Re: [PATCH 02/31] Add debugger entry points for X86

2016-01-28 Thread H. Peter Anvin
On 01/28/16 12:22, Jeffrey Merkey wrote: > > Yes sir, I'll add that to the to do list and resubmit after I get all > the comments back for all the changes. It may be important to note > that the arch_kgdb_breakpoint also uses this same syntax and needs > also to be fixed. > That would be a grea

Re: [PATCH 02/31] Add debugger entry points for X86

2016-01-28 Thread Jeffrey Merkey
On 1/28/16, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > On 01/28/16 11:46, Jeffrey Merkey wrote: >> This patch series adds an export which can be set by system debuggers to >> direct the hard lockup and soft lockup detector to trigger a breakpoint >> exception and enter a debugger if one is active. It is assumed tha

Re: [PATCH 02/31] Add debugger entry points for X86

2016-01-28 Thread H. Peter Anvin
On 01/28/16 11:46, Jeffrey Merkey wrote: > This patch series adds an export which can be set by system debuggers to > direct the hard lockup and soft lockup detector to trigger a breakpoint > exception and enter a debugger if one is active. It is assumed that if > someone sets this variable, then

[PATCH 02/31] Add debugger entry points for X86

2016-01-28 Thread Jeffrey Merkey
This patch series adds an export which can be set by system debuggers to direct the hard lockup and soft lockup detector to trigger a breakpoint exception and enter a debugger if one is active. It is assumed that if someone sets this variable, then an breakpoint handler of some sort will be active