[PATCH v3 3/8] powerpc: Update xmon to use ppc_breakpoint_available()

Michael Neuling mikey at neuling.org
Tue Mar 27 15:37:19 AEDT 2018


The 'bd' command will now print an error and not set the breakpoint on
P9.

Signed-off-by: Michael Neuling <mikey at neuling.org>
---
 arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c b/arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c
index a06cf6e389..047a682c6d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c
@@ -1302,6 +1302,11 @@ bpt_cmds(void)
 	static const char badaddr[] = "Only kernel addresses are permitted for breakpoints\n";
 	int mode;
 	case 'd':	/* bd - hardware data breakpoint */
+		if (!ppc_breakpoint_available()) {
+			printf("Hardware data breakpoint "
+			       "not supported on this cpu\n");
+			break;
+		}
 		mode = 7;
 		cmd = inchar();
 		if (cmd == 'r')
-- 
2.14.1



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