[PATCH v6 0/8] powerpc/watchpoint: Bug fixes plus new feature flag

Rogerio Alves rcardoso at linux.ibm.com
Thu Sep 17 23:24:54 AEST 2020



On 9/2/20 1:29 AM, Ravi Bangoria wrote:
> Patch #1 fixes issue for quardword instruction on p10 predecessors.
> Patch #2 fixes issue for vector instructions.
> Patch #3 fixes a bug about watchpoint not firing when created with
>           ptrace PPC_PTRACE_SETHWDEBUG and CONFIG_HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT=N.
>           The fix uses HW_BRK_TYPE_PRIV_ALL for ptrace user which, I
>           guess, should be fine because we don't leak any kernel
>           addresses and PRIV_ALL will also help to cover scenarios when
>           kernel accesses user memory.
> Patch #4,#5 fixes infinite exception bug, again the bug happens only
>           with CONFIG_HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT=N.
> Patch #6 fixes two places where we are missing to set hw_len.
> Patch #7 introduce new feature bit PPC_DEBUG_FEATURE_DATA_BP_ARCH_31
>           which will be set when running on ISA 3.1 compliant machine.
> Patch #8 finally adds selftest to test scenarios fixed by patch#2,#3
>           and also moves MODE_EXACT tests outside of BP_RANGE condition.
> 
> Christophe, let me know if this series breaks something for 8xx.
> 
> v5: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200825043617.1073634-1-ravi.bangoria@linux.ibm.com
> 
> v5->v6:
>   - Fix build faulure reported by kernel test robot
>   - patch #5. Use more compact if condition, suggested by Christophe
> 
> 
> Ravi Bangoria (8):
>    powerpc/watchpoint: Fix quarword instruction handling on p10
>      predecessors
>    powerpc/watchpoint: Fix handling of vector instructions
>    powerpc/watchpoint/ptrace: Fix SETHWDEBUG when
>      CONFIG_HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT=N
>    powerpc/watchpoint: Move DAWR detection logic outside of
>      hw_breakpoint.c
>    powerpc/watchpoint: Fix exception handling for
>      CONFIG_HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT=N
>    powerpc/watchpoint: Add hw_len wherever missing
>    powerpc/watchpoint/ptrace: Introduce PPC_DEBUG_FEATURE_DATA_BP_ARCH_31
>    powerpc/watchpoint/selftests: Tests for kernel accessing user memory
> 
>   Documentation/powerpc/ptrace.rst              |   1 +
>   arch/powerpc/include/asm/hw_breakpoint.h      |  12 ++
>   arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/ptrace.h        |   1 +
>   arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile                  |   3 +-
>   arch/powerpc/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c           | 149 +---------------
>   .../kernel/hw_breakpoint_constraints.c        | 162 ++++++++++++++++++
>   arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c                 |  48 ++++++
>   arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace/ptrace-noadv.c     |   9 +-
>   arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c                      |   1 +
>   .../selftests/powerpc/ptrace/ptrace-hwbreak.c |  48 +++++-
>   10 files changed, 282 insertions(+), 152 deletions(-)
>   create mode 100644 arch/powerpc/kernel/hw_breakpoint_constraints.c
> 

Tested this patch set for:
- SETHWDEBUG when CONFIG_HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT=N = OK
- Fix exception handling for CONFIG_HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT=N = OK
- Check for PPC_DEBUG_FEATURE_DATA_BP_ARCH_31 = OK
- Fix quarword instruction handling on p10 predecessors = OK
- Fix handling of vector instructions = OK

Also tested for:
- Set second watchpoint (P10 Mambo) = OK
- Infinity loop on sc instruction = OK


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