBUSY;
+				  break;
+			  }
 			  child->thread.debugreg[addr] = data;
 			  ret = 0;
 		  }
diff -puN arch/i386/kernel/signal.c~kprobes-debug-regs-2.6.9-final arch/i386/kernel/signal.c
--- linux-2.6.9-final/arch/i386/kernel/signal.c~kprobes-debug-regs-2.6.9-final	2004-10-22 11:09:34.000000000 +0530
+++ linux-2.6.9-final-prasanna/arch/i386/kernel/signal.c	2004-10-22 11:09:34.000000000 +0530
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <asm/ucontext.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/i387.h>
+#include <asm/debugreg.h>
 #include "sigframe.h"
 
 #define DEBUG_SIG 0
@@ -600,7 +601,7 @@ int fastcall do_signal(struct pt_regs *r
 		 * have been cleared if the watchpoint triggered
 		 * inside the kernel.
 		 */
-		__asm__("movl %0,%%db7"	: : "r" (current->thread.debugreg[7]));
+		load_process_dr7(current->thread.debugreg[7]);
 
 		/* Whee!  Actually deliver the signal.  */
 		handle_signal(signr, &info, &ka, oldset, regs);
diff -puN arch/i386/kernel/traps.c~kprobes-debug-regs-2.6.9-final arch/i386/kernel/traps.c
--- linux-2.6.9-final/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c~kprobes-debug-regs-2.6.9-final	2004-10-22 11:09:34.000000000 +0530
+++ linux-2.6.9-final-prasanna/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c	2004-10-22 11:09:34.000000000 +0530
@@ -760,9 +760,7 @@ asmlinkage void do_debug(struct pt_regs 
 	 * the signal is delivered.
 	 */
 clear_dr7:
-	__asm__("movl %0,%%db7"
-		: /* no output */
-		: "r" (0));
+	load_process_dr7(0);
 	return;
 
 debug_vm86:
diff -puN include/asm-i386/debugreg.h~kprobes-debug-regs-2.6.9-final include/asm-i386/debugreg.h
--- linux-2.6.9-final/include/asm-i386/debugreg.h~kprobes-debug-regs-2.6.9-final	2004-10-22 11:09:34.000000000 +0530
+++ linux-2.6.9-final-prasanna/include/asm-i386/debugreg.h	2004-10-22 11:09:34.000000000 +0530
@@ -61,4 +61,166 @@
 #define DR_LOCAL_SLOWDOWN (0x100)   /* Local slow the pipeline */
 #define DR_GLOBAL_SLOWDOWN (0x200)  /* Global slow the pipeline */
 
+struct debugreg {
+	unsigned long flag;
+	unsigned long use_count;
+};
+
+/* debugreg flags */
+#define DR_UNUSED	0
+#define DR_LOCAL	1
+#define DR_GLOBAL	2
+
+#define DR_MAX	4
+#define DR_ANY	DR_MAX + 1
+
+/* global or local allocation requests */
+#define DR_ALLOC_GLOBAL		0
+#define DR_ALLOC_LOCAL		1
+
+#define DR7_RW_SET(dr, regnum, rw) do {	\
+		(dr) &= ~(0x3 << (16 + (4 * (regnum)))); \
+		(dr) |= (((rw) & 0x3) << (16 + (4 * (regnum)))); \
+	} while (0)
+
+#define DR7_RW_VAL(dr, regnum) \
+	(((dr) >> (16 + (4 * (regnum)))) & 0x3)
+
+#define DR7_LEN_SET(dr, regnum, len) do { \
+		(dr) &= ~(0x3 << (18 + (4 * (regnum)))); \
+		(dr) |= (((len-1) & 0x3) << (18 + (4 * (regnum)))); \
+	} while (0)
+
+#define DR7_LEN_VAL(dr, regnum) \
+	(((dr) >> (18 + (4 * (regnum)))) & 0x3)
+
+#define DR7_L0(dr)    (((dr))&0x1)
+#define DR7_L1(dr)    (((dr)>>2)&0x1)
+#define DR7_L2(dr)    (((dr)>>4)&0x1)
+#define DR7_L3(dr)    (((dr)>>6)&0x1)
+
+#define DR_IS_LOCAL(dr, num) ((dr) & (1UL << (num <<1)))
+
+/* Set the rw, len and global flag in dr7 for a debug register */
+#define SET_DR7(dr, regnum, access, len) do { \
+		DR7_RW_SET(dr, regnum, access); \
+		DR7_LEN_SET(dr, regnum, len); \
+		dr |= (2UL << regnum*2); \
+	} while (0)
+
+/* Disable a debug register by clearing the global/local flag in dr7 */
+#define RESET_DR7(dr, regnum) dr &= ~(3UL << regnum*2)
+
+#define DR7_DR0_BITS		0x000F0003
+#define DR7_DR1_BITS		0x00F0000C
+#define DR7_DR2_BITS		0x0F000030
+#define DR7_DR3_BITS		0xF00000C0
+
+#define DR_TRAP_MASK 		0xF
+
+#define DR_TYPE_EXECUTE		0x0
+#define DR_TYPE_WRITE		0x1
+#define DR_TYPE_IO		0x2
+#define DR_TYPE_RW		0x3
+
+#define get_dr(regnum, val) \
+		__asm__("movl %%db" #regnum ", %0"  \
+			:"=r" (val))
+static inline unsigned long read_dr(int regnum)
+{
+	unsigned long val = 0;
+	switch (regnum) {
+		case 0: get_dr(0, val); break;
+		case 1: get_dr(1, val); break;
+		case 2: get_dr(2, val); break;
+		case 3: get_dr(3, val); break;
+		case 6: get_dr(6, val); break;
+		case 7: get_dr(7, val); break;
+	}
+	return val;
+}
+#undef get_dr
+
+#define set_dr(regnum, val) \
+		__asm__("movl %0,%%db" #regnum  \
+			: /* no output */ \
+			:"r" (val))
+static inline void write_dr(int regnum, unsigned long val)
+{
+	switch (regnum) {
+		case 0: set_dr(0, val); break;
+		case 1: set_dr(1, val); break;
+		case 2: set_dr(2, val); break;
+		case 3: set_dr(3, val); break;
+		case 7: set_dr(7, val); break;
+	}
+	return;
+}
+#undef set_dr
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUGREG
+/*
+ * Given the debug status register, returns the debug register number
+ * which caused the debug trap.
+ */
+static inline int dr_trap(unsigned int condition)
+{
+	int i, reg_shift = 1UL;
+	for (i = 0; i < DR_MAX; i++, reg_shift <<= 1)
+		if ((condition & reg_shift))
+			return i;
+	return -1;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Given the debug status register, returns the address due to which
+ * the debug trap occured.
+ */
+static inline unsigned long dr_trap_addr(unsigned int condition)
+{
+	int regnum = dr_trap(condition);
+
+	if (regnum == -1)
+		return -1;
+	return read_dr(regnum);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Given the debug status register, returns the type of debug trap:
+ * execute, read/write, write or io.
+ */
+static inline int dr_trap_type(unsigned int condition)
+{
+	int regnum = dr_trap(condition);
+
+	if (regnum == -1)
+		return -1;
+	return DR7_RW_VAL(read_dr(7), regnum);
+}
+
+/* Function declarations */
+
+extern int dr_alloc(int regnum, int flag);
+extern int dr_free(int regnum);
+extern void dr_inc_use_count(unsigned long mask);
+extern void dr_dec_use_count(unsigned long mask);
+extern struct debugreg dr_list[DR_MAX];
+extern unsigned long dr7_global_mask;
+extern int enable_debugreg(unsigned long old_dr7, unsigned long new_dr7);
+
+static inline void load_process_dr7(unsigned long curr_dr7)
+{
+	write_dr(7, (read_dr(7) & dr7_global_mask) | curr_dr7);
+}
+#else
+static inline int enable_debugreg(unsigned long old_dr7, unsigned long new_dr7) { return 0; }
+static inline void load_process_dr7(unsigned long curr_dr7)
+{
+	write_dr(7, curr_dr7);
+}
+
+static void dr_inc_use_count(unsigned long mask) { }
+static void dr_dec_use_count(unsigned long mask) { }
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_DEBUGREG */
 #endif

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Prasanna S Panchamukhi
Linux Technology Center
India Software Labs, IBM Bangalore
Ph: 91-80-25044636
<prasanna@in.ibm.com>