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authorFrederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>2009-11-05 17:06:50 -0500
committerFrederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>2009-11-05 17:48:01 -0500
commit2da3e160cb3d226d87b907fab26850d838ed8d7c (patch)
tree02ec5cbadf8d3236770d0f3a908e2a571716e382 /include/linux/hw_breakpoint.h
parent97eaf5300b9d0cd99c310bf8c4a0f2f3296d88a3 (diff)
hw-breakpoint: Move asm-generic/hw_breakpoint.h to linux/hw_breakpoint.h
We plan to make the breakpoints parameters generic among architectures. For that it's better to move the asm-generic header to a generic linux header. Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
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1#ifndef _LINUX_HW_BREAKPOINT_H
2#define _LINUX_HW_BREAKPOINT_H
3
4
5#ifdef __KERNEL__
6#include <linux/list.h>
7#include <linux/types.h>
8#include <linux/kallsyms.h>
9
10/**
11 * struct hw_breakpoint - unified kernel/user-space hardware breakpoint
12 * @triggered: callback invoked after target address access
13 * @info: arch-specific breakpoint info (address, length, and type)
14 *
15 * %hw_breakpoint structures are the kernel's way of representing
16 * hardware breakpoints. These are data breakpoints
17 * (also known as "watchpoints", triggered on data access), and the breakpoint's
18 * target address can be located in either kernel space or user space.
19 *
20 * The breakpoint's address, length, and type are highly
21 * architecture-specific. The values are encoded in the @info field; you
22 * specify them when registering the breakpoint. To examine the encoded
23 * values use hw_breakpoint_get_{kaddress,uaddress,len,type}(), declared
24 * below.
25 *
26 * The address is specified as a regular kernel pointer (for kernel-space
27 * breakponts) or as an %__user pointer (for user-space breakpoints).
28 * With register_user_hw_breakpoint(), the address must refer to a
29 * location in user space. The breakpoint will be active only while the
30 * requested task is running. Conversely with
31 * register_kernel_hw_breakpoint(), the address must refer to a location
32 * in kernel space, and the breakpoint will be active on all CPUs
33 * regardless of the current task.
34 *
35 * The length is the breakpoint's extent in bytes, which is subject to
36 * certain limitations. include/asm/hw_breakpoint.h contains macros
37 * defining the available lengths for a specific architecture. Note that
38 * the address's alignment must match the length. The breakpoint will
39 * catch accesses to any byte in the range from address to address +
40 * (length - 1).
41 *
42 * The breakpoint's type indicates the sort of access that will cause it
43 * to trigger. Possible values may include:
44 *
45 * %HW_BREAKPOINT_RW (triggered on read or write access),
46 * %HW_BREAKPOINT_WRITE (triggered on write access), and
47 * %HW_BREAKPOINT_READ (triggered on read access).
48 *
49 * Appropriate macros are defined in include/asm/hw_breakpoint.h; not all
50 * possibilities are available on all architectures. Execute breakpoints
51 * must have length equal to the special value %HW_BREAKPOINT_LEN_EXECUTE.
52 *
53 * When a breakpoint gets hit, the @triggered callback is
54 * invoked in_interrupt with a pointer to the %hw_breakpoint structure and the
55 * processor registers.
56 * Data breakpoints occur after the memory access has taken place.
57 * Breakpoints are disabled during execution @triggered, to avoid
58 * recursive traps and allow unhindered access to breakpointed memory.
59 *
60 * This sample code sets a breakpoint on pid_max and registers a callback
61 * function for writes to that variable. Note that it is not portable
62 * as written, because not all architectures support HW_BREAKPOINT_LEN_4.
63 *
64 * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
65 *
66 * #include <asm/hw_breakpoint.h>
67 *
68 * struct hw_breakpoint my_bp;
69 *
70 * static void my_triggered(struct hw_breakpoint *bp, struct pt_regs *regs)
71 * {
72 * printk(KERN_DEBUG "Inside triggered routine of breakpoint exception\n");
73 * dump_stack();
74 * .......<more debugging output>........
75 * }
76 *
77 * static struct hw_breakpoint my_bp;
78 *
79 * static int init_module(void)
80 * {
81 * ..........<do anything>............
82 * my_bp.info.type = HW_BREAKPOINT_WRITE;
83 * my_bp.info.len = HW_BREAKPOINT_LEN_4;
84 *
85 * my_bp.installed = (void *)my_bp_installed;
86 *
87 * rc = register_kernel_hw_breakpoint(&my_bp);
88 * ..........<do anything>............
89 * }
90 *
91 * static void cleanup_module(void)
92 * {
93 * ..........<do anything>............
94 * unregister_kernel_hw_breakpoint(&my_bp);
95 * ..........<do anything>............
96 * }
97 *
98 * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
99 */
100struct hw_breakpoint {
101 void (*triggered)(struct hw_breakpoint *, struct pt_regs *);
102 struct arch_hw_breakpoint info;
103};
104
105/*
106 * len and type values are defined in include/asm/hw_breakpoint.h.
107 * Available values vary according to the architecture. On i386 the
108 * possibilities are:
109 *
110 * HW_BREAKPOINT_LEN_1
111 * HW_BREAKPOINT_LEN_2
112 * HW_BREAKPOINT_LEN_4
113 * HW_BREAKPOINT_RW
114 * HW_BREAKPOINT_READ
115 *
116 * On other architectures HW_BREAKPOINT_LEN_8 may be available, and the
117 * 1-, 2-, and 4-byte lengths may be unavailable. There also may be
118 * HW_BREAKPOINT_WRITE. You can use #ifdef to check at compile time.
119 */
120
121extern int register_user_hw_breakpoint(struct task_struct *tsk,
122 struct hw_breakpoint *bp);
123extern int modify_user_hw_breakpoint(struct task_struct *tsk,
124 struct hw_breakpoint *bp);
125extern void unregister_user_hw_breakpoint(struct task_struct *tsk,
126 struct hw_breakpoint *bp);
127/*
128 * Kernel breakpoints are not associated with any particular thread.
129 */
130extern int register_kernel_hw_breakpoint(struct hw_breakpoint *bp);
131extern void unregister_kernel_hw_breakpoint(struct hw_breakpoint *bp);
132
133extern unsigned int hbp_kernel_pos;
134
135#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
136#endif /* _LINUX_HW_BREAKPOINT_H */