sched/x86: Add 'struct inactive_task_frame' to better document the sleeping task stack frame
Add 'struct inactive_task_frame', which defines the layout of the stack for
a sleeping process. For now, the only defined field is the BP register
(frame pointer).
Signed-off-by: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1471106302-10159-4-git-send-email-brgerst@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kgdb.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kgdb.c
index 5e3f294..8e36f24 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/kgdb.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kgdb.c
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
#include <asm/apicdef.h>
#include <asm/apic.h>
#include <asm/nmi.h>
+#include <asm/switch_to.h>
struct dbg_reg_def_t dbg_reg_def[DBG_MAX_REG_NUM] =
{
@@ -166,7 +167,7 @@
gdb_regs[GDB_DX] = 0;
gdb_regs[GDB_SI] = 0;
gdb_regs[GDB_DI] = 0;
- gdb_regs[GDB_BP] = *(unsigned long *)p->thread.sp;
+ gdb_regs[GDB_BP] = ((struct inactive_task_frame *)p->thread.sp)->bp;
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
gdb_regs[GDB_DS] = __KERNEL_DS;
gdb_regs[GDB_ES] = __KERNEL_DS;