+int __weak kgdb_validate_break_address(unsigned long addr)
+{
+ char tmp_variable[BREAK_INSTR_SIZE];
+ int err;
+ /* Validate setting the breakpoint and then removing it. In the
+ * remove fails, the kernel needs to emit a bad message because we
+ * are deep trouble not being able to put things back the way we
+ * found them.
+ */
+ err = kgdb_arch_set_breakpoint(addr, tmp_variable);
+ if (err)
+ return err;
+ err = kgdb_arch_remove_breakpoint(addr, tmp_variable);
+ if (err)
+ printk(KERN_ERR "KGDB: Critical breakpoint error, kernel "
+ "memory destroyed at: %lx", addr);
+ return err;
+}
+