Re: [patch 1/3] S390-HWBKPT v5: S390 architecture specific Hardware breakpoint interfaces.

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On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 09:12:41AM +0530, Mahesh Salgaonkar wrote:
> 
> Introduce s390 specific implementation for the perf-events based hardware
> breakpoint interfaces defined in kernel/hw_breakpoint.c. Enable the
> HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT flag and the Makefile.
> 
> Change:
> - Use exclude_kernel attribute set to decide whether to install wide
>   breakpoint in kernel or not. This flag will be used by ptrace
>   breakpoint.
> - Removed 'info->name' field as Name to address resolving is done in
>   generic code.
> - Select CONFIG_HAVE_MIXED_BREAKPOINTS_REGS as s390 uses same register
>   for instruction as well as data breakpoint.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mahesh Salgaonkar <mahesh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>



Looks globally good to me.

Acked-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>

Just a few minor comments:



> +#include <asm/hw_breakpoint.h>
> +#include <asm/processor.h>
> +#include <asm/sections.h>
> +#include <asm/uaccess.h>
> +
> +/* Per cpu PER control register values */
> +DEFINE_PER_CPU(per_cr_bits, cpu_per_regs[1])



Why is it an array?



;
> +
> +/*
> + * Stores the breakpoints currently in use on each breakpoint address
> + * register for each cpus
> + */
> +static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct perf_event *, bp_per_reg[HBP_NUM]);



Same here.




> +
> +/*
> + * Install a perf counter breakpoint.
> + *
> + * S390 provides only one hardware breakpoint register. Use it for this
> + * breakpoint if free.
> + *
> + * Atomic: we hold the counter->ctx->lock and we only handle variables,
> + * lowcore area and control registers local to this cpu.
> + */
> +int arch_install_hw_breakpoint(struct perf_event *bp)
> +{
> +	struct arch_hw_breakpoint *info = counter_arch_bp(bp);
> +	struct perf_event **slot;
> +	struct task_struct *tsk = bp->ctx->task;
> +	per_cr_bits per_regs[1];



Same, and all the others that follow.


Thanks.

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