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Message-ID: <1263514210.28171.3963.camel@gandalf.stny.rr.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:10:10 -0500
From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@...driver.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kgdb-bugreport@...ts.sourceforge.net,
mingo@...e.hu
Subject: Re: [PATCH 39/40] debug_core: Turn off tracing while in the
debugger
On Thu, 2010-01-14 at 08:59 -0600, Jason Wessel wrote:
> The kernel debugger should turn off kernel tracing any time the
> debugger is active and restore it on resume.
>
> CC: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
> Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@...driver.com>
> ---
> kernel/debug/debug_core.c | 8 ++++++++
> 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/debug/debug_core.c b/kernel/debug/debug_core.c
> index 6ca3f7c..464aa65 100644
> --- a/kernel/debug/debug_core.c
> +++ b/kernel/debug/debug_core.c
> @@ -474,6 +474,7 @@ static int kgdb_cpu_enter(struct kgdb_state *ks, struct pt_regs *regs)
> int sstep_tries = 100;
> int error;
> int i, cpu;
> + int trace_on = 0;
> acquirelock:
> /*
> * Interrupts will be restored by the 'trap return' code, except when
> @@ -518,6 +519,8 @@ return_normal:
> */
> if (arch_kgdb_ops.correct_hw_break)
> arch_kgdb_ops.correct_hw_break();
> + if (trace_on)
> + tracing_on();
> atomic_set(&cpu_in_kgdb[cpu], 0);
> touch_softlockup_watchdog_sync();
> clocksource_touch_watchdog();
> @@ -592,6 +595,9 @@ return_normal:
> kgdb_single_step = 0;
> kgdb_contthread = current;
> exception_level = 0;
> + trace_on = tracing_is_on();
> + if (trace_on)
> + tracing_off();
Hmm, what happens if tracing gets turned on by something else? Will it
break this code? If so, we may need to do something different here.
-- Steve
>
> while (1) {
> cpu_master_loop:
> @@ -642,6 +648,8 @@ kgdb_restore:
> else
> kgdb_sstep_pid = 0;
> }
> + if (trace_on)
> + tracing_on();
> /* Free kgdb_active */
> atomic_set(&kgdb_active, -1);
> touch_softlockup_watchdog_sync();
--
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