From 67fc4e0cb931d6b4ccf21248e4199b154478ecea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jason Wessel Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 21:04:21 -0500 Subject: kdb: core for kgdb back end (2 of 2) This patch contains the hooks and instrumentation into kernel which live outside the kernel/debug directory, which the kdb core will call to run commands like lsmod, dmesg, bt etc... CC: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel Signed-off-by: Martin Hicks --- kernel/signal.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+) (limited to 'kernel/signal.c') diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c index dbd7fe073c55..825a3f24ad76 100644 --- a/kernel/signal.c +++ b/kernel/signal.c @@ -2735,3 +2735,43 @@ void __init signals_init(void) { sigqueue_cachep = KMEM_CACHE(sigqueue, SLAB_PANIC); } + +#ifdef CONFIG_KGDB_KDB +#include +/* + * kdb_send_sig_info - Allows kdb to send signals without exposing + * signal internals. This function checks if the required locks are + * available before calling the main signal code, to avoid kdb + * deadlocks. + */ +void +kdb_send_sig_info(struct task_struct *t, struct siginfo *info) +{ + static struct task_struct *kdb_prev_t; + int sig, new_t; + if (!spin_trylock(&t->sighand->siglock)) { + kdb_printf("Can't do kill command now.\n" + "The sigmask lock is held somewhere else in " + "kernel, try again later\n"); + return; + } + spin_unlock(&t->sighand->siglock); + new_t = kdb_prev_t != t; + kdb_prev_t = t; + if (t->state != TASK_RUNNING && new_t) { + kdb_printf("Process is not RUNNING, sending a signal from " + "kdb risks deadlock\n" + "on the run queue locks. " + "The signal has _not_ been sent.\n" + "Reissue the kill command if you want to risk " + "the deadlock.\n"); + return; + } + sig = info->si_signo; + if (send_sig_info(sig, info, t)) + kdb_printf("Fail to deliver Signal %d to process %d.\n", + sig, t->pid); + else + kdb_printf("Signal %d is sent to process %d.\n", sig, t->pid); +} +#endif /* CONFIG_KGDB_KDB */ -- cgit v1.2.3