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authorK.Prasad <prasad@linux.vnet.ibm.com>2009-06-01 23:47:06 +0530
committerFrederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>2009-06-02 22:47:00 +0200
commit62edab9056a6cf0c9207339c8892c923a5217e45 (patch)
tree2becd775fdc2a25df3daacf69d80685b251fbed9 /arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
parent0722db015c246204044299eae3b02d18d3ca4faf (diff)
hw-breakpoints: reset bits in dr6 after the corresponding exception is handled
This patch resets the bit in dr6 after the corresponding exception is handled in code, so that we keep a clean track of the current virtual debug status register. [ Impact: keep track of breakpoints triggering completion ] Signed-off-by: K.Prasad <prasad@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/traps.c')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/traps.c4
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
index de9913247dd..124a4d5a95b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
@@ -545,8 +545,8 @@ dotraplinkage void __kprobes do_debug(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code)
/* Store the virtualized DR6 value */
tsk->thread.debugreg6 = dr6;
- if (notify_die(DIE_DEBUG, "debug", regs, dr6, error_code,
- SIGTRAP) == NOTIFY_STOP)
+ if (notify_die(DIE_DEBUG, "debug", regs, PTR_ERR(&dr6), error_code,
+ SIGTRAP) == NOTIFY_STOP)
return;
/* It's safe to allow irq's after DR6 has been saved */