x86/debug: Clear reserved bits of DR6 in do_debug()
Clear the reserved bits from the stored copy of debug status
register (DR6).
This will help easy bitwise operations such as quick testing
of a debug event origin.
Signed-off-by: K.Prasad <prasad@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>
Cc: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
Cc: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
LKML-Reference: <20100128111401.GB13935@in.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/debugreg.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/debugreg.h
index 8240f76..b81002f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/debugreg.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/debugreg.h
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
which debugging register was responsible for the trap. The other bits
are either reserved or not of interest to us. */
+/* Define reserved bits in DR6 which are always set to 1 */
+#define DR6_RESERVED (0xFFFF0FF0)
+
#define DR_TRAP0 (0x1) /* db0 */
#define DR_TRAP1 (0x2) /* db1 */
#define DR_TRAP2 (0x4) /* db2 */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
index 3339917..1168e44 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
@@ -534,6 +534,9 @@
get_debugreg(dr6, 6);
+ /* Filter out all the reserved bits which are preset to 1 */
+ dr6 &= ~DR6_RESERVED;
+
/* Catch kmemcheck conditions first of all! */
if ((dr6 & DR_STEP) && kmemcheck_trap(regs))
return;