21 May, 2010
4 commits
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The only way the debugger can handle a trap in inside rcu_lock,
notify_die, or atomic_notifier_call_chain without a recursive fault is
to have a low level "first opportunity handler" do_trap_or_bp() handler.Generally this will be something the vast majority of folks will not
need, but for those who need it, it is added as a kernel .config
option called KGDB_LOW_LEVEL_TRAP.Also added was a die notification for oops such that kdb can catch an
oops for analysis.There appeared to be no obvious way to pass the struct pt_regs from
the original exception back to the stack back tracer, so a special
case was added to show_stack() for when kdb is active because you
generally desire to generally look at the back trace of the original
exception.Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel
Acked-by: Ralf Baechle -
The only way the debugger can handle a trap in inside rcu_lock,
notify_die, or atomic_notifier_call_chain without a triple fault is
to have a low level "first opportunity handler" in the int3 exception
handler.Generally this will be something the vast majority of folks will not
need, but for those who need it, it is added as a kernel .config
option called KGDB_LOW_LEVEL_TRAP.CC: Ingo Molnar
CC: Thomas Gleixner
CC: H. Peter Anvin
CC: x86@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel -
This patch adds in the kdb PS/2 keyboard driver. This was mostly a
direct port from the original kdb where I cleaned up the code against
checkpatch.pl and added the glue to stitch it into kgdb.This patch also enables early kdb debug via kgdbwait and the keyboard.
All the access to configure kdb using either a serial console or the
keyboard is done via kgdboc.If you want to use only the keyboard and want to break in early you
would add to your kernel command arguments:kgdboc=kbd kgdbwait
If you wanted serial and or the keyboard access you could use:
kgdboc=kbd,ttyS0
You can also configure kgdboc as a kernel module or at run time with
the sysfs where you can activate and deactivate kgdb.Turn it on:
echo kbd,ttyS0 > /sys/module/kgdboc/parameters/kgdbocTurn it off:
echo "" > /sys/module/kgdboc/parameters/kgdbocSigned-off-by: Jason Wessel
Reviewed-by: Dmitry Torokhov -
These are the minimum changes to the kgdb core in order to enable an
API to connect a new front end (kdb) to the debug core.This patch introduces the dbg_kdb_mode variable controls where the
user level I/O is routed. It will be routed to the gdbstub (kgdb) or
to the kdb front end which is a simple shell available over the kgdboc
connection.You can switch back and forth between kdb or the gdb stub mode of
operation dynamically. From gdb stub mode you can blindly type
"$3#33", or from the kdb mode you can enter "kgdb" to switch to the
gdb stub.The logic in the debug core depends on kdb to look for the typical gdb
connection sequences and return immediately with KGDB_PASS_EVENT if a
gdb serial command sequence is detected. That should allow a
reasonably seamless transition between kdb -> gdb without leaving the
kernel exception state. The two gdb serial queries that kdb is
responsible for detecting are the "?" and "qSupported" packets.CC: Ingo Molnar
Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel
Acked-by: Martin Hicks
01 Aug, 2008
1 commit
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There is no technical reason that the kgdb core requires frame
pointers. It is up to the end user of KGDB to decide if they need
them or not.[ anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp: removed frame pointers on mips ]
Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel
24 Jul, 2008
1 commit
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Remove HAVE_ARCH_KGDB_SHADOW_INFO because it does not
exist anywhere in the kernel mainline sourcesSigned-off-by: Jason Wessel
05 May, 2008
1 commit
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Kconfig.kgdb: fix menuconfig element
Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt
Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel
18 Apr, 2008
3 commits
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This patch adds in the ability to compile the kgdb internal test
string into the kernel so as to run the tests at boot without changing
the kernel boot arguments. This patch also changes all the error
paths to invoke WARN_ON(1) which will emit the line number of the file
and dump the kernel stack when an error occurs.You can disable the tests in a kernel that is built this way
using "kgdbts="Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar -
This patch adds regression tests for testing the kgdb core and arch
specific implementation.The kgdb test suite is designed to be built into the kernel and not as
a module because it uses a number of low level kernel and kgdb
primitives which should not be exported externally.The kgdb test suite is designed as a KGDB I/O module which
simulates the communications that a debugger would have with kgdb.
The tests are broken up in to a line by line and referenced here as
a "get" which is kgdb requesting input and "put" which is kgdb
sending a response.The kgdb suite can be invoked from the kernel command line
arguments system or executed dynamically at run time. The test
suite uses the variable "kgdbts" to obtain the information about
which tests to run and to configure the verbosity level. The
following are the various characters you can use with the kgdbts=
line:When using the "kgdbts=" you only choose one of the following core
test types:
A = Run all the core tests silently
V1 = Run all the core tests with minimal output
V2 = Run all the core tests in debug modeYou can also specify optional tests:
N## = Go to sleep with interrupts of for ## seconds
to test the HW NMI watchdog
F## = Break at do_fork for ## iterations
S## = Break at sys_open for ## iterationsNOTE: that the do_fork and sys_open tests are mutually exclusive.
To invoke the kgdb test suite from boot you use a kernel start
argument as follows:
kgdbts=V1 kgdbwait
Or if you wanted to perform the NMI test for 6 seconds and do_fork
test for 100 forks, you could use:
kgdbts=V1N6F100 kgdbwaitThe test suite can also be invoked at run time with:
echo kgdbts=V1N6F100 > /sys/module/kgdbts/parameters/kgdbts
Or as another example:
echo kgdbts=V2 > /sys/module/kgdbts/parameters/kgdbtsWhen developing a new kgdb arch specific implementation or
using these tests for the purpose of regression testing,
several invocations are required.1) Boot with the test suite enabled by using the kernel arguments
"kgdbts=V1F100 kgdbwait"
## If kgdb arch specific implementation has NMI use
"kgdbts=V1N6F1002) After the system boot run the basic test.
echo kgdbts=V1 > /sys/module/kgdbts/parameters/kgdbts3) Run the concurrency tests. It is best to use n+1
while loops where n is the number of cpus you have
in your system. The example below uses only two
loops.## This tests break points on sys_open
while [ 1 ] ; do find / > /dev/null 2>&1 ; done &
while [ 1 ] ; do find / > /dev/null 2>&1 ; done &
echo kgdbts=V1S10000 > /sys/module/kgdbts/parameters/kgdbts
fg # and hit control-c
fg # and hit control-c
## This tests break points on do_fork
while [ 1 ] ; do date > /dev/null ; done &
while [ 1 ] ; do date > /dev/null ; done &
echo kgdbts=V1F1000 > /sys/module/kgdbts/parameters/kgdbts
fg # and hit control-cSigned-off-by: Jason Wessel
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar -
kgdb core code. Handles the protocol and the arch details.
[ mingo@elte.hu: heavily modified, simplified and cleaned up. ]
[ xemul@openvz.org: use find_task_by_pid_ns ]Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar
Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka
Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner