Thread (4 messages) 4 messages, 1 author, 2013-06-11

RE: [PATCH 0/2 v3] powerpc: Make ptrace work reliably

From: Bhushan Bharat-R65777 <hidden>
Date: 2013-06-11 12:09:06

Hi Ben,

Ping;=20
Please review this patchset ..=20

Thanks
-Bharat
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From: Bhushan Bharat-R65777
Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 9:51 AM
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Cc: Bhushan Bharat-R65777
Subject: [PATCH 0/2 v3] powerpc: Make ptrace work reliably
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From: Bharat Bhushan <redacted>
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v2->v3
 - Load PACACURRENT immediately after _MSR(r1), and load DBCR0
   just after "beq resume_kernel
 - Added lat_sysycal results before and after the patch
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v1->v2
 - Subject line was missing 0/2, 1/2, 2/2
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Bharat Bhushan (2):
  powerpc: debug control and status registers are 32bit =3D> This patch m=
akes
debug control and status registers as 32bit as they are.
   This does not fix anything
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  powerpc: restore dbcr0 on user space exit =3D> This patch fixes the ptr=
ace
reliability issue. The description is the patch
   describes one of the case where it does not work reliably
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 arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h |    8 ++++----
 arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c    |    1 +
 arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S       |   28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 3 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
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