linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 05/12] arm64: Add call_break_hook() to early

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Date:   Wed, 13 May 2020 16:12:11 -0700
From:   Doug Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>
To:     Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@...driver.com>,
        Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@...aro.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
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        Frank Rowand <frowand.list@...il.com>,
        Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>,
        linux-serial@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>,
        kgdb-bugreport@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        Sumit Garg <sumit.garg@...aro.org>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Andy Gross <agross@...nel.org>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>, bp@...en8.de,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 05/12] arm64: Add call_break_hook() to early_brk64()
 for early kgdb

Hi,

On Thu, May 7, 2020 at 1:09 PM Douglas Anderson <dianders@...omium.org> wrote:
>
> In order to make early kgdb work properly we need early_brk64() to be
> able to call into it.  This is as easy as adding a call into
> call_break_hook() just like we do later in the normal brk_handler().
>
> Once we do this we can let kgdb know that it can break into the
> debugger a little earlier (specifically when parsing early_param's).
>
> NOTE: without this patch it turns out that arm64 can't do breakpoints
> even at dbg_late_init(), so if we decide something about this patch is
> wrong we might need to move dbg_late_init() a little later.
>
> Signed-off-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>
> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
> Cc: Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
> Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> Reviewed-by: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@...aro.org>
> ---
>
> Changes in v4:
> - Add "if KGDB" to "select ARCH_HAS_EARLY_DEBUG" in Kconfig.
>
> Changes in v3:
> - Change boolean weak function to KConfig.
>
> Changes in v2: None
>
>  arch/arm64/Kconfig                      | 1 +
>  arch/arm64/include/asm/debug-monitors.h | 2 ++
>  arch/arm64/kernel/debug-monitors.c      | 2 +-
>  arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c               | 3 +++
>  4 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

As discussed in the replies to the v3 version of this patch [1], I
have posted a replacement patch for this one [2].  After the cut in
the replacement patch I talk about different ways it could land.
Hopefully that's not too confusing.  I can also re-spam everyone with
a v5 of the whole series if that makes it clearer.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200428141218.v3.5.I22067ad43e77ddfd4b64c2d49030628480f9e8d9@changeid
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200513160501.1.I0b5edf030cc6ebef6ab4829f8867cdaea42485d8@changeid

-Doug