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kgdb,docs: Update the kgdb docs to include kms



Update the kgdb docs to include information about kernel mode setting support.

[Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>: grammatical corrections]

CC: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Signed-off-by: default avatarJason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
parent f90ebd9e
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   may be configured as a kernel built-in or a kernel loadable module.
   You can only make use of <constant>kgdbwait</constant> and early
   debugging if you build kgdboc into the kernel as a built-in.
   <para>Optionally you can elect to activate kms (Kernel Mode
   Setting) integration.  When you use kms with kgdboc and you have a
   video driver that has atomic mode setting hooks, it is possible to
   enter the debugger on the graphics console.  When the kernel
   execution is resumed, the previous graphics mode will be restored.
   This integration can serve as a useful tool to aid in diagnosing
   crashes or doing analysis of memory with kdb while allowing the
   full graphics console applications to run.
   </para>
   </para>
   <sect2 id="kgdbocArgs">
   <title>kgdboc arguments</title>
   <para>Usage: <constant>kgdboc=[kbd][[,]serial_device][,baud]</constant></para>
   <para>Usage: <constant>kgdboc=[kms][[,]kbd][[,]serial_device][,baud]</constant></para>
   <para>The order listed above must be observed if you use any of the
   optional configurations together.
   </para>
   <para>Abbreviations:
   <itemizedlist>
   <listitem><para>kms = Kernel Mode Setting</para></listitem>
   <listitem><para>kbd = Keyboard</para></listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
   </para>
   <para>You can configure kgdboc to use the keyboard, and or a serial
   device depending on if you are using kdb and or kgdb, in one of the
   following scenarios.  The order listed above must be observed if
   you use any of the optional configurations together.  Using kms +
   only gdb is generally not a useful combination.</para>
   <sect3 id="kgdbocArgs1">
   <title>Using loadable module or built-in</title>
   <para>
@@ -212,7 +235,7 @@
   <listitem>
   <para>As a kernel loadable module:</para>
   <para>Use the command: <constant>modprobe kgdboc kgdboc=&lt;tty-device&gt;,[baud]</constant></para>
   <para>Here are two examples of how you might formate the kgdboc
   <para>Here are two examples of how you might format the kgdboc
   string. The first is for an x86 target using the first serial port.
   The second example is for the ARM Versatile AB using the second
   serial port.
@@ -240,6 +263,9 @@
   </sect3>
   <sect3 id="kgdbocArgs3">
   <title>More examples</title>
   <para>You can configure kgdboc to use the keyboard, and or a serial
   device depending on if you are using kdb and or kgdb, in one of the
   following scenarios.</para>
   <para>You can configure kgdboc to use the keyboard, and or a serial device
   depending on if you are using kdb and or kgdb, in one of the
   following scenarios.
@@ -255,6 +281,12 @@
   <listitem><para>kdb with a keyboard</para>
   <para><constant>kgdboc=kbd</constant></para>
   </listitem>
   <listitem><para>kdb with kernel mode setting</para>
   <para><constant>kgdboc=kms,kbd</constant></para>
   </listitem>
   <listitem><para>kdb with kernel mode setting and kgdb over a serial port</para>
   <para><constant>kgdboc=kms,kbd,ttyS0,115200</constant></para>
   </listitem>
   </orderedlist>
   </para>
   </sect3>
@@ -637,6 +669,8 @@ Task Addr Pid Parent [*] cpu State Thread Command
      <listitem><para>The logic to perform safe memory reads and writes to memory while using the debugger</para></listitem>
      <listitem><para>A full implementation for software breakpoints unless overridden by the arch</para></listitem>
      <listitem><para>The API to invoke either the kdb or kgdb frontend to the debug core.</para></listitem>
      <listitem><para>The structures and callback API for atomic kernel mode setting.</para>
      <para>NOTE: kgdboc is where the kms callbacks are invoked.</para></listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
      </para>
      </listitem>
@@ -747,6 +781,8 @@ Task Addr Pid Parent [*] cpu State Thread Command
  </sect1>
  <sect1 id="kgdbocDesign">
  <title>kgdboc internals</title>
  <sect2>
  <title>kgdboc and uarts</title>
  <para>
  The kgdboc driver is actually a very thin driver that relies on the
  underlying low level to the hardware driver having "polling hooks"
@@ -755,10 +791,7 @@ Task Addr Pid Parent [*] cpu State Thread Command
  low level UART hook for doing polled mode reading and writing of a
  single character while in an atomic context.  When kgdb makes an I/O
  request to the debugger, kgdboc invokes a callback in the serial
  core which in turn uses the call back in the UART driver.  It is
  certainly possible to extend kgdboc to work with non-UART based
  consoles in the future.
  </para>
  core which in turn uses the callback in the UART driver.</para>
  <para>
  When using kgdboc with a UART, the UART driver must implement two callbacks in the <constant>struct uart_ops</constant>. Example from drivers/8250.c:<programlisting>
#ifdef CONFIG_CONSOLE_POLL
@@ -772,9 +805,68 @@ Task Addr Pid Parent [*] cpu State Thread Command
  that they can be called from an atomic context and have to restore
  the state of the UART chip on return such that the system can return
  to normal when the debugger detaches.  You need to be very careful
  with any kind of lock you consider, because failing here is most
  with any kind of lock you consider, because failing here is most likely
  going to mean pressing the reset button.
  </para>
  </sect2>
  <sect2 id="kgdbocKbd">
  <title>kgdboc and keyboards</title>
  <para>The kgdboc driver contains logic to configure communications
  with an attached keyboard.  The keyboard infrastructure is only
  compiled into the kernel when CONFIG_KDB_KEYBOARD=y is set in the
  kernel configuration.</para>
  <para>The core polled keyboard driver driver for PS/2 type keyboards
  is in drivers/char/kdb_keyboard.c.  This driver is hooked into the
  debug core when kgdboc populates the callback in the array
  called <constant>kdb_poll_funcs[]</constant>.  The
  kdb_get_kbd_char() is the top-level function which polls hardware
  for single character input.
  </para>
  </sect2>
  <sect2 id="kgdbocKms">
  <title>kgdboc and kms</title>
  <para>The kgdboc driver contains logic to request the graphics
  display to switch to a text context when you are using
  "kgdboc=kms,kbd", provided that you have a video driver which has a
  frame buffer console and atomic kernel mode setting support.</para>
  <para>
  Every time the kernel
  debugger is entered it calls kgdboc_pre_exp_handler() which in turn
  calls con_debug_enter() in the virtual console layer.  On resuming kernel
  execution, the kernel debugger calls kgdboc_post_exp_handler() which
  in turn calls con_debug_leave().</para>
  <para>Any video driver that wants to be compatible with the kernel
  debugger and the atomic kms callbacks must implement the
  mode_set_base_atomic, fb_debug_enter and fb_debug_leave operations.
  For the fb_debug_enter and fb_debug_leave the option exists to use
  the generic drm fb helper functions or implement something custom for
  the hardware.  The following example shows the initialization of the
  .mode_set_base_atomic operation in
  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c:
  <informalexample>
  <programlisting>
static const struct drm_crtc_helper_funcs intel_helper_funcs = {
[...]
        .mode_set_base_atomic = intel_pipe_set_base_atomic,
[...]
};
  </programlisting>
  </informalexample>
  </para>
  <para>Here is an example of how the i915 driver initializes the fb_debug_enter and fb_debug_leave functions to use the generic drm helpers in
  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_fb.c:
  <informalexample>
  <programlisting>
static struct fb_ops intelfb_ops = {
[...]
       .fb_debug_enter = drm_fb_helper_debug_enter,
       .fb_debug_leave = drm_fb_helper_debug_leave,
[...]
};
  </programlisting>
  </informalexample>
  </para>
  </sect2>
  </sect1>
  </chapter>
  <chapter id="credits">
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			 Serial only format: <serial_device>[,baud]
			 keyboard only format: kbd
			 keyboard and serial format: kbd,<serial_device>[,baud]
			Optional Kernel mode setting:
			 kms, kbd format: kms,kbd
			 kms, kbd and serial format: kms,kbd,<ser_dev>[,baud]

	kgdbwait	[KGDB] Stop kernel execution and enter the
			kernel debugger at the earliest opportunity.