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-rw-r--r--arch/arm/kernel/kgdb.c8
-rw-r--r--arch/arm/kernel/signal.c15
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/kgdb.c b/arch/arm/kernel/kgdb.c
index a6ad93c9bce3..fd9eefce0a7b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/kgdb.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/kgdb.c
@@ -259,15 +259,17 @@ int kgdb_arch_set_breakpoint(struct kgdb_bkpt *bpt)
if (err)
return err;
- patch_text((void *)bpt->bpt_addr,
- *(unsigned int *)arch_kgdb_ops.gdb_bpt_instr);
+ /* Machine is already stopped, so we can use __patch_text() directly */
+ __patch_text((void *)bpt->bpt_addr,
+ *(unsigned int *)arch_kgdb_ops.gdb_bpt_instr);
return err;
}
int kgdb_arch_remove_breakpoint(struct kgdb_bkpt *bpt)
{
- patch_text((void *)bpt->bpt_addr, *(unsigned int *)bpt->saved_instr);
+ /* Machine is already stopped, so we can use __patch_text() directly */
+ __patch_text((void *)bpt->bpt_addr, *(unsigned int *)bpt->saved_instr);
return 0;
}
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c b/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c
index b6cda06b455f..7b8f2141427b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c
@@ -343,15 +343,18 @@ setup_return(struct pt_regs *regs, struct ksignal *ksig,
*/
thumb = handler & 1;
-#if __LINUX_ARM_ARCH__ >= 7
/*
- * Clear the If-Then Thumb-2 execution state
- * ARM spec requires this to be all 000s in ARM mode
- * Snapdragon S4/Krait misbehaves on a Thumb=>ARM
- * signal transition without this.
+ * Clear the If-Then Thumb-2 execution state. ARM spec
+ * requires this to be all 000s in ARM mode. Snapdragon
+ * S4/Krait misbehaves on a Thumb=>ARM signal transition
+ * without this.
+ *
+ * We must do this whenever we are running on a Thumb-2
+ * capable CPU, which includes ARMv6T2. However, we elect
+ * to always do this to simplify the code; this field is
+ * marked UNK/SBZP for older architectures.
*/
cpsr &= ~PSR_IT_MASK;
-#endif
if (thumb) {
cpsr |= PSR_T_BIT;