[PATCH] arm64: hw_breakpoint: don't clear debug registers in halt mode

From: Tingwei Zhang
Date: Sat Mar 28 2020 - 04:32:35 EST


If external debugger sets a breakpoint for one Kernel function
when device is in bootloader mode and loads Kernel, this breakpoint
will be wiped out in hw_breakpoint_reset(). To fix this, check
MDSCR_EL1.HDE in hw_breakpoint_reset(). When MDSCR_EL1.HDE is
0b1, halting debug is enabled. Don't reset debug registers in this case.

Signed-off-by: Tingwei Zhang <tingwei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm64/include/asm/debug-monitors.h | 1 +
arch/arm64/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/debug-monitors.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/debug-monitors.h
index 7619f473155f..8dc2c28791a0 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/debug-monitors.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/debug-monitors.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@

/* MDSCR_EL1 enabling bits */
#define DBG_MDSCR_KDE (1 << 13)
+#define DBG_MDSCR_HDE (1 << 14)
#define DBG_MDSCR_MDE (1 << 15)
#define DBG_MDSCR_MASK ~(DBG_MDSCR_KDE | DBG_MDSCR_MDE)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
index 0b727edf4104..0180306f74d7 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
@@ -927,6 +927,17 @@ void hw_breakpoint_thread_switch(struct task_struct *next)
!next_debug_info->wps_disabled);
}

+/*
+ * Check if halted debug mode is enabled.
+ */
+static u32 hde_enabled(void)
+{
+ u32 mdscr;
+
+ asm volatile("mrs %0, mdscr_el1" : "=r" (mdscr));
+ return (mdscr & DBG_MDSCR_HDE);
+}
+
/*
* CPU initialisation.
*/
@@ -934,6 +945,14 @@ static int hw_breakpoint_reset(unsigned int cpu)
{
int i;
struct perf_event **slots;
+
+ /*
+ * When halting debug mode is enabled, break point could be already
+ * set be external debugger. Don't reset debug registers here to
+ * reserve break point from external debugger.
+ */
+ if (hde_enabled())
+ return 0;
/*
* When a CPU goes through cold-boot, it does not have any installed
* slot, so it is safe to share the same function for restoring and
--
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