The patch titled
Subject: kdb: kdb_current_regs should be private
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
kdb-kdb_current_regs-should-be-private.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/kdb-kdb_current_regs-should-be-private.patch
and later at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/kdb-kdb_current_regs-should-be-private.patch
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From: Douglas Anderson <dianders@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: kdb: kdb_current_regs should be private
As of the patch ("MIPS: kdb: Remove old workaround for backtracing on
other CPUs") there is no reason for kdb_current_regs to be in the public
"kdb.h". Let's move it next to kdb_current_task.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191109111623.2.Iadbfb484e90b557cc4b5ac9890bfca732cd99d77@changeid
Signed-off-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Chong Qiao <qiaochong@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: James Hogan <jhogan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Burton <paul.burton@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Philippe Mathieu-Daud <f4bug@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Serge Semin <fancer.lancer@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/kdb.h | 2 --
kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_private.h | 1 +
2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
--- a/include/linux/kdb.h~kdb-kdb_current_regs-should-be-private
+++ a/include/linux/kdb.h
@@ -183,8 +183,6 @@ int kdb_process_cpu(const struct task_st
return cpu;
}
-/* kdb access to register set for stack dumping */
-extern struct pt_regs *kdb_current_regs;
#ifdef CONFIG_KALLSYMS
extern const char *kdb_walk_kallsyms(loff_t *pos);
#else /* ! CONFIG_KALLSYMS */
--- a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_private.h~kdb-kdb_current_regs-should-be-private
+++ a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_private.h
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ extern void debug_kusage(void);
extern void kdb_set_current_task(struct task_struct *);
extern struct task_struct *kdb_current_task;
+extern struct pt_regs *kdb_current_regs;
#ifdef CONFIG_KDB_KEYBOARD
extern void kdb_kbd_cleanup_state(void);
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from dianders@xxxxxxxxxxxx are
mips-kdb-remove-old-workaround-for-backtracing-on-other-cpus.patch
kdb-kdb_current_regs-should-be-private.patch
kdb-kdb_current_task-shouldnt-be-exported.patch
kdb-gid-rid-of-implicit-setting-of-the-current-task-regs.patch
kdb-get-rid-of-confusing-diag-msg-from-rd-if-current-task-has-no-regs.patch
