# \[PATCH 1/3\] kgdb,ppc: do not set kgdb\_single\_step on ppc

- From: Tiejun Chen \<hidden\>
- Date: 2012-08-22 10:50:41 
- List: linuxppc-dev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2012/08/3912713
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2012/08/3912713/t.md

```text
The kgdb_single_step flag has the possibility to indefinitely
hang the system on an SMP system.

The x86 arch have the same problem, and that problem was fixed by
commit 8097551d9ab9b9e3630(kgdb,x86: do not set kgdb_single_step
on x86). This patch does the same behaviors as x86's patch.

Signed-off-by: Dongdong Deng <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Tiejun Chen <redacted>
---
 arch/powerpc/kernel/kgdb.c |    1 -
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kgdb.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kgdb.c
index 782bd0a..bbabc5a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kgdb.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kgdb.c
@@ -410,7 +410,6 @@ int kgdb_arch_handle_exception(int vector, int signo, int err_code,
 #else
 			linux_regs->msr |= MSR_SE;
 #endif
-			kgdb_single_step = 1;
 			atomic_set(&kgdb_cpu_doing_single_step,
 				   raw_smp_processor_id());
 		}
-- 
1.5.6
```