x86,kgdb: Add low level debug hook

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 <[email protected]> CC: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]> CC: H. Peter Anvin <[email protected]> CC: [email protected] Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <[email protected]>
ambv · May 21, 2010 · f503b5a · f503b5a
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diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kgdb.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kgdb.h
@@ -76,4 +76,7 @@ static inline void arch_kgdb_breakpoint(void)
 #define BREAK_INSTR_SIZE	1
 #define CACHE_FLUSH_IS_SAFE	1
 
+extern int kgdb_ll_trap(int cmd, const char *str,
+			struct pt_regs *regs, long err, int trap, int sig);
+
 #endif /* _ASM_X86_KGDB_H */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kgdb.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kgdb.c
@@ -538,14 +538,34 @@ static int __kgdb_notify(struct die_args *args, unsigned long cmd)
 			return NOTIFY_DONE;
 	}
 
-	if (kgdb_handle_exception(args->trapnr, args->signr, args->err, regs))
+	if (kgdb_handle_exception(args->trapnr, args->signr, cmd, regs))
 		return NOTIFY_DONE;
 
 	/* Must touch watchdog before return to normal operation */
 	touch_nmi_watchdog();
 	return NOTIFY_STOP;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_KGDB_LOW_LEVEL_TRAP
+int kgdb_ll_trap(int cmd, const char *str,
+		 struct pt_regs *regs, long err, int trap, int sig)
+{
+	struct die_args args = {
+		.regs	= regs,
+		.str	= str,
+		.err	= err,
+		.trapnr	= trap,
+		.signr	= sig,
+
+	};
+
+	if (!kgdb_io_module_registered)
+		return NOTIFY_DONE;
+
+	return __kgdb_notify(&args, cmd);
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_KGDB_LOW_LEVEL_TRAP */
+
 static int
 kgdb_notify(struct notifier_block *self, unsigned long cmd, void *ptr)
 {

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <linux/kprobes.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 #include <linux/kdebug.h>
+#include <linux/kgdb.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/ptrace.h>
@@ -451,6 +452,11 @@ void restart_nmi(void)
 /* May run on IST stack. */
 dotraplinkage void __kprobes do_int3(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code)
 {
+#ifdef CONFIG_KGDB_LOW_LEVEL_TRAP
+	if (kgdb_ll_trap(DIE_INT3, "int3", regs, error_code, 3, SIGTRAP)
+			== NOTIFY_STOP)
+		return;
+#endif /* CONFIG_KGDB_LOW_LEVEL_TRAP */
 #ifdef CONFIG_KPROBES
 	if (notify_die(DIE_INT3, "int3", regs, error_code, 3, SIGTRAP)
 			== NOTIFY_STOP)

diff --git a/include/linux/kgdb.h b/include/linux/kgdb.h
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ struct uart_port;
 void kgdb_breakpoint(void);
 
 extern int kgdb_connected;
+extern int kgdb_io_module_registered;
 
 extern atomic_t			kgdb_setting_breakpoint;
 extern atomic_t			kgdb_cpu_doing_single_step;

diff --git a/kernel/debug/debug_core.c b/kernel/debug/debug_core.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ int				kgdb_connected;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kgdb_connected);
 
 /* All the KGDB handlers are installed */
-static int			kgdb_io_module_registered;
+int			kgdb_io_module_registered;
 
 /* Guard for recursive entry */
 static int			exception_level;

diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.kgdb b/lib/Kconfig.kgdb
@@ -57,6 +57,15 @@ config KGDB_TESTS_BOOT_STRING
 	  information about other strings you could use beyond the
 	  default of V1F100.
 
+config KGDB_LOW_LEVEL_TRAP
+       bool "KGDB: Allow debugging with traps in notifiers"
+       depends on X86
+       default n
+       help
+         This will add an extra call back to kgdb for the breakpoint
+         exception handler on which will will allow kgdb to step
+         through a notify handler.
+
 config KGDB_KDB
 	bool "KGDB_KDB: include kdb frontend for kgdb"
 	default n