linux/kernel/debug, branch v3.6

kernel/debug: Make use of KGDB_REASON_NMI

2012-07-31T13:16:43Z

Currently kernel never set KGDB_REASON_NMI. We do now, when we enter KGDB/KDB from an NMI. This is not to be confused with kgdb_nmicallback(), NMI callback is an entry for the slave CPUs during CPUs roundup, but REASON_NMI is the entry for the master CPU. Signed-off-by: Anton Vorontsov Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel

kdb: Remove cpu from the more prompt

2012-07-31T13:16:43Z

Having the CPU in the more prompt is completely redundent vs the standard kdb prompt, and it also wastes 32 bytes on the stack. Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel

kdb: Remove unused KDB_FLAG_ONLY_DO_DUMP

2012-07-31T13:16:42Z

This code cleanup was missed in the original kdb merge, and this code is simply not used at all. The code that was previously used to set the KDB_FLAG_ONLY_DO_DUMP was removed prior to the initial kdb merge. Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel

kdb: Switch to nolock variants of kmsg_dump functions

2012-07-21T17:34:00Z

The locked variants are prone to deadlocks (suppose we got to the debugger w/ the logbuf lock held), so let's switch to nolock variants. Signed-off-by: Anton Vorontsov Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

printk: Remove kdb_syslog_data

2012-07-21T17:34:00Z

The function is no longer needed, so remove it. Signed-off-by: Anton Vorontsov Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

kdb: Revive dmesg command

2012-07-21T17:34:00Z

The kgdb dmesg command is broken after the printk rework. The old logic in kdb code makes no sense in terms of current printk/logging storage format, and KDB simply hangs forever. This patch revives the command by switching to kmsg_dumper iterator. The code is now much more simpler and shorter. Signed-off-by: Anton Vorontsov Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Merge tag 'for_linus-3.4-rc2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jwessel/kgdb

2012-04-05T00:26:08Z

Pull KGDB/KDB regression fixes from Jason Wessel: - Fix a Smatch warning that appeared in the 3.4 merge window - Fix kgdb test suite with SMP for all archs without HW single stepping - Fix kgdb sw breakpoints with CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA=y limitations on x86 - Fix oops on kgdb test suite with CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA - Fix kgdb test suite with SMP for all archs with HW single stepping * tag 'for_linus-3.4-rc2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jwessel/kgdb: x86,kgdb: Fix DEBUG_RODATA limitation using text_poke() kgdb,debug_core: pass the breakpoint struct instead of address and memory kgdbts: (2 of 2) fix single step awareness to work correctly with SMP kgdbts: (1 of 2) fix single step awareness to work correctly with SMP kgdbts: Fix kernel oops with CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA kdb: Fix smatch warning on dbg_io_ops->is_console

kgdb,debug_core: pass the breakpoint struct instead of address and memory

2012-03-29T22:41:25Z

There is extra state information that needs to be exposed in the kgdb_bpt structure for tracking how a breakpoint was installed. The debug_core only uses the the probe_kernel_write() to install breakpoints, but this is not enough for all the archs. Some arch such as x86 need to use text_poke() in order to install a breakpoint into a read only page. Passing the kgdb_bpt structure to kgdb_arch_set_breakpoint() and kgdb_arch_remove_breakpoint() allows other archs to set the type variable which indicates how the breakpoint was installed. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # >= 2.6.36 Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel

kdb: Fix smatch warning on dbg_io_ops->is_console

2012-03-29T22:41:23Z

The Smatch tool warned that the change from commit b8adde8dd (kdb: Avoid using dbg_io_ops until it is initialized) should add another null check later in the kdb_printf(). It is worth noting that the second use of dbg_io_ops->is_console is protected by the KDB_PAGER state variable which would only get set when kdb is fully active and initialized. If we ever encounter changes or defects in the KDB_PAGER state we do not want to crash the kernel in a kdb_printf/printk. CC: Tim Bird Reported-by: Dan Carpenter Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel

Merge tag 'split-asm_system_h-for-linus-20120328' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dhowells/linux-asm_system

2012-03-28T22:58:21Z

Pull "Disintegrate and delete asm/system.h" from David Howells: "Here are a bunch of patches to disintegrate asm/system.h into a set of separate bits to relieve the problem of circular inclusion dependencies. I've built all the working defconfigs from all the arches that I can and made sure that they don't break. The reason for these patches is that I recently encountered a circular dependency problem that came about when I produced some patches to optimise get_order() by rewriting it to use ilog2(). This uses bitops - and on the SH arch asm/bitops.h drags in asm-generic/get_order.h by a circuituous route involving asm/system.h. The main difficulty seems to be asm/system.h. It holds a number of low level bits with no/few dependencies that are commonly used (eg. memory barriers) and a number of bits with more dependencies that aren't used in many places (eg. switch_to()). These patches break asm/system.h up into the following core pieces: (1) asm/barrier.h Move memory barriers here. This already done for MIPS and Alpha. (2) asm/switch_to.h Move switch_to() and related stuff here. (3) asm/exec.h Move arch_align_stack() here. Other process execution related bits could perhaps go here from asm/processor.h. (4) asm/cmpxchg.h Move xchg() and cmpxchg() here as they're full word atomic ops and frequently used by atomic_xchg() and atomic_cmpxchg(). (5) asm/bug.h Move die() and related bits. (6) asm/auxvec.h Move AT_VECTOR_SIZE_ARCH here. Other arch headers are created as needed on a per-arch basis." Fixed up some conflicts from other header file cleanups and moving code around that has happened in the meantime, so David's testing is somewhat weakened by that. We'll find out anything that got broken and fix it.. * tag 'split-asm_system_h-for-linus-20120328' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dhowells/linux-asm_system: (38 commits) Delete all instances of asm/system.h Remove all #inclusions of asm/system.h Add #includes needed to permit the removal of asm/system.h Move all declarations of free_initmem() to linux/mm.h Disintegrate asm/system.h for OpenRISC Split arch_align_stack() out from asm-generic/system.h Split the switch_to() wrapper out of asm-generic/system.h Move the asm-generic/system.h xchg() implementation to asm-generic/cmpxchg.h Create asm-generic/barrier.h Make asm-generic/cmpxchg.h #include asm-generic/cmpxchg-local.h Disintegrate asm/system.h for Xtensa Disintegrate asm/system.h for Unicore32 [based on ver #3, changed by gxt] Disintegrate asm/system.h for Tile Disintegrate asm/system.h for Sparc Disintegrate asm/system.h for SH Disintegrate asm/system.h for Score Disintegrate asm/system.h for S390 Disintegrate asm/system.h for PowerPC Disintegrate asm/system.h for PA-RISC Disintegrate asm/system.h for MN10300 ...