kgdb: Add module event hooks

jwessel · jwessel · commit f30fed10c440 · 2012-10-12T06:37:33.000-05:00
Allow gdb to auto load kernel modules when it is attached,
which makes it trivially easy to debug module init functions
or pre-set breakpoints in a kernel module that has not loaded yet.

Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel &lt;jason.wessel@windriver.com&gt;
diff --git a/kernel/debug/debug_core.c b/kernel/debug/debug_core.c
@@ -688,6 +688,22 @@ kgdb_handle_exception(int evector, int signo, int ecode, struct pt_regs *regs)
 	return kgdb_cpu_enter(ks, regs, DCPU_WANT_MASTER);
 }
 
+/*
+ * GDB places a breakpoint at this function to know dynamically
+ * loaded objects. It's not defined static so that only one instance with this
+ * name exists in the kernel.
+ */
+
+static int module_event(struct notifier_block *self, unsigned long val,
+	void *data)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static struct notifier_block dbg_module_load_nb = {
+	.notifier_call	= module_event,
+};
+
 int kgdb_nmicallback(int cpu, void *regs)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
@@ -816,6 +832,7 @@ static void kgdb_register_callbacks(void)
 		kgdb_arch_init();
 		if (!dbg_is_early)
 			kgdb_arch_late();
+		register_module_notifier(&dbg_module_load_nb);
 		register_reboot_notifier(&dbg_reboot_notifier);
 		atomic_notifier_chain_register(&panic_notifier_list,
 					       &kgdb_panic_event_nb);
@@ -839,6 +856,7 @@ static void kgdb_unregister_callbacks(void)
 	if (kgdb_io_module_registered) {
 		kgdb_io_module_registered = 0;
 		unregister_reboot_notifier(&dbg_reboot_notifier);
+		unregister_module_notifier(&dbg_module_load_nb);
 		atomic_notifier_chain_unregister(&panic_notifier_list,
 					       &kgdb_panic_event_nb);
 		kgdb_arch_exit();
