Messages in this thread | | | From | Ben Wolsieffer <> | Subject | [PATCH 0/2] ARM: v7m: handle faults and enable debugging | Date | Mon, 1 Aug 2022 16:13:37 -0400 |
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This series enables real exception handlers on no-MMU systems, increasing robustness in the face of buggy user- or kernel-space software. Previously, any fault would trigger the invalid exception handler, which would hang the system. With this series, faults only kill the offending process and allow the rest of the system to continue operating.
The second patch in this series adds support for undefined instruction hooks, enabling software breakpoints through ptrace. Using this functionality currently requires a patch to gdb.
This series has been tested on an STM32F746 (Cortex-M7).
I would appreciate feedback in particular on the following questions: * Is the fault table formatting acceptable? Or should the lines be wrapped/shortened? * Does my chosen mapping between faults and signals make sense?
Ben Wolsieffer (2): ARM: v7m: handle faults ARM: v7m: support undefined instruction hooks
arch/arm/include/asm/traps.h | 2 + arch/arm/include/asm/v7m.h | 29 +++++++ arch/arm/kernel/Makefile | 2 +- arch/arm/kernel/entry-v7m.S | 68 ++++++++++++++- arch/arm/kernel/traps-v7m.c | 162 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 5 files changed, 258 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) create mode 100644 arch/arm/kernel/traps-v7m.c
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