[PATCH 5/5] powerpc: Dynamically calculate the dabrx based on kernel/user/hypervisor
Michael Neuling
mikey at neuling.org
Thu Sep 6 15:17:51 EST 2012
Currently we mark the DABRX to interrupt on all matches
(hypervisor/kernel/user and then filter in software. We can be a lot
smarter now that we can set the DABRX dynamically.
This sets the DABRX based on the flags passed by the user.
Signed-off-by: Michael Neuling <mikey at neuling.org>
---
arch/powerpc/include/asm/hw_breakpoint.h | 1 +
arch/powerpc/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c | 15 +++++++++++----
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hw_breakpoint.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hw_breakpoint.h
index c6f48eb..4234245 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hw_breakpoint.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hw_breakpoint.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
struct arch_hw_breakpoint {
unsigned long address;
+ unsigned long dabrx;
int type;
u8 len; /* length of the target data symbol */
bool extraneous_interrupt;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
index 6891d79..a89cae4 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ int arch_install_hw_breakpoint(struct perf_event *bp)
* If so, DABR will be populated in single_step_dabr_instruction().
*/
if (current->thread.last_hit_ubp != bp)
- set_dabr(info->address | info->type | DABR_TRANSLATION, DABRX_ALL);
+ set_dabr(info->address | info->type | DABR_TRANSLATION, info->dabrx);
return 0;
}
@@ -170,6 +170,13 @@ int arch_validate_hwbkpt_settings(struct perf_event *bp)
info->address = bp->attr.bp_addr;
info->len = bp->attr.bp_len;
+ info->dabrx = DABRX_ALL;
+ if (bp->attr.exclude_user)
+ info->dabrx &= ~DABRX_USER;
+ if (bp->attr.exclude_kernel)
+ info->dabrx &= ~DABRX_KERNEL;
+ if (bp->attr.exclude_hv)
+ info->dabrx &= ~DABRX_HYP;
/*
* Since breakpoint length can be a maximum of HW_BREAKPOINT_LEN(8)
@@ -197,7 +204,7 @@ void thread_change_pc(struct task_struct *tsk, struct pt_regs *regs)
info = counter_arch_bp(tsk->thread.last_hit_ubp);
regs->msr &= ~MSR_SE;
- set_dabr(info->address | info->type | DABR_TRANSLATION, DABRX_ALL);
+ set_dabr(info->address | info->type | DABR_TRANSLATION, info->dabrx);
tsk->thread.last_hit_ubp = NULL;
}
@@ -281,7 +288,7 @@ int __kprobes hw_breakpoint_handler(struct die_args *args)
if (!info->extraneous_interrupt)
perf_bp_event(bp, regs);
- set_dabr(info->address | info->type | DABR_TRANSLATION, DABRX_ALL);
+ set_dabr(info->address | info->type | DABR_TRANSLATION, info->dabrx);
out:
rcu_read_unlock();
return rc;
@@ -313,7 +320,7 @@ int __kprobes single_step_dabr_instruction(struct die_args *args)
if (!info->extraneous_interrupt)
perf_bp_event(bp, regs);
- set_dabr(info->address | info->type | DABR_TRANSLATION, DABRX_ALL);
+ set_dabr(info->address | info->type | DABR_TRANSLATION, info->dabrx);
current->thread.last_hit_ubp = NULL;
/*
--
1.7.9.5
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