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author | Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com> | 2008-04-01 16:55:27 -0500 |
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committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2008-04-17 20:05:43 +0200 |
commit | 56fb70932964927597ce30bbd820471633c72adc (patch) | |
tree | 72654913a07cbc83f174234d4fa0f91b79a2164c /Documentation | |
parent | 225a4424ade24e913c081d5a4c4bd71a0fe2e0ac (diff) |
kgdb: fix SMP NMI kgdb_handle_exception exit race
Fix the problem of protecting the kgdb handle_exception exit
which had an NMI race condition, while trying to restore
normal system operation.
There was a small window after the master processor sets cpu_in_debug
to zero but before it has set kgdb_active to zero where a
non-master processor in an SMP system could receive an NMI and
re-enter the kgdb_wait() loop.
As long as the master processor sets the cpu_in_debug before sending
the cpu roundup the cpu_in_debug variable can also be used to guard
against the race condition.
The kgdb_wait() function no longer needs to check
kgdb_active because it is done in the arch specific code
and handled along with the nmi traps at the low level.
This also allows kgdb_wait() to exit correctly if it was
entered for some unknown reason due to a spurious NMI that
could not be handled by the arch specific code.
Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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