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authorJason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>2009-06-03 14:06:57 -0500
committerJason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>2010-05-20 21:04:26 -0500
commit1cee5e35f15d0893be1ba944f1aec8676e43ab76 (patch)
tree634f5365300cfb555c8e894ade79735bb91a690e /kernel
parent5dd11d5d47d248850c58292513f0e164ba98b01e (diff)
downloadlinux-1cee5e35f15d0893be1ba944f1aec8676e43ab76.tar.bz2
kgdb: Add the ability to schedule a breakpoint via a tasklet
Some kgdb I/O modules require the ability to create a breakpoint tasklet, such as kgdboc and external modules such as kgdboe. The breakpoint tasklet is used as an asynchronous entry point into the debugger which will have a different function scope than the current execution path where it might not be safe to have an inline breakpoint. This is true of some of the kgdb I/O drivers which share code with kgdb and rest of the kernel users. Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
-rw-r--r--kernel/debug/debug_core.c26
1 files changed, 26 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/debug/debug_core.c b/kernel/debug/debug_core.c
index 375e42f0baf0..fff59019cca0 100644
--- a/kernel/debug/debug_core.c
+++ b/kernel/debug/debug_core.c
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kgdb_active);
*/
static atomic_t passive_cpu_wait[NR_CPUS];
static atomic_t cpu_in_kgdb[NR_CPUS];
+static atomic_t kgdb_break_tasklet_var;
atomic_t kgdb_setting_breakpoint;
struct task_struct *kgdb_usethread;
@@ -789,6 +790,31 @@ static void kgdb_unregister_callbacks(void)
}
}
+/*
+ * There are times a tasklet needs to be used vs a compiled in
+ * break point so as to cause an exception outside a kgdb I/O module,
+ * such as is the case with kgdboe, where calling a breakpoint in the
+ * I/O driver itself would be fatal.
+ */
+static void kgdb_tasklet_bpt(unsigned long ing)
+{
+ kgdb_breakpoint();
+ atomic_set(&kgdb_break_tasklet_var, 0);
+}
+
+static DECLARE_TASKLET(kgdb_tasklet_breakpoint, kgdb_tasklet_bpt, 0);
+
+void kgdb_schedule_breakpoint(void)
+{
+ if (atomic_read(&kgdb_break_tasklet_var) ||
+ atomic_read(&kgdb_active) != -1 ||
+ atomic_read(&kgdb_setting_breakpoint))
+ return;
+ atomic_inc(&kgdb_break_tasklet_var);
+ tasklet_schedule(&kgdb_tasklet_breakpoint);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kgdb_schedule_breakpoint);
+
static void kgdb_initial_breakpoint(void)
{
kgdb_break_asap = 0;