An alignment interrupt may intervene between a DSI/hw-breakpoint exception
and the single-step exception. Enable the alignment interrupt (through
modifications to emulate_single_step()) to notify the single-step exception
handler for proper restoration of hw-breakpoints.
Signed-off-by: K.Prasad <pra...@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c | 8 +++-----
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
Index: linux-2.6.ppc64_test/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.ppc64_test.orig/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
+++ linux-2.6.ppc64_test/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ void RunModeException(struct pt_regs *re
void __kprobes single_step_exception(struct pt_regs *regs)
{
- regs->msr &= ~(MSR_SE | MSR_BE); /* Turn off 'trace' bits */
+ clear_single_step(regs);
if (notify_die(DIE_SSTEP, "single_step", regs, 5,
5, SIGTRAP) == NOTIFY_STOP)
@@ -621,10 +621,8 @@ void __kprobes single_step_exception(str
*/
static void emulate_single_step(struct pt_regs *regs)
{
- if (single_stepping(regs)) {
- clear_single_step(regs);
- _exception(SIGTRAP, regs, TRAP_TRACE, 0);
- }
+ if (single_stepping(regs))
+ single_step_exception(regs);
}
static inline int __parse_fpscr(unsigned long fpscr)
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