From: "K.Prasad" <prasad@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>, Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>,
"K.Prasad" <prasad@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [Patch 09/12] Cleanup HW Breakpoint registers before kexec
Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 19:32:35 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090521140235.GJ13849@in.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20090521095613.834622717@prasadkr_t60p.in.ibm.com
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This patch disables Hardware breakpoints before doing a 'kexec' on the machine.
Original-patch-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Signed-off-by: K.Prasad <prasad@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
---
arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_32.c | 2 ++
arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_64.c | 2 ++
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)
Index: linux-2.6-tip.hbkpt/arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_32.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6-tip.hbkpt.orig/arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_32.c
+++ linux-2.6-tip.hbkpt/arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_32.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
#include <asm/desc.h>
#include <asm/system.h>
#include <asm/cacheflush.h>
+#include <asm/debugreg.h>
static void set_idt(void *newidt, __u16 limit)
{
@@ -202,6 +203,7 @@ void machine_kexec(struct kimage *image)
/* Interrupts aren't acceptable while we reboot */
local_irq_disable();
+ hw_breakpoint_disable();
if (image->preserve_context) {
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC
Index: linux-2.6-tip.hbkpt/arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_64.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6-tip.hbkpt.orig/arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_64.c
+++ linux-2.6-tip.hbkpt/arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_64.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
#include <asm/pgtable.h>
#include <asm/tlbflush.h>
#include <asm/mmu_context.h>
+#include <asm/debugreg.h>
static int init_one_level2_page(struct kimage *image, pgd_t *pgd,
unsigned long addr)
@@ -282,6 +283,7 @@ void machine_kexec(struct kimage *image)
/* Interrupts aren't acceptable while we reboot */
local_irq_disable();
+ hw_breakpoint_disable();
if (image->preserve_context) {
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-05-21 14:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <20090521095613.834622717@prasadkr_t60p.in.ibm.com>
2009-05-21 14:00 ` [Patch 01/12] Prepare the code for Hardware Breakpoint interfaces K.Prasad
2009-05-21 16:16 ` David Daney
2009-05-22 6:18 ` K.Prasad
2009-05-27 1:40 ` David Daney
2009-05-27 1:01 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2009-05-27 8:49 ` K.Prasad
2009-05-27 11:48 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2009-05-27 14:21 ` K.Prasad
2009-05-27 15:40 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2009-05-27 14:13 ` K.Prasad
2009-05-21 14:01 ` [Patch 02/12] Introducing generic hardware breakpoint handler interfaces K.Prasad
2009-05-21 14:01 ` [Patch 03/12] x86 architecture implementation of Hardware Breakpoint interfaces K.Prasad
2009-05-21 14:01 ` [Patch 04/12] Modifying generic debug exception to use thread-specific debug registers K.Prasad
2009-05-21 14:02 ` [Patch 05/12] Use wrapper routines around debug registers in processor related functions K.Prasad
2009-05-21 14:02 ` [Patch 06/12] Use the new wrapper routines to access debug registers in process/thread code K.Prasad
2009-05-21 14:02 ` [Patch 07/12] Modify signal handling code to refrain from re-enabling HW Breakpoints K.Prasad
2009-05-21 14:02 ` [Patch 08/12] Modify Ptrace routines to access breakpoint registers K.Prasad
2009-05-27 0:07 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2009-05-27 8:45 ` K.Prasad
2009-05-27 14:15 ` K.Prasad
2009-05-21 14:02 ` K.Prasad [this message]
2009-05-21 14:02 ` [Patch 10/12] Sample HW breakpoint over kernel data address K.Prasad
2009-05-21 14:03 ` [Patch 11/12] ftrace plugin for kernel symbol tracing using HW Breakpoint interfaces - v6 K.Prasad
2009-05-21 14:03 ` [Patch 12/12] Reset bits in dr6 after the corresponding exception is handled K.Prasad
[not found] <20090601180605.799735829@prasadkr_t60p.in.ibm.com>
2009-06-01 18:16 ` [Patch 09/12] Cleanup HW Breakpoint registers before kexec K.Prasad
[not found] <20090530103857.715014561@prasadkr_t60p.in.ibm.com>
2009-05-30 10:52 ` K.Prasad
[not found] <20090515105133.629980476@prasadkr_t60p.in.ibm.com>
2009-05-15 10:59 ` K.Prasad
2009-05-16 0:30 ` K.Prasad
[not found] <20090513160546.592373797@prasadkr_t60p.in.ibm.com>
2009-05-13 16:14 ` K.Prasad
[not found] <20090511114422.133566343@prasadkr_t60p.in.ibm.com>
2009-05-11 11:54 ` K.Prasad
[not found] <20090424055710.764502564@prasadkr_t60p.in.ibm.com>
2009-04-24 6:18 ` K.Prasad
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