linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] hw-breakpoint: Keep track of dr7 local enable bits

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Date:	Fri, 19 Feb 2010 23:28:59 +0530
From:	"K.Prasad" <prasad@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Michael Stefaniuc <mstefani@...hat.com>,
	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
	Maneesh Soni <maneesh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Alexandre Julliard <julliard@...ehq.org>,
	"Rafael J . Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Maciej Rutecki <maciej.rutecki@...il.com>,
	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] hw-breakpoint: Keep track of dr7 local enable bits

On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 04:34:03PM +0100, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> 2010/2/19 K.Prasad <prasad@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>:
> > So, the thread's copy of DR7 (in thread->ptrace_dr7) stores the
> > requested data even if the 'write' onto DR7 i.e. ptrace_write_dr7()
> > failed. This can be the other way round i.e. populate the thread's copy
> > of DR7 only if the write was successful.
> 
> 
> 
> No. We store the new dr7 value only if ptrace_set_dr7() didn't fail.
> 
> 
> 
> > I think it will be in consonance with the v2.6.32 behaviour as well. For
> > instance, in the code snippet from ptrace_set_debugreg() in v2.6.32
> > below:
> >                for (i = 0; i < 4; i++)
> >                        if ((DR7_MASK >> ((data >> (16 + 4*i)) & 0xf)) & 1)
> >                                return -EIO;
> >                child->thread.debugreg7 = data;
> >
> > The thread's copy of DR7 is populated only if the incoming data is
> > found to be valid.
> 
> 
> This is also what does this patch. thread->ptrace_dr7 is only
> changed if ptrace_set_dr7() succeeded.
> 
> Thanks.

hmmh...I see...looks like I experienced single-bit ECC as I read
the patch :-) Yes, let debugreg7 store values only when a valid bkpt
request comes in.

Thanks,
K.Prasad

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