linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/4] hw_breakpoint: Allow watchpoint of length 3,5,6 and 7

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Message-Id: <1f9f27ed5bbea5769e035f273ec1b2982f822f8d.1476251587.git.panand@redhat.com>
Date:   Wed, 12 Oct 2016 11:28:03 +0530
From:   Pratyush Anand <panand@...hat.com>
To:     will.deacon@....com
Cc:     linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, labath@...gle.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jan.kratochvil@...hat.com,
        onestero@...hat.com, Pratyush Anand <panand@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] hw_breakpoint: Allow watchpoint of length 3,5,6 and 7

We only support breakpoint/watchpoint of length 1, 2, 4 and 8. If we can
support other length as well, then user may watch more data with less
number of watchpoints (provided hardware supports it). For example: if we
have to watch only 4th, 5th and 6th byte from a 64 bit aligned address, we
will have to use two slots to implement it currently. One slot will watch a
half word at offset 4 and other a byte at offset 6. If we can have a
watchpoint of length 3 then we can watch it with single slot as well.

ARM64 hardware does support such functionality, therefore adding these new
definitions in generic layer.

Signed-off-by: Pratyush Anand <panand@...hat.com>
---
 include/uapi/linux/hw_breakpoint.h       | 4 ++++
 tools/include/uapi/linux/hw_breakpoint.h | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/hw_breakpoint.h b/include/uapi/linux/hw_breakpoint.h
index b04000a2296a..2b65efd19a46 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/hw_breakpoint.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/hw_breakpoint.h
@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@
 enum {
 	HW_BREAKPOINT_LEN_1 = 1,
 	HW_BREAKPOINT_LEN_2 = 2,
+	HW_BREAKPOINT_LEN_3 = 3,
 	HW_BREAKPOINT_LEN_4 = 4,
+	HW_BREAKPOINT_LEN_5 = 5,
+	HW_BREAKPOINT_LEN_6 = 6,
+	HW_BREAKPOINT_LEN_7 = 7,
 	HW_BREAKPOINT_LEN_8 = 8,
 };
 
diff --git a/tools/include/uapi/linux/hw_breakpoint.h b/tools/include/uapi/linux/hw_breakpoint.h
index b04000a2296a..2b65efd19a46 100644
--- a/tools/include/uapi/linux/hw_breakpoint.h
+++ b/tools/include/uapi/linux/hw_breakpoint.h
@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@
 enum {
 	HW_BREAKPOINT_LEN_1 = 1,
 	HW_BREAKPOINT_LEN_2 = 2,
+	HW_BREAKPOINT_LEN_3 = 3,
 	HW_BREAKPOINT_LEN_4 = 4,
+	HW_BREAKPOINT_LEN_5 = 5,
+	HW_BREAKPOINT_LEN_6 = 6,
+	HW_BREAKPOINT_LEN_7 = 7,
 	HW_BREAKPOINT_LEN_8 = 8,
 };
 
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2.7.4