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xen/x86-64: fix breakpoints and hardware watchpoints
authorJeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com>
Mon, 30 Mar 2009 02:56:29 +0000 (19:56 -0700)
committerJeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com>
Fri, 8 May 2009 22:51:03 +0000 (15:51 -0700)
commit6cac5a924668a56c7ccefc345805f1fe0536a90e
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parent6b2e8523df148c15ea5abf13075026fb8bdb3f86commit | diff
xen/x86-64: fix breakpoints and hardware watchpoints

Native x86-64 uses the IST mechanism to run int3 and debug traps on
an alternative stack.  Xen does not do this, and so the frames were
being misinterpreted by the ptrace code.  This change special-cases
these two exceptions by using Xen variants which run on the normal
kernel stack properly.

Impact: avoid crash or bad data when IST trap is invoked under Xen
Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com>
arch/x86/include/asm/traps.h diff | blob | history
arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S diff | blob | history
arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c diff | blob | history
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