[PATCH v5 11/16] powerpc/watchpoint: Introduce is_ptrace_bp() function

Ravi Bangoria ravi.bangoria at linux.ibm.com
Mon May 11 12:59:06 AEST 2020


Introduce is_ptrace_bp() function and move the check inside the
function. It will be utilize more in later set of patches.

Signed-off-by: Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria at linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Michael Neuling <mikey at neuling.org>
---
 arch/powerpc/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
index 772b2c953220..319a761b7412 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
@@ -90,6 +90,11 @@ void arch_uninstall_hw_breakpoint(struct perf_event *bp)
 	hw_breakpoint_disable();
 }
 
+static bool is_ptrace_bp(struct perf_event *bp)
+{
+	return bp->overflow_handler == ptrace_triggered;
+}
+
 /*
  * Perform cleanup of arch-specific counters during unregistration
  * of the perf-event
@@ -324,7 +329,7 @@ int hw_breakpoint_handler(struct die_args *args)
 	 * one-shot mode. The ptrace-ed process will receive the SIGTRAP signal
 	 * generated in do_dabr().
 	 */
-	if (bp->overflow_handler == ptrace_triggered) {
+	if (is_ptrace_bp(bp)) {
 		perf_bp_event(bp, regs);
 		rc = NOTIFY_DONE;
 		goto out;
-- 
2.21.1



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