hw-breakpoints: sample HW breakpoint over kernel data address

This patch introduces a sample kernel module to demonstrate the use of Hardware
Breakpoint feature. It places a breakpoint over the kernel variable 'pid_max'
to monitor all write operations and emits a function-backtrace when done.

Signed-off-by: K.Prasad <prasad@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/samples/hw_breakpoint/Makefile b/samples/hw_breakpoint/Makefile
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index 000000000000..0f5c31c2fc47
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+++ b/samples/hw_breakpoint/Makefile
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+obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_HW_BREAKPOINT) += data_breakpoint.o