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    MN10300: gdbstub: Restrict single-stepping to non-preemptable non-SMP configs · 9ee21723
    David Howells authored
    Restrict single-stepping through the kernel using gdbstub to non-preemptable
    non-SMP configs as gdbstub has to do software single-stepping by means of
    temporary breakpoints.  Hardware single-stepping is unavailable as Panasonic
    have not sufficiently documented the interface to it.
    
    Software single-stepping through preemptable or SMP kernels runs into problems
    as it makes it much more likely that the wrong thread will hit the temporary
    breakpoints.  It seems impractical to work around the problem for the most
    part.  It could be possible to make a UP preemptable kernel switch temporary
    breakpoints in and out in switch_to().
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
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