This patch disables Hardware breakpoints before doing a 'kexec' on the machine. Original-patch-by: Alan Stern Signed-off-by: K.Prasad Reviewed-by: Alan Stern --- arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_32.c | 2 ++ arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_64.c | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+) Index: linux-2.6-tip.hbkpt/arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_32.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6-tip.hbkpt.orig/arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_32.c +++ linux-2.6-tip.hbkpt/arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_32.c @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ #include #include #include +#include static void set_idt(void *newidt, __u16 limit) { @@ -202,6 +203,7 @@ void machine_kexec(struct kimage *image) /* Interrupts aren't acceptable while we reboot */ local_irq_disable(); + hw_breakpoint_disable(); if (image->preserve_context) { #ifdef CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC Index: linux-2.6-tip.hbkpt/arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_64.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6-tip.hbkpt.orig/arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_64.c +++ linux-2.6-tip.hbkpt/arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_64.c @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ #include #include #include +#include static int init_one_level2_page(struct kimage *image, pgd_t *pgd, unsigned long addr) @@ -282,6 +283,7 @@ void machine_kexec(struct kimage *image) /* Interrupts aren't acceptable while we reboot */ local_irq_disable(); + hw_breakpoint_disable(); if (image->preserve_context) { #ifdef CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/