On 2019/07/20 21:49, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 19, 2019 at 8:59 PM Eiichi Tsukata <de...@etsukata.com> wrote:
>>
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>>
>> ====
>>
>> debug() // dr6: 0xffff4ff0, user_mode: 1
>>   TRACE_IRQS_OFF
>>     arch_stack_user_walk()
>>       debug()  // dr6: 0xffff4ff1 == 0xffff4ff0 | 0xffff0ff1 ... (*)
>>         do_debug()
>>           WARN_ON_ONCE
>>   do_debug() // dr6: 0xffff0ff0(cleared in the above do_debug())
> 
> The dr6 register will indeed be cleared like this, but the dr6
> variable should still be 0xffff4ff0.

I should have use DR6 to mean it is a register, not variable.
"dr6" was ambiguous.

> 
>>
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>>
>> Note: printk() in do_debug() can cause infinite loop(printk() ->
>> irq_disable() -> do_debug() -> printk() ...), so printk_deferred()
>> was preferable.
>>
> 
> Shouldn't that be fixed with my patches?  It should only be able to
> recurse two deep: do_debug() from user mode can indeed trip
> breakpoints, but the next do_debug() will clear DR7 in paranoid_entry.
> 

Sorry, I missed that. Now I confirmed your patches fixed the loop.

Thanks

Eiichi 


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