to determine the hardcoded watchable region for watchpoints. */
if (have_ptrace_booke_interface ())
{
- /* DAC-based processors (i.e., embedded processors), like the PowerPC 440
- have ranged watchpoints and can watch any access within an arbitrary
- memory region. This is useful to watch arrays and structs, for
- instance. It takes two hardware watchpoints though. */
+ /* Embedded DAC-based processors, like the PowerPC 440 have ranged
+ watchpoints and can watch any access within an arbitrary memory
+ region. This is useful to watch arrays and structs, for instance. It
+ takes two hardware watchpoints though. */
if (len > 1
- && booke_debug_info.features & PPC_DEBUG_FEATURE_DATA_BP_RANGE)
+ && booke_debug_info.features & PPC_DEBUG_FEATURE_DATA_BP_RANGE
+ && ppc_linux_get_hwcap () & PPC_FEATURE_BOOKE)
return 2;
- else if (booke_debug_info.data_bp_alignment
- && (addr + len > (addr & ~(booke_debug_info.data_bp_alignment - 1))
- + booke_debug_info.data_bp_alignment))
+ /* Server processors provide one hardware watchpoint and addr+len should
+ fall in the watchable region provided by the ptrace interface. */
+ if (booke_debug_info.data_bp_alignment
+ && (addr + len > (addr & ~(booke_debug_info.data_bp_alignment - 1))
+ + booke_debug_info.data_bp_alignment))
return 0;
}
/* addr+len must fall in the 8 byte watchable region for DABR-based
/* Copy that thread's breakpoints and watchpoints to the new thread. */
for (i = 0; i < max_slots_number; i++)
if (hw_breaks[i].hw_break)
- booke_insert_point (hw_breaks[i].hw_break, tid);
+ {
+ /* Older kernels did not make new threads inherit their parent
+ thread's debug state, so we always clear the slot and replicate
+ the debug state ourselves, ensuring compatibility with all
+ kernels. */
+
+ /* The ppc debug resource accounting is done through "slots".
+ Ask the kernel the deallocate this specific *point's slot. */
+ ptrace (PPC_PTRACE_DELHWDEBUG, tid, 0, hw_breaks[i].slot);
+
+ booke_insert_point (hw_breaks[i].hw_break, tid);
+ }
}
else
ptrace (PTRACE_SET_DEBUGREG, tid, 0, saved_dabr_value);