1. 21 May, 2010 4 commits
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      mips,kgdb: kdb low level trap catch and stack trace · 5dd11d5d
      Jason Wessel authored
      
      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: default avatarJason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
      Acked-by: default avatarRalf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
      5dd11d5d
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      x86,kgdb: Add low level debug hook · f503b5ae
      Jason Wessel authored
      
      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 <mingo@elte.hu>
      CC: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
      CC: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
      CC: x86@kernel.org
      Signed-off-by: default avatarJason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
      f503b5ae
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      kgdboc,keyboard: Keyboard driver for kdb with kgdb · ada64e4c
      Jason Wessel authored
      
      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/kgdboc
      
      Turn it off:
          echo "" > /sys/module/kgdboc/parameters/kgdboc
      Signed-off-by: default avatarJason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
      Reviewed-by: default avatarDmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
      ada64e4c
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      kgdb: core changes to support kdb · dcc78711
      Jason Wessel authored
      
      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 <mingo@elte.hu>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarJason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
      Acked-by: default avatarMartin Hicks <mort@sgi.com>
      dcc78711
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      kgdb: allow static kgdbts boot configuration · 974460c5
      Jason Wessel authored
      
      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: default avatarJason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
      974460c5
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      kgdb: add kgdb internal test suite · e8d31c20
      Jason Wessel authored
      
      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 mode
      
      You 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 ## iterations
      
      NOTE: 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 kgdbwait
      
      The 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/kgdbts
      
      When 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=V1N6F100
      
      2) After the system boot run the basic test.
      echo kgdbts=V1 > /sys/module/kgdbts/parameters/kgdbts
      
      3) 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-c
      Signed-off-by: default avatarJason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
      e8d31c20
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      kgdb: core · dc7d5527
      Jason Wessel authored
      
      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: default avatarJason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarJan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@web.de>
      Reviewed-by: default avatarThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
      dc7d5527