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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl | 18 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/kgdb.c | 94 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/Kconfig.kgdb | 11 |
3 files changed, 94 insertions, 29 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl index e8acd1f..372dec2 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl @@ -98,6 +98,24 @@ "Kernel debugging" select "KGDB: kernel debugging with remote gdb". </para> <para> + It is advised, but not required that you turn on the + CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER kernel option. This option inserts code to + into the compiled executable which saves the frame information in + registers or on the stack at different points which will allow a + debugger such as gdb to more accurately construct stack back traces + while debugging the kernel. + </para> + <para> + If the architecture that you are using supports the kernel option + CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA, you should consider turning it off. This + option will prevent the use of software breakpoints because it + marks certain regions of the kernel's memory space as read-only. + If kgdb supports it for the architecture you are using, you can + use hardware breakpoints if you desire to run with the + CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA option turned on, else you need to turn off + this option. + </para> + <para> Next you should choose one of more I/O drivers to interconnect debugging host and debugged target. Early boot debugging requires a KGDB I/O driver that supports early debugging and the driver must be diff --git a/kernel/kgdb.c b/kernel/kgdb.c index 3ec23c3..eaa21fc 100644 --- a/kernel/kgdb.c +++ b/kernel/kgdb.c @@ -56,12 +56,14 @@ static int kgdb_break_asap; +#define KGDB_MAX_THREAD_QUERY 17 struct kgdb_state { int ex_vector; int signo; int err_code; int cpu; int pass_exception; + unsigned long thr_query; unsigned long threadid; long kgdb_usethreadid; struct pt_regs *linux_regs; @@ -166,13 +168,6 @@ early_param("nokgdbroundup", opt_nokgdbroundup); * Weak aliases for breakpoint management, * can be overriden by architectures when needed: */ -int __weak kgdb_validate_break_address(unsigned long addr) -{ - char tmp_variable[BREAK_INSTR_SIZE]; - - return probe_kernel_read(tmp_variable, (char *)addr, BREAK_INSTR_SIZE); -} - int __weak kgdb_arch_set_breakpoint(unsigned long addr, char *saved_instr) { int err; @@ -191,6 +186,25 @@ int __weak kgdb_arch_remove_breakpoint(unsigned long addr, char *bundle) (char *)bundle, BREAK_INSTR_SIZE); } +int __weak kgdb_validate_break_address(unsigned long addr) +{ + char tmp_variable[BREAK_INSTR_SIZE]; + int err; + /* Validate setting the breakpoint and then removing it. In the + * remove fails, the kernel needs to emit a bad message because we + * are deep trouble not being able to put things back the way we + * found them. + */ + err = kgdb_arch_set_breakpoint(addr, tmp_variable); + if (err) + return err; + err = kgdb_arch_remove_breakpoint(addr, tmp_variable); + if (err) + printk(KERN_ERR "KGDB: Critical breakpoint error, kernel " + "memory destroyed at: %lx", addr); + return err; +} + unsigned long __weak kgdb_arch_pc(int exception, struct pt_regs *regs) { return instruction_pointer(regs); @@ -433,9 +447,14 @@ int kgdb_hex2long(char **ptr, unsigned long *long_val) { int hex_val; int num = 0; + int negate = 0; *long_val = 0; + if (**ptr == '-') { + negate = 1; + (*ptr)++; + } while (**ptr) { hex_val = hex(**ptr); if (hex_val < 0) @@ -446,6 +465,9 @@ int kgdb_hex2long(char **ptr, unsigned long *long_val) (*ptr)++; } + if (negate) + *long_val = -*long_val; + return num; } @@ -515,10 +537,16 @@ static void int_to_threadref(unsigned char *id, int value) static struct task_struct *getthread(struct pt_regs *regs, int tid) { /* - * Non-positive TIDs are remapped idle tasks: + * Non-positive TIDs are remapped to the cpu shadow information */ - if (tid <= 0) - return idle_task(-tid); + if (tid == 0 || tid == -1) + tid = -atomic_read(&kgdb_active) - 2; + if (tid < 0) { + if (kgdb_info[-tid - 2].task) + return kgdb_info[-tid - 2].task; + else + return idle_task(-tid - 2); + } /* * find_task_by_pid_ns() does not take the tasklist lock anymore @@ -725,14 +753,15 @@ setundefined: } /* - * Remap normal tasks to their real PID, idle tasks to -1 ... -NR_CPUs: + * Remap normal tasks to their real PID, + * CPU shadow threads are mapped to -CPU - 2 */ static inline int shadow_pid(int realpid) { if (realpid) return realpid; - return -1-raw_smp_processor_id(); + return -raw_smp_processor_id() - 2; } static char gdbmsgbuf[BUFMAX + 1]; @@ -826,7 +855,7 @@ static void gdb_cmd_getregs(struct kgdb_state *ks) local_debuggerinfo = kgdb_info[ks->cpu].debuggerinfo; } else { local_debuggerinfo = NULL; - for (i = 0; i < NR_CPUS; i++) { + for_each_online_cpu(i) { /* * Try to find the task on some other * or possibly this node if we do not @@ -960,10 +989,13 @@ static int gdb_cmd_reboot(struct kgdb_state *ks) /* Handle the 'q' query packets */ static void gdb_cmd_query(struct kgdb_state *ks) { - struct task_struct *thread; + struct task_struct *g; + struct task_struct *p; unsigned char thref[8]; char *ptr; int i; + int cpu; + int finished = 0; switch (remcom_in_buffer[1]) { case 's': @@ -973,22 +1005,34 @@ static void gdb_cmd_query(struct kgdb_state *ks) break; } - if (remcom_in_buffer[1] == 'f') - ks->threadid = 1; - + i = 0; remcom_out_buffer[0] = 'm'; ptr = remcom_out_buffer + 1; - - for (i = 0; i < 17; ks->threadid++) { - thread = getthread(ks->linux_regs, ks->threadid); - if (thread) { - int_to_threadref(thref, ks->threadid); + if (remcom_in_buffer[1] == 'f') { + /* Each cpu is a shadow thread */ + for_each_online_cpu(cpu) { + ks->thr_query = 0; + int_to_threadref(thref, -cpu - 2); pack_threadid(ptr, thref); ptr += BUF_THREAD_ID_SIZE; *(ptr++) = ','; i++; } } + + do_each_thread(g, p) { + if (i >= ks->thr_query && !finished) { + int_to_threadref(thref, p->pid); + pack_threadid(ptr, thref); + ptr += BUF_THREAD_ID_SIZE; + *(ptr++) = ','; + ks->thr_query++; + if (ks->thr_query % KGDB_MAX_THREAD_QUERY == 0) + finished = 1; + } + i++; + } while_each_thread(g, p); + *(--ptr) = '\0'; break; @@ -1011,15 +1055,15 @@ static void gdb_cmd_query(struct kgdb_state *ks) error_packet(remcom_out_buffer, -EINVAL); break; } - if (ks->threadid > 0) { + if ((int)ks->threadid > 0) { kgdb_mem2hex(getthread(ks->linux_regs, ks->threadid)->comm, remcom_out_buffer, 16); } else { static char tmpstr[23 + BUF_THREAD_ID_SIZE]; - sprintf(tmpstr, "Shadow task %d for pid 0", - (int)(-ks->threadid-1)); + sprintf(tmpstr, "shadowCPU%d", + (int)(-ks->threadid - 2)); kgdb_mem2hex(tmpstr, remcom_out_buffer, strlen(tmpstr)); } break; diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.kgdb b/lib/Kconfig.kgdb index 2cfd272..9b5d1d7 100644 --- a/lib/Kconfig.kgdb +++ b/lib/Kconfig.kgdb @@ -4,14 +4,17 @@ config HAVE_ARCH_KGDB menuconfig KGDB bool "KGDB: kernel debugging with remote gdb" - select FRAME_POINTER depends on HAVE_ARCH_KGDB depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && EXPERIMENTAL help If you say Y here, it will be possible to remotely debug the - kernel using gdb. Documentation of kernel debugger is available - at http://kgdb.sourceforge.net as well as in DocBook form - in Documentation/DocBook/. If unsure, say N. + kernel using gdb. It is recommended but not required, that + you also turn on the kernel config option + CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER to aid in producing more reliable stack + backtraces in the external debugger. Documentation of + kernel debugger is available at http://kgdb.sourceforge.net + as well as in DocBook form in Documentation/DocBook/. If + unsure, say N. if KGDB |
