x86: Set resume bit before returning from breakpoint exception
authorFrederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:21:27 +0000 (21:21 +0200)
committerFrederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:35:15 +0000 (23:35 +0200)
commit0c4519e825c9e2b6a8310deff8582f8c35bfbba9
treeed56729d5281b7fec606efd3d617f84d24d18a6c
parent5cfaf214856eb934759ae500a0b812dd06a00bd9
x86: Set resume bit before returning from breakpoint exception

Instruction breakpoints trigger before the instruction executes,
and returning back from the breakpoint handler brings us again
to the instruction that breakpointed. This naturally bring to
a breakpoint recursion.

To solve this, x86 has the Resume Bit trick. When the cpu flags
have the RF flag set, the next instruction won't trigger any
instruction breakpoint, and once this instruction is executed,
RF is cleared back.

This let's us jump back to the instruction that triggered the
breakpoint without recursion.

Use this when an instruction breakpoint triggers.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Cc: Prasad <prasad@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Mahesh Salgaonkar <mahesh@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
arch/x86/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c