linux-kernel - [PATCH 17/17] debug_core,kdb: fix crash when arch does not have single step

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Message-Id: <1281019078-6636-18-git-send-email-jason.wessel@windriver.com>
Date:	Thu,  5 Aug 2010 09:37:58 -0500
From:	Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@...driver.com>
To:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kgdb-bugreport@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@...driver.com>
Subject: [PATCH 17/17] debug_core,kdb: fix crash when arch does not have single step

When an arch such as mips and microblaze does not implement either HW
or software single stepping the debug core should re-enter kdb.  The
kdb code will properly ignore the single step operation.  Attempting
to single step the kernel without software or hardware support causes
unpredictable kernel crashes.

Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@...driver.com>
---
 kernel/debug/debug_core.c |    2 ++
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/debug/debug_core.c b/kernel/debug/debug_core.c
index 8bc5eef..9ed9307 100644
--- a/kernel/debug/debug_core.c
+++ b/kernel/debug/debug_core.c
@@ -605,6 +605,8 @@ cpu_master_loop:
 		if (dbg_kdb_mode) {
 			kgdb_connected = 1;
 			error = kdb_stub(ks);
+			if (error == -1)
+				continue;
 			kgdb_connected = 0;
 		} else {
 			error = gdb_serial_stub(ks);
-- 
1.6.3.3

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