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 select the
ARCH_HAS_EARLY_DEBUG KConfig option. 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_param'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>
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v4:
- Add "if KGDB" to "select ARCH_HAS_EARLY_DEBUG" in Kconfig.
Changes in v3:
- Change boolean weak function to KConfig.
Changes in v2: None
arch/x86/Kconfig | 1 +
kernel/debug/debug_core.c | 25 +++++++++++++++----------
lib/Kconfig.kgdb | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 1197b5596d5a..5f44955ee21c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ config X86
select ARCH_HAS_ACPI_TABLE_UPGRADE if ACPI
select ARCH_HAS_DEBUG_VIRTUAL
select ARCH_HAS_DEVMEM_IS_ALLOWED
+ select ARCH_HAS_EARLY_DEBUG if KGDB
select ARCH_HAS_ELF_RANDOMIZE
select ARCH_HAS_FAST_MULTIPLIER
select ARCH_HAS_FILTER_PGPROT
diff --git a/kernel/debug/debug_core.c b/kernel/debug/debug_core.c
index 950dc667c823..503c1630ca76 100644
--- a/kernel/debug/debug_core.c
+++ b/kernel/debug/debug_core.c
@@ -950,6 +950,14 @@ 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)
{
}
@@ -960,6 +968,9 @@ void __init dbg_late_init(void)
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
@@ -1055,14 +1066,6 @@ 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
@@ -1099,7 +1102,8 @@ 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 || IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_EARLY_DEBUG)))
kgdb_initial_breakpoint();
return 0;
@@ -1169,7 +1173,8 @@ 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 &&
+ IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_EARLY_DEBUG))
kgdb_initial_breakpoint();
return 0;
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.kgdb b/lib/Kconfig.kgdb
index 933680b59e2d..ffa7a76de086 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.kgdb
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.kgdb
@@ -124,4 +124,22 @@ config KDB_CONTINUE_CATASTROPHIC
CONFIG_KDB_CONTINUE_CATASTROPHIC == 2. KDB forces a reboot.
If you are not sure, say 0.
+config ARCH_HAS_EARLY_DEBUG
+ bool
+ default n
+ help
+ If an architecture can definitely handle entering the debugger
+ when early_param's are parsed then it select this config.
+ 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 isn't selected by an architecture we will
+ still try to register kgdb to handle breakpoints and crashes
+ when early_param'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.
+
endif # KGDB
--
2.26.2.645.ge9eca65c58-goog
