linux-kernel - [v2][PATCH 2/3] powerpc: Bail out of KGDB when we've been triggered

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Message-ID: <1345687820-5248-2-git-send-email-tiejun.chen@windriver.com>
Date:	Thu, 23 Aug 2012 10:10:19 +0800
From:	Tiejun Chen <tiejun.chen@...driver.com>
To:	<benh@...nel.crashing.org>
CC:	<jason.wessel@...driver.com>, <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [v2][PATCH 2/3] powerpc: Bail out of KGDB when we've been triggered

We need to skip a breakpoint exception when it occurs after
a breakpoint has already been removed.

Signed-off-by: Tiejun Chen <tiejun.chen@...driver.com>
---
v2: simply kgdb_skipexception() return path. 

 arch/powerpc/kernel/kgdb.c |   15 +++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kgdb.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kgdb.c
index bbabc5a..05adb69 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kgdb.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kgdb.c
@@ -101,6 +101,21 @@ static int computeSignal(unsigned int tt)
 	return SIGHUP;		/* default for things we don't know about */
 }
 
+/**
+ *
+ *	kgdb_skipexception - Bail out of KGDB when we've been triggered.
+ *	@exception: Exception vector number
+ *	@regs: Current &struct pt_regs.
+ *
+ *	On some architectures we need to skip a breakpoint exception when
+ *	it occurs after a breakpoint has been removed.
+ *
+ */
+int kgdb_skipexception(int exception, struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+	return kgdb_isremovedbreak(regs->nip);
+}
+
 static int kgdb_call_nmi_hook(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	kgdb_nmicallback(raw_smp_processor_id(), regs);
-- 
1.5.6

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