Currently only the first attempt to single-step has any effect. After
that all further stepping remains "stuck" at the same program counter
value.
Refer to the ARM Architecture Reference Manual (ARM DDI 0487E.a) D2.12,
PSTATE.SS=1 should be set at each step before transferring the PE to the
'Active-not-pending' state. The problem here is PSTATE.SS=1 is not set
since the second single-step.
After the first single-step, the PE transferes to the 'Inactive' state,
with PSTATE.SS=0 and MDSCR.SS=1, thus PSTATE.SS won't be set to 1 due to
kernel_active_single_step()=true. Then the PE transferes to the
'Active-pending' state when ERET and returns to the debugger by step
exception.
Before this patch:
==================
Entering kdb (current=0xffff3376039f0000, pid 1) on processor 0 due to Keyboard Entry
[0]kdb>
[0]kdb>
[0]kdb> bp write_sysrq_trigger
Instruction(i) BP #0 at 0xffffa45c13d09290 (write_sysrq_trigger)
is enabled addr at
ffffa45c13d09290, hardtype=0 installed=0
[0]kdb> go
$ echo h > /proc/sysrq-trigger
Entering kdb (current=0xffff4f7e453f8000, pid 175) on processor 1 due to Breakpoint @ 0xffffad651a309290
[1]kdb> ss
Entering kdb (current=0xffff4f7e453f8000, pid 175) on processor 1 due to SS trap @ 0xffffad651a309294
[1]kdb> ss
Entering kdb (current=0xffff4f7e453f8000, pid 175) on processor 1 due to SS trap @ 0xffffad651a309294
[1]kdb>
After this patch:
=================
Entering kdb (current=0xffff6851c39f0000, pid 1) on processor 0 due to Keyboard Entry
[0]kdb> bp write_sysrq_trigger
Instruction(i) BP #0 at 0xffffc02d2dd09290 (write_sysrq_trigger)
is enabled addr at
ffffc02d2dd09290, hardtype=0 installed=0
[0]kdb> go
$ echo h > /proc/sysrq-trigger
Entering kdb (current=0xffff6851c53c1840, pid 174) on processor 1 due to Breakpoint @ 0xffffc02d2dd09290
[1]kdb> ss
Entering kdb (current=0xffff6851c53c1840, pid 174) on processor 1 due to SS trap @ 0xffffc02d2dd09294
[1]kdb> ss
Entering kdb (current=0xffff6851c53c1840, pid 174) on processor 1 due to SS trap @ 0xffffc02d2dd09298
[1]kdb> ss
Entering kdb (current=0xffff6851c53c1840, pid 174) on processor 1 due to SS trap @ 0xffffc02d2dd0929c
[1]kdb>
Fixes:
44679a4f142b ("arm64: KGDB: Add step debugging support")
Co-developed-by: Wei Li <liwei391@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Wei Li <liwei391@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Sumit Garg <sumit.garg@linaro.org>
Tested-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@chromium.org>
Acked-by: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@linaro.org>
Tested-by: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@linaro.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230202073148.657746-3-sumit.garg@linaro.org
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>