x86,kgdb: Add low level debug hook

The only way the debugger can handle a trap in inside rcu_lock,
notify_die, or atomic_notifier_call_chain without a triple fault is
to have a low level "first opportunity handler" in the int3 exception
handler.

Generally this will be something the vast majority of folks will not
need, but for those who need it, it is added as a kernel .config
option called KGDB_LOW_LEVEL_TRAP.

CC: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
CC: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
CC: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
CC: x86@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.kgdb b/lib/Kconfig.kgdb
index ee8ae7132f20..c56ccb4ad292 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.kgdb
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.kgdb
@@ -57,6 +57,15 @@ config KGDB_TESTS_BOOT_STRING
           information about other strings you could use beyond the
           default of V1F100.
 
+config KGDB_LOW_LEVEL_TRAP
+       bool "KGDB: Allow debugging with traps in notifiers"
+       depends on X86
+       default n
+       help
+         This will add an extra call back to kgdb for the breakpoint
+         exception handler on which will will allow kgdb to step
+         through a notify handler.
+
 config KGDB_KDB
         bool "KGDB_KDB: include kdb frontend for kgdb"
         default n