Re: [PATCH 10/15] powerpc: Replace hardcoded offset byBREAK_INSTR_SIZE

From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt
Date: Fri Jul 30 2010 - 19:44:55 EST


On Fri, 2010-07-30 at 14:17 -0500, Jason Wessel wrote:
> From: Michal Simek <monstr@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> kgdb_handle_breakpoint checks the first arch_kgdb_breakpoint
> which is not known by gdb that's why is necessary jump over
> it. The jump lenght is equal to BREAK_INSTR_SIZE that's
> why is cleaner to use defined macro instead of hardcoded
> non-described offset.

Yeah well, all powerpc instructions are 4 bytes :-) But the
patch is fine.

> Signed-off-by: Michal Simek <monstr@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: linuxppc-dev@xxxxxxxxxx
> ---
> arch/powerpc/kernel/kgdb.c | 2 +-
> 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kgdb.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kgdb.c
> index 82a7b22..7f61a3a 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kgdb.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kgdb.c
> @@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ static int kgdb_handle_breakpoint(struct pt_regs *regs)
> return 0;
>
> if (*(u32 *) (regs->nip) == *(u32 *) (&arch_kgdb_ops.gdb_bpt_instr))
> - regs->nip += 4;
> + regs->nip += BREAK_INSTR_SIZE;
>
> return 1;
> }


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