linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 57/76] ARC: kgdb support

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Date:	Fri, 18 Jan 2013 08:25:35 -0600
From:	Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@...driver.com>
To:	Vineet Gupta <Vineet.Gupta1@...opsys.com>
CC:	<linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<arnd@...db.de>, Mischa Jonker <Mischa.Jonker@...opsys.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 57/76] ARC: kgdb support

On 01/18/2013 07:31 AM, Vineet Gupta wrote:
> On Friday 18 January 2013 06:45 PM, Jason Wessel wrote:
>> On 01/18/2013 06:25 AM, Vineet Gupta wrote:
>>> From: Mischa Jonker <mjonker@...opsys.com>
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Mischa Jonker <mjonker@...opsys.com>
>>> Signed-off-by: Vineet Gupta <vgupta@...opsys.com>
>>> Cc: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@...driver.com>
>> Acked-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@...driver.com>
>>
>>> ---
>>>  arch/arc/Kconfig            |    3 +-
>>>  arch/arc/include/asm/kgdb.h |   61 +++++++++++++
>>>  arch/arc/kernel/Makefile    |    1 +
>>>  arch/arc/kernel/kgdb.c      |  205 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>  arch/arc/kernel/traps.c     |    6 ++
>>>  5 files changed, 275 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>>>  create mode 100644 arch/arc/include/asm/kgdb.h
>>>  create mode 100644 arch/arc/kernel/kgdb.c
>>>
>>> diff --git a/arch/arc/Kconfig b/arch/arc/Kconfig
>>> index d735de8..b954387 100644
>>> --- a/arch/arc/Kconfig
>>> +++ b/arch/arc/Kconfig
>>> @@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ config ARC
>>>  	select GENERIC_PENDING_IRQ if SMP
>>>  	select GENERIC_SIGALTSTACK
>>>  	select GENERIC_SMP_IDLE_THREAD
>>> +	select HAVE_ARCH_KGDB
>>>  	select HAVE_ARCH_TRACEHOOK
>>>  	select HAVE_GENERIC_HARDIRQS
>>>  	select HAVE_KPROBES
>>> @@ -383,7 +384,7 @@ config ARC_DW2_UNWIND
>>>  
>>>  config ARC_DBG_TLB_PARANOIA
>>>  	bool "Paranoia Checks in Low Level TLB Handlers"
>>> -	depends on ARC_DBG && !SMP
>>> +	depends on ARC_DBG
>>>  	default n
>>>  
>>>  config ARC_DBG_TLB_MISS_COUNT
>>> diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/kgdb.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/kgdb.h
>>> new file mode 100644
>>> index 0000000..f3c4934
>>> --- /dev/null
>>> +++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/kgdb.h
>>> @@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
>>> +/*
>>> + * kgdb support for ARC
>>> + *
>>> + * Copyright (C) 2012 Synopsys, Inc. (www.synopsys.com)
>>> + *
>>> + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
>>> + * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
>>> + * published by the Free Software Foundation.
>>> + */
>>> +
>>> +#ifndef __ARC_KGDB_H__
>>> +#define __ARC_KGDB_H__
>>> +
>>> +#ifdef CONFIG_KGDB
>>> +
>>> +#include <asm/user.h>
>>> +
>>> +/* to ensure compatibility with Linux 2.6.35, we don't implement the get/set
>>> + * register API yet */
>> I did think this note was slightly odd.   Is this mainly because you have some kind of out of tree version of this code against an older kernel?
> Thanks for your review and ACK, Jason. We did the initial port against 2.6.35 and
> later moved over to 3.2 - both of which were out-of-tree. We will take a look at
> it again and clean this up.
>
>> The main thing that you lose by not doing this the ability to display and set registers from the kdb shell.
>>
>> From the pure gdb only end of things, gdb operates more efficiently for doing things like setting or reading the program counter, frame pointer or variable mapped registers when using a rs232 connection.  There is no loss or gain in actual functionality by not implementing the individual get/set register method if you only intend to use gdb.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Jason.
> OK - we will fix this up - but I presume it is not a gating item for the port
> submission.

No gate what so ever.   I was just pointing out what you lose access to by without implementing the optional functions. :-)

Cheers,
Jason.
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