linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/6] hw_breakpoints: Migrate breakpoint conditional build under new config

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Mon, 4 Jul 2011 18:57:46 +0530
From:	"K.Prasad" <prasad@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] hw_breakpoints: Migrate breakpoint conditional build
 under new config

On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 11:52:23PM +0200, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> Migrate conditional hw_breakpoint code compilation under
> the new config to prepare for letting the user chose whether
> or not to build this feature
> 
> Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
> Acked-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
> Cc: Prasad <prasad@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Cc: Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>
> ---
>  arch/arm/include/asm/hw_breakpoint.h     |    4 ++--
>  arch/arm/include/asm/processor.h         |    2 +-
>  arch/arm/kernel/Makefile                 |    2 +-
>  arch/arm/kernel/entry-header.S           |    2 +-
>  arch/arm/kernel/ptrace.c                 |    4 ++--
>  arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputable.h      |    4 ++--
>  arch/powerpc/include/asm/hw_breakpoint.h |    6 +++---
>  arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h     |    4 ++--
>  arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile             |    2 +-
>  arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c            |   18 +++++++++---------
>  arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c             |   13 +++++++------
>  arch/powerpc/lib/Makefile                |    2 +-
>  arch/sh/kernel/Makefile                  |    2 +-
>  arch/sh/kernel/cpu/sh4a/Makefile         |    2 +-
>  include/linux/hw_breakpoint.h            |    6 +++---
>  include/linux/perf_event.h               |    4 ++--
>  include/linux/ptrace.h                   |    6 +++---
>  include/linux/sched.h                    |    2 +-
>  kernel/events/Makefile                   |    2 +-
>  kernel/events/core.c                     |    4 ++--
>  kernel/ptrace.c                          |    4 ++--
>  samples/Kconfig                          |    2 +-
>  22 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 48 deletions(-)
> 

Making the hardware breakpoint patches modular has always been a goal.
I've looked at the PowerPC parts of the code and they look harmless.

Acked-by: K.Prasad <prasad@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

Thanks,
K.Prasad

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/