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From: K.Prasad
Subject: [Patch 02/12] Introducing generic hardware breakpoint handler interfaces
Date: Monday, June 1, 2009 - 11:13 am

This patch introduces the generic Hardware Breakpoint interfaces for both user
and kernel space requests.

Original-patch-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Signed-off-by: K.Prasad <prasad@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
---
 arch/Kconfig           |    4 
 kernel/Makefile        |    1 
 kernel/hw_breakpoint.c |  378 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 383 insertions(+)

Index: linux-2.6-tip.hbkpt/arch/Kconfig
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6-tip.hbkpt.orig/arch/Kconfig
+++ linux-2.6-tip.hbkpt/arch/Kconfig
@@ -112,3 +112,7 @@ config HAVE_DMA_API_DEBUG
 
 config HAVE_DEFAULT_NO_SPIN_MUTEXES
 	bool
+
+config HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT
+	bool
+
Index: linux-2.6-tip.hbkpt/kernel/Makefile
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6-tip.hbkpt.orig/kernel/Makefile
+++ linux-2.6-tip.hbkpt/kernel/Makefile
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_X86_DS) += trace/
 obj-$(CONFIG_SMP) += sched_cpupri.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SLOW_WORK) += slow-work.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS) += perf_counter.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT) += hw_breakpoint.o
 
 ifneq ($(CONFIG_SCHED_OMIT_FRAME_POINTER),y)
 # According to Alan Modra <alan@linuxcare.com.au>, the -fno-omit-frame-pointer is
Index: linux-2.6-tip.hbkpt/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ linux-2.6-tip.hbkpt/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
@@ -0,0 +1,378 @@
+/*
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU ...
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