Using kgdb requires at least some level of architecture-level
initialization. If nothing else, it relies on the architecture to
pass breakpoints / crashes onto kgdb.
On some architectures this all works super early, specifically it
starts working at some point in time before Linux parses
early_params's. On other architectures it doesn't. A survey of a few
platforms:
a) x86: Presumably it all works early since "ekgdboc" is documented to
work here.
b) arm64: Catching crashes works; with a simple patch breakpoints can
also be made to work.
c) arm: Nothing in kgdb works until
paging_init() -> devicemaps_init() -> early_trap_init()
Let's be conservative and, by default, process "kgdbwait" (which tells
the kernel to drop into the debugger ASAP at boot) a bit later at
dbg_late_init() time. If an architecture has tested it and wants to
re-enable super early debugging, they can implement the weak function
kgdb_arch_can_debug_early() to return true. We'll do this for x86 to
start. It should be noted that dbg_late_init() is still called quite
early in the system.
Note that this patch doesn't affect when kgdb runs its init. If kgdb
is set to initialize early it will still initialize when parsing
early_params's. This patch _only_ inhibits the initial breakpoint
from "kgdbwait". This means:
* Without any extra patches arm64 platforms will at least catch
crashes after kgdb inits.
* arm platforms will catch crashes (and could handle a hardcoded
kgdb_breakpoint()) any time after early_trap_init() runs, even
before dbg_late_init().
Signed-off-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/kgdb.c | 5 +++++
include/linux/kgdb.h | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
kernel/debug/debug_core.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++----------
3 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kgdb.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kgdb.c
index c44fe7d8d9a4..60c47787c588 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/kgdb.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kgdb.c
@@ -673,6 +673,11 @@ void kgdb_arch_late(void)
}
}
+bool kgdb_arch_can_debug_early(void)
+{
+ return true;
+}
+
/**
* kgdb_arch_exit - Perform any architecture specific uninitalization.
*
diff --git a/include/linux/kgdb.h b/include/linux/kgdb.h
index b072aeb1fd78..7371517aeacc 100644
--- a/include/linux/kgdb.h
+++ b/include/linux/kgdb.h
@@ -226,6 +226,28 @@ extern int kgdb_arch_remove_breakpoint(struct kgdb_bkpt *bpt);
*/
extern void kgdb_arch_late(void);
+/**
+ * kgdb_arch_can_debug_early - Check if OK to break before dbg_late_init()
+ *
+ * If an architecture can definitely handle entering the debugger when
+ * early_param's are parsed then it can override this function to return
+ * true. Otherwise if "kgdbwait" is passed on the kernel command line it
+ * won't actually be processed until dbg_late_init() just after the call
+ * to kgdb_arch_late() is made.
+ *
+ * NOTE: Even if this returns false we will still try to register kgdb to
+ * handle breakpoints and crashes when early_params's are parsed, we just
+ * won't act on the "kgdbwait" parameter until dbg_late_init(). If you
+ * get a crash and try to drop into kgdb somewhere between these two
+ * places you might or might not end up being able to use kgdb depending
+ * on exactly how far along the architecture has initted.
+ *
+ * ALSO: dbg_late_init() is actually still fairly early in the system
+ * boot process.
+ *
+ * Return: true if platform can handle kgdb early.
+ */
+extern bool kgdb_arch_can_debug_early(void);
/**
* struct kgdb_arch - Describe architecture specific values.
diff --git a/kernel/debug/debug_core.c b/kernel/debug/debug_core.c
index 2b7c9b67931d..9a4551a0fb4b 100644
--- a/kernel/debug/debug_core.c
+++ b/kernel/debug/debug_core.c
@@ -946,16 +946,32 @@ void kgdb_panic(const char *msg)
kgdb_breakpoint();
}
+static void kgdb_initial_breakpoint(void)
+{
+ kgdb_break_asap = 0;
+
+ pr_crit("Waiting for connection from remote gdb...\n");
+ kgdb_breakpoint();
+}
+
void __weak kgdb_arch_late(void)
{
}
+bool __weak kgdb_arch_can_debug_early(void)
+{
+ return false;
+}
+
void __init dbg_late_init(void)
{
dbg_is_early = false;
if (kgdb_io_module_registered)
kgdb_arch_late();
kdb_init(KDB_INIT_FULL);
+
+ if (kgdb_io_module_registered && kgdb_break_asap)
+ kgdb_initial_breakpoint();
}
static int
@@ -1051,14 +1067,6 @@ void kgdb_schedule_breakpoint(void)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kgdb_schedule_breakpoint);
-static void kgdb_initial_breakpoint(void)
-{
- kgdb_break_asap = 0;
-
- pr_crit("Waiting for connection from remote gdb...\n");
- kgdb_breakpoint();
-}
-
/**
* kgdb_register_io_module - register KGDB IO module
* @new_dbg_io_ops: the io ops vector
@@ -1095,7 +1103,8 @@ int kgdb_register_io_module(struct kgdb_io *new_dbg_io_ops)
/* Arm KGDB now. */
kgdb_register_callbacks();
- if (kgdb_break_asap)
+ if (kgdb_break_asap &&
+ (!dbg_is_early || kgdb_arch_can_debug_early()))
kgdb_initial_breakpoint();
return 0;
@@ -1165,7 +1174,7 @@ static int __init opt_kgdb_wait(char *str)
kgdb_break_asap = 1;
kdb_init(KDB_INIT_EARLY);
- if (kgdb_io_module_registered)
+ if (kgdb_io_module_registered && kgdb_arch_can_debug_early())
kgdb_initial_breakpoint();
return 0;
--
2.26.0.110.g2183baf09c-goog
