linux/include
Jason Wessel 3751d3e85c x86,kgdb: Fix DEBUG_RODATA limitation using text_poke()
There has long been a limitation using software breakpoints with a
kernel compiled with CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA going back to 2.6.26. For
this particular patch, it will apply cleanly and has been tested all
the way back to 2.6.36.

The kprobes code uses the text_poke() function which accommodates
writing a breakpoint into a read-only page.  The x86 kgdb code can
solve the problem similarly by overriding the default breakpoint
set/remove routines and using text_poke() directly.

The x86 kgdb code will first attempt to use the traditional
probe_kernel_write(), and next try using a the text_poke() function.
The break point install method is tracked such that the correct break
point removal routine will get called later on.

Cc: x86@kernel.org
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # >= 2.6.36
Inspried-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>
Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
2012-03-29 17:41:25 -05:00
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acpi Merge branches 'atomicio-apei', 'hotplug', 'sony-nvs-nosave' and 'thermal-netlink' into release 2012-01-23 19:47:06 -05:00
asm-generic [PARISC] fix compile break caused by iomap: make IOPORT/PCI mapping functions conditional 2012-02-27 09:43:30 -06:00
crypto
drm drm/exynos: exynos_drm.h header file fixes 2012-02-15 10:29:12 +09:00
keys keys: add a "logon" key type 2012-01-17 22:39:40 -06:00
linux x86,kgdb: Fix DEBUG_RODATA limitation using text_poke() 2012-03-29 17:41:25 -05:00
math-emu
media Merge branch 'v4l_for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-media 2012-01-18 12:53:54 -08:00
misc
mtd mtd: document that MEMWRITE ioctl is NAND-specific 2012-01-09 18:18:36 +00:00
net route: Remove redirect_genid 2012-03-08 00:30:32 -08:00
pcmcia
rdma rdma/core: Fix sparse warnings 2012-01-04 09:17:45 -08:00
rxrpc
scsi [SCSI] libfc: Declare local functions static 2012-01-16 12:45:48 +04:00
sound Merge branch 'fix/asoc' into for-linus 2012-01-31 15:13:14 +01:00
target target: Change target_submit_cmd() to return void 2012-02-07 06:41:04 +00:00
trace sched/events: Revert trace_sched_stat_sleeptime() 2012-02-22 12:06:55 +01:00
video fbdev fixes for 3.3 2012-02-07 15:54:02 -08:00
xen Merge branch 'for-3.3/drivers' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block 2012-01-15 12:48:41 -08:00
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