[Patch 0/5] PPC64-HWBKPT: Hardware Breakpoint interfaces - ver XXII

[K.Prasad]

On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 11:54:59AM +1000, Paul Mackerras wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 04, 2010 at 12:21:45PM +0530, K.Prasad wrote:
> 
> > Meanwhile I tested the per-cpu breakpoints with the new emulate_step
> > patch (refer linuxppc-dev message-id:
> > 20100602112903.GB30149 at brick.ozlabs.ibm.com) and they continue to fail
> > due to emulate_step() failure, in my case, on a "lwz r0,0(r28)"
> > instruction.
> 
> You need to pass the instruction word to emulate_step(), not the
> instruction address.  Also you need to have the full GPR set
> available.  The patch below fixes these problems.  I'll fold these
> changes into your patch 2/5.
> 
> Paul.

The breakpoints that used to fail before (due to emulate_step() failure)
are now working fine upon applying this patch.

Please include this patch along with my 2/5 as indicated by you.

Thanks,
K.Prasad