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authorbsd <bsd@FreeBSD.org>2003-07-06 16:52:18 +0000
committerbsd <bsd@FreeBSD.org>2003-07-06 16:52:18 +0000
commitb0b3ec0fe6da6bf1103c53ec5a0ba5e5f6fdd235 (patch)
treebb8d652fb70432fa5880b29c2dcbfc7ef609def3 /sys/i386
parentba870ee95abb577b043d605edcc99c76dd2e77af (diff)
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Don't unconditionally reset the hardware debug registers in cpu_exit(),
reset them only if they were previously in use. Unconditionally resetting the registers wipes them out frequently, which interferes with their use for kernel debugging. While I'm here, be less verbose in the associated comment of a neighboring function. Noticed by: bde
Diffstat (limited to 'sys/i386')
-rw-r--r--sys/i386/i386/vm_machdep.c10
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/sys/i386/i386/vm_machdep.c b/sys/i386/i386/vm_machdep.c
index 10d9714..2cf8e01 100644
--- a/sys/i386/i386/vm_machdep.c
+++ b/sys/i386/i386/vm_machdep.c
@@ -256,7 +256,11 @@ cpu_exit(struct thread *td)
load_gs(_udatasel);
user_ldt_free(td);
}
- reset_dbregs();
+ if (pcb->pcb_flags & PCB_DBREGS) {
+ /* disable all hardware breakpoints */
+ reset_dbregs();
+ pcb->pcb_flags &= ~PCB_DBREGS;
+ }
}
void
@@ -267,9 +271,7 @@ cpu_thread_exit(struct thread *td)
npxexit(td);
#endif
if (pcb->pcb_flags & PCB_DBREGS) {
- /*
- * disable all hardware breakpoints
- */
+ /* disable all hardware breakpoints */
reset_dbregs();
pcb->pcb_flags &= ~PCB_DBREGS;
}
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