Re: [PATCH v2] Fix INT1 Exception with unregistered breakpoints

2015-12-14 Thread Jeff Merkey
On 12/14/15, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > On December 14, 2015 4:49:51 PM PST, Jeff Merkey > wrote: >>On 12/14/15, Jeff Merkey wrote: >>> Please consider the attached patch. >>> >>> SUMMARY >>> >>> This patch corrects a hard lockup failure of the system kernel if the >>> operating system receives a b

Re: [PATCH v2] Fix INT1 Exception with unregistered breakpoints

2015-12-14 Thread H. Peter Anvin
On December 14, 2015 4:49:51 PM PST, Jeff Merkey wrote: >On 12/14/15, Jeff Merkey wrote: >> Please consider the attached patch. >> >> SUMMARY >> >> This patch corrects a hard lockup failure of the system kernel if the >> operating system receives a breakpoint exception at a code execution >> addr

Re: [PATCH v2] Fix INT1 Exception with unregistered breakpoints

2015-12-14 Thread Jeff Merkey
On 12/14/15, Jeff Merkey wrote: > Please consider the attached patch. > > SUMMARY > > This patch corrects a hard lockup failure of the system kernel if the > operating system receives a breakpoint exception at a code execution > address which was not registered with the operating system. The patc

[PATCH v2] Fix INT1 Exception with unregistered breakpoints

2015-12-14 Thread Jeff Merkey
Please consider the attached patch. SUMMARY This patch corrects a hard lockup failure of the system kernel if the operating system receives a breakpoint exception at a code execution address which was not registered with the operating system. The patch allows kernel debuggers, application profil