(my) kgdb patch brakes compile.

From: Paul Schulz (pschulz@foursticks.com.au)
Date: Thu Feb 22 2001 - 16:18:20 EST


Greetings,

I have been sucessfully able to take Amit S. Kale (akale@veritas.com)
kgdb patch for 2.4.0-test9, and create a patch for 2.4.0-test12.

I am trying to create a patch for 2.4.1.. but gcc barfs with the
following:

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make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.1-kgdb/kernel'
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.1-kgdb/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -g -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -fno-omit-frame-pointer -c -o sched.o sched.c
sched.c: In function `schedule':
sched.c:648: Invalid `asm' statement:
sched.c:648: fixed or forbidden register 6 (bp) was spilled for class GENERAL_REGS.
make[3]: *** [sched.o] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.1-kgdb/kernel'
make[2]: *** [first_rule] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.1-kgdb/kernel'
make[1]: *** [_dir_kernel] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.1-kgdb'
make: *** [stamp-build] Error 2
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This can be traced to include/asm_i386/system.h.. (switch_to)
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#define prepare_to_switch() do { } while(0)
#Define switch_to(prev,next,last) do { \
        asm volatile("pushl %%esi\n\t" \
                     "pushl %%edi\n\t" \
                     "pushl %%ebp\n\t" \
                     "movl %%esp,%0\n\t" /* save ESP */ \
                     "movl %3,%%esp\n\t" /* restore ESP */ \
                     "movl $1f,%1\n\t" /* save EIP */ \
                     "pushl %4\n\t" /* restore EIP */ \
                     "jmp __switch_to\n" \
                     "1:\t" \
                     "popl %%ebp\n\t" \
                     "popl %%edi\n\t" \
                     "popl %%esi\n\t" \
                     :"=m" (prev->thread.esp),"=m" (prev->thread.eip), \
                      "=b" (last) \
                     :"m" (next->thread.esp),"m" (next->thread.eip), \
                      "a" (prev), "d" (next), \
                      "b" (prev)); \
} while (0)
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Can someone explain what is the problem here? I'm assuming that it's
one of the compile options.

The kgdb patch puts the following in the top level makefile...
and put a switch for $(CONFIG_X86_REMOTE_DEBUG) in the config tool.

The kernel compiles fine without the patch, and with the patch,
with the option turned off.
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CFLAGS := $(CPPFLAGS) -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes
ifeq ($(CONFIG_X86_REMOTE_DEBUG),y)
CFLAGS += -g
else
CFLAGS += -fomit-frame-pointer -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing
endif
--------------------------------------------------------------------

Thanks,
Paul Schulz

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