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

[Ravi Bangoria]

On 9/17/20 6:54 PM, Rogerio Alves wrote:
> 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.
>>
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> 
> 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

Thanks Rogerio!

Ravi