Compaq Alpha: missing i-cache invalidates in ptrace (2.2.18, 2.4.0) ?

2001-02-15 Thread James Cownie
r have I missed something which has this effect ?) 2) If so, would patches be accepted ? The same problem also appears to exist in 2.4... Thanks -- Jim James Cownie<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Etnus, LLC. +44 117 9071438 http://www.etnus.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the li

Re: Compaq Alpha: missing i-cache invalidates in ptrace (2.2.18, 2.4.0) ?

2001-02-15 Thread James Cownie
py(maddr + (addr & ~PAGE_MASK), buf, len); flush_page_to_ram(page); flush_icache_page(vma, page); kunmap(page); } which looks ideal to me... That still leaves 2.2 broken, though :-( -- Jim James Cownie<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Etnus

[PATCH] Ptrace problem in 2.4.0-test7

2000-09-08 Thread James Cownie
age)) || PageReserved(page)) return 0; flush_cache_page(vma, addr); p.s. Please CC me on any replies since I am not currently subscribed to the linux-kernel list, and I'm out all next week so don't want to subscribe right now :-( Thanks. -- Jim James Cownie<[EMAIL PROT

[PATCH] 2.4.0 i386 debug register fix

2000-09-21 Thread James Cownie
& DR_STEP) { /* % -- Jim James Cownie<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Etnus, LLC. +44 117 9071438 http://www.etnus.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

[PATCH] 2.4.0 i386 watchpoint problems

2000-09-21 Thread James Cownie
rap_no = 1; % -- Jim James Cownie<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Etnus, LLC. +44 117 9071438 http://www.etnus.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: [PATCH] 2.4.0 i386 watchpoint problems

2000-09-22 Thread James Cownie
m kernel mode ? Since the debug trap handler can (potentially) be entered as a result of _any_ store instruction in the kernel, it's certainly not clear to me that I wouldn't be violating locking assumptions by calling force_sig_info from here... -- Jim James Cownie<[EMAI

Re: [PATCH] 2.4.0 i386 watchpoint problems [NEW PATCH]

2000-09-25 Thread James Cownie
debugger point at the right place, i.e. the system call inside which the watchpoint triggered. -- Jim James Cownie<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Etnus, LLC. +44 117 9071438 http://www.etnus.com jcownie@pc2: diff -u signal.c-test7 signal.c --- signal.c-test7 Mon Sep 25 11:52:35 200

Anyone working on multi-threaded core files for 2.4 ?

2000-09-29 Thread James Cownie
Please let me know (by mail) otherwise I may take a look, since it doesn't appear to be a _huge_ problem any longer, and it's one of the things users keep bitching at us about when using our debugger :-( Thanks -- Jim James Cownie<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Etnus, LLC. +44

Re: Anyone working on multi-threaded core files for 2.4 ?

2000-09-29 Thread James Cownie
'm simply aiming to catch up with existing practice on many other operating systems. -- Jim James Cownie<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Etnus, LLC. +44 117 9071438 http://www.etnus.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: Anyone working on multi-threaded core files for 2.4 ?

2000-09-29 Thread James Cownie
ehow...) waited for them all to stop before writing the core file would suffice. (Of course, I may be wrong !) -- Jim James Cownie<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Etnus, LLC. +44 117 9071438 http://www.etnus.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel&

Re: Anyone working on multi-threaded core files for 2.4 ?

2000-09-30 Thread James Cownie
rnel gurus could point out any problems with the Villarreal approach ? -- Jim James Cownie<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Etnus, LLC. +44 117 9071438 http://www.etnus.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: Anyone working on multi-threaded core files for 2.4 ?

2000-10-02 Thread James Cownie
. Such an approach might be nice, (the kernel would get smaller, and embedded folks could just leave out the code dumping daemon) but it's a much more major change than anyone would want to do now for 2.4. It's also hard to summon much enthusiasm to do it, since it's deep into the &

Re: Anyone working on multi-threaded core files for 2.4 ?

2000-10-02 Thread James Cownie
ch is the complaints we get from our customers saying that our debugger doesn't work because it won't provide them with any useful information from the core files they get from their pthreaded codes when running on Linux. I don't like having to explain that it's a kernel "fea