Merge branch 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jwessel/linux-2.6-kgdb

* 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jwessel/linux-2.6-kgdb:
  kgdb: Always process the whole breakpoint list on activate or deactivate
  kgdb: continue and warn on signal passing from gdb
  kgdb,x86: do not set kgdb_single_step on x86
  kgdb: allow for cpu switch when single stepping
  kgdb,i386: Fix corner case access to ss with NMI watch dog exception
  kgdb: Replace strstr() by strchr() for single-character needles
  kgdbts: Read buffer overflow
  kgdb: Read buffer overflow
  kgdb,x86: remove redundant test

1 files changed, 40 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/kgdb.c b/kernel/kgdb.c
index 7d7014634022..2eb517e23514 100644
--- a/kernel/kgdb.c
+++ b/kernel/kgdb.c
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ struct task_struct		*kgdb_usethread;
 struct task_struct              *kgdb_contthread;
 
 int                             kgdb_single_step;
+pid_t                           kgdb_sstep_pid;
 
 /* Our I/O buffers. */
 static char                     remcom_in_buffer[BUFMAX];
@@ -541,12 +542,17 @@ static struct task_struct *getthread(struct pt_regs *regs, int tid)
          */
         if (tid == 0 || tid == -1)
                 tid = -atomic_read(&kgdb_active) - 2;
-        if (tid < 0) {
+        if (tid < -1 && tid > -NR_CPUS - 2) {
                 if (kgdb_info[-tid - 2].task)
                         return kgdb_info[-tid - 2].task;
                 else
                         return idle_task(-tid - 2);
         }
+        if (tid <= 0) {
+                printk(KERN_ERR "KGDB: Internal thread select error\n");
+                dump_stack();
+                return NULL;
+        }
 
         /*
          * find_task_by_pid_ns() does not take the tasklist lock anymore
@@ -619,7 +625,8 @@ static void kgdb_flush_swbreak_addr(unsigned long addr)
 static int kgdb_activate_sw_breakpoints(void)
 {
         unsigned long addr;
-        int error = 0;
+        int error;
+        int ret = 0;
         int i;
 
         for (i = 0; i < KGDB_MAX_BREAKPOINTS; i++) {
@@ -629,13 +636,16 @@ static int kgdb_activate_sw_breakpoints(void)
                 addr = kgdb_break[i].bpt_addr;
                 error = kgdb_arch_set_breakpoint(addr,
                                 kgdb_break[i].saved_instr);
-                if (error)
-                        return error;
+                if (error) {
+                        ret = error;
+                        printk(KERN_INFO "KGDB: BP install failed: %lx", addr);
+                        continue;
+                }
 
                 kgdb_flush_swbreak_addr(addr);
                 kgdb_break[i].state = BP_ACTIVE;
         }
-        return 0;
+        return ret;
 }
 
 static int kgdb_set_sw_break(unsigned long addr)
@@ -682,7 +692,8 @@ static int kgdb_set_sw_break(unsigned long addr)
 static int kgdb_deactivate_sw_breakpoints(void)
 {
         unsigned long addr;
-        int error = 0;
+        int error;
+        int ret = 0;
         int i;
 
         for (i = 0; i < KGDB_MAX_BREAKPOINTS; i++) {
@@ -691,13 +702,15 @@ static int kgdb_deactivate_sw_breakpoints(void)
                 addr = kgdb_break[i].bpt_addr;
                 error = kgdb_arch_remove_breakpoint(addr,
                                         kgdb_break[i].saved_instr);
-                if (error)
-                        return error;
+                if (error) {
+                        printk(KERN_INFO "KGDB: BP remove failed: %lx\n", addr);
+                        ret = error;
+                }
 
                 kgdb_flush_swbreak_addr(addr);
                 kgdb_break[i].state = BP_SET;
         }
-        return 0;
+        return ret;
 }
 
 static int kgdb_remove_sw_break(unsigned long addr)
@@ -1204,8 +1217,10 @@ static int gdb_cmd_exception_pass(struct kgdb_state *ks)
                 return 1;
 
         } else {
-                error_packet(remcom_out_buffer, -EINVAL);
-                return 0;
+                kgdb_msg_write("KGDB only knows signal 9 (pass)"
+                        " and 15 (pass and disconnect)\n"
+                        "Executing a continue without signal passing\n", 0);
+                remcom_in_buffer[0] = 'c';
         }
 
         /* Indicate fall through */
@@ -1395,6 +1410,7 @@ kgdb_handle_exception(int evector, int signo, int ecode, struct pt_regs *regs)
         struct kgdb_state kgdb_var;
         struct kgdb_state *ks = &kgdb_var;
         unsigned long flags;
+        int sstep_tries = 100;
         int error = 0;
         int i, cpu;
 
@@ -1425,13 +1441,14 @@ acquirelock:
                 cpu_relax();
 
         /*
-         * Do not start the debugger connection on this CPU if the last
-         * instance of the exception handler wanted to come into the
-         * debugger on a different CPU via a single step
+         * For single stepping, try to only enter on the processor
+         * that was single stepping.  To gaurd against a deadlock, the
+         * kernel will only try for the value of sstep_tries before
+         * giving up and continuing on.
          */
         if (atomic_read(&kgdb_cpu_doing_single_step) != -1 &&
-            atomic_read(&kgdb_cpu_doing_single_step) != cpu) {
-
+            (kgdb_info[cpu].task &&
+             kgdb_info[cpu].task->pid != kgdb_sstep_pid) && --sstep_tries) {
                 atomic_set(&kgdb_active, -1);
                 touch_softlockup_watchdog();
                 clocksource_touch_watchdog();
@@ -1524,6 +1541,13 @@ acquirelock:
         }
 
 kgdb_restore:
+        if (atomic_read(&kgdb_cpu_doing_single_step) != -1) {
+                int sstep_cpu = atomic_read(&kgdb_cpu_doing_single_step);
+                if (kgdb_info[sstep_cpu].task)
+                        kgdb_sstep_pid = kgdb_info[sstep_cpu].task->pid;
+                else
+                        kgdb_sstep_pid = 0;
+        }
         /* Free kgdb_active */
         atomic_set(&kgdb_active, -1);
         touch_softlockup_watchdog();