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authorColin Cross <ccross@android.com>2015-01-28 17:02:14 +0530
committerJason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>2015-02-19 12:39:03 -0600
commit5516fd7b92a7c16b9111a88aaa1b13dd937d8ac5 (patch)
tree161fb5efdb7ae4550011528a50b322b763f48bdb /kernel/debug
parent32d375f6f24c3e4c9c235672695b4c314cf6b964 (diff)
downloadlinux-5516fd7b92a7c16b9111a88aaa1b13dd937d8ac5.tar.bz2
debug: prevent entering debug mode on panic/exception.
On non-developer devices, kgdb prevents the device from rebooting after a panic. Incase of panics and exceptions, to allow the device to reboot, prevent entering debug mode to avoid getting stuck waiting for the user to interact with debugger. To avoid entering the debugger on panic/exception without any extra configuration, panic_timeout is being used which can be set via /proc/sys/kernel/panic at run time and CONFIG_PANIC_TIMEOUT sets the default value. Setting panic_timeout indicates that the user requested machine to perform unattended reboot after panic. We dont want to get stuck waiting for the user input incase of panic. Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: kgdb-bugreport@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Android Kernel Team <kernel-team@android.com> Cc: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org> Cc: Sumit Semwal <sumit.semwal@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Colin Cross <ccross@android.com> [Kiran: Added context to commit message. panic_timeout is used instead of break_on_panic and break_on_exception to honor CONFIG_PANIC_TIMEOUT Modified the commit as per community feedback] Signed-off-by: Kiran Raparthy <kiran.kumar@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/debug')
-rw-r--r--kernel/debug/debug_core.c17
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/debug/debug_core.c b/kernel/debug/debug_core.c
index ac5c0f9c7a20..0874e2edd275 100644
--- a/kernel/debug/debug_core.c
+++ b/kernel/debug/debug_core.c
@@ -696,6 +696,14 @@ kgdb_handle_exception(int evector, int signo, int ecode, struct pt_regs *regs)
if (arch_kgdb_ops.enable_nmi)
arch_kgdb_ops.enable_nmi(0);
+ /*
+ * Avoid entering the debugger if we were triggered due to an oops
+ * but panic_timeout indicates the system should automatically
+ * reboot on panic. We don't want to get stuck waiting for input
+ * on such systems, especially if its "just" an oops.
+ */
+ if (signo != SIGTRAP && panic_timeout)
+ return 1;
memset(ks, 0, sizeof(struct kgdb_state));
ks->cpu = raw_smp_processor_id();
@@ -828,6 +836,15 @@ static int kgdb_panic_event(struct notifier_block *self,
unsigned long val,
void *data)
{
+ /*
+ * Avoid entering the debugger if we were triggered due to a panic
+ * We don't want to get stuck waiting for input from user in such case.
+ * panic_timeout indicates the system should automatically
+ * reboot on panic.
+ */
+ if (panic_timeout)
+ return NOTIFY_DONE;
+
if (dbg_kdb_mode)
kdb_printf("PANIC: %s\n", (char *)data);
kgdb_breakpoint();