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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/kgdb.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/kgdb.c | 20 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/kgdb.c b/kernel/kgdb.c index 29357a9ccfb2..ca21fe98e8de 100644 --- a/kernel/kgdb.c +++ b/kernel/kgdb.c @@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ struct task_struct *kgdb_usethread; struct task_struct *kgdb_contthread; int kgdb_single_step; +pid_t kgdb_sstep_pid; /* Our I/O buffers. */ static char remcom_in_buffer[BUFMAX]; @@ -1400,6 +1401,7 @@ kgdb_handle_exception(int evector, int signo, int ecode, struct pt_regs *regs) struct kgdb_state kgdb_var; struct kgdb_state *ks = &kgdb_var; unsigned long flags; + int sstep_tries = 100; int error = 0; int i, cpu; @@ -1430,13 +1432,14 @@ acquirelock: cpu_relax(); /* - * Do not start the debugger connection on this CPU if the last - * instance of the exception handler wanted to come into the - * debugger on a different CPU via a single step + * For single stepping, try to only enter on the processor + * that was single stepping. To gaurd against a deadlock, the + * kernel will only try for the value of sstep_tries before + * giving up and continuing on. */ if (atomic_read(&kgdb_cpu_doing_single_step) != -1 && - atomic_read(&kgdb_cpu_doing_single_step) != cpu) { - + (kgdb_info[cpu].task && + kgdb_info[cpu].task->pid != kgdb_sstep_pid) && --sstep_tries) { atomic_set(&kgdb_active, -1); touch_softlockup_watchdog(); clocksource_touch_watchdog(); @@ -1529,6 +1532,13 @@ acquirelock: } kgdb_restore: + if (atomic_read(&kgdb_cpu_doing_single_step) != -1) { + int sstep_cpu = atomic_read(&kgdb_cpu_doing_single_step); + if (kgdb_info[sstep_cpu].task) + kgdb_sstep_pid = kgdb_info[sstep_cpu].task->pid; + else + kgdb_sstep_pid = 0; + } /* Free kgdb_active */ atomic_set(&kgdb_active, -1); touch_softlockup_watchdog(); |