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[PATCH 2/4] x86-32, kgdb: Don't use thread.ip in sleeping_thread_to_gdb_regs()

From Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject [PATCH 2/4] x86-32, kgdb: Don't use thread.ip in sleeping_thread_to_gdb_regs()
Date 2016-05-21 18:10 +0200
Message-ID <rBhDs-5HD-3@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink)
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Match 64-bit and set gdb_regs[GDB_PC] to zero.  thread.ip is always the
same point in the scheduler (except for newly forked processes), and will
be removed in a future patch.

Signed-off-by: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/kgdb.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kgdb.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kgdb.c
index 04cde52..fe649a5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/kgdb.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kgdb.c
@@ -172,7 +172,6 @@ void sleeping_thread_to_gdb_regs(unsigned long *gdb_regs, struct task_struct *p)
 	gdb_regs[GDB_ES]	= __KERNEL_DS;
 	gdb_regs[GDB_PS]	= 0;
 	gdb_regs[GDB_CS]	= __KERNEL_CS;
-	gdb_regs[GDB_PC]	= p->thread.ip;
 	gdb_regs[GDB_SS]	= __KERNEL_DS;
 	gdb_regs[GDB_FS]	= 0xFFFF;
 	gdb_regs[GDB_GS]	= 0xFFFF;
@@ -180,7 +179,6 @@ void sleeping_thread_to_gdb_regs(unsigned long *gdb_regs, struct task_struct *p)
 	gdb_regs32[GDB_PS]	= *(unsigned long *)(p->thread.sp + 8);
 	gdb_regs32[GDB_CS]	= __KERNEL_CS;
 	gdb_regs32[GDB_SS]	= __KERNEL_DS;
-	gdb_regs[GDB_PC]	= 0;
 	gdb_regs[GDB_R8]	= 0;
 	gdb_regs[GDB_R9]	= 0;
 	gdb_regs[GDB_R10]	= 0;
@@ -190,6 +188,7 @@ void sleeping_thread_to_gdb_regs(unsigned long *gdb_regs, struct task_struct *p)
 	gdb_regs[GDB_R14]	= 0;
 	gdb_regs[GDB_R15]	= 0;
 #endif
+	gdb_regs[GDB_PC]	= 0;
 	gdb_regs[GDB_SP]	= p->thread.sp;
 }
 
-- 
2.5.5

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[PATCH 2/4] x86-32, kgdb: Don't use thread.ip in sleeping_thread_to_gdb_regs() Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com> - 2016-05-21 18:10 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 2/4] x86-32, kgdb: Don't use thread.ip in sleeping_thread_to_gdb_regs() Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2016-05-23 19:10 +0200

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