linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/5] kgdbts: unify/generalize gdb breakpoint adjustment

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Message-Id: <201106161707.32356.arnd@arndb.de>
Date:	Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:07:32 +0200
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>
Cc:	Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org>,
	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kgdb-bugreport@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@...driver.com>, x86@...nel.org,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, linux-sh@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] kgdbts: unify/generalize gdb breakpoint adjustment

On Monday 18 April 2011, Paul Mundt wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 02:01:35AM -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > The Blackfin arch, like the x86 arch, needs to adjust the PC manually
> > after a breakpoint is hit as normally this is handled by the remote gdb.
> > However, rather than starting another arch ifdef mess, create a common
> > GDB_ADJUSTS_BREAK_OFFSET define for any arch to opt-in via their kgdb.h.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org>
> 
> Acked-by: Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>


This patch is causing build problems now, because the instruction_pointer_set()
that is used now is only defined in asm-generic/ptrace.h, which is only
used on x86, blackfin and sparc. Every other architecture now fails to
build.

	Arnd
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