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Date:      Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:08:23 -0500
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org
Cc:        cvs-src@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/amd64/amd64 db_trace.c exception.S machdep.c trap.c
Message-ID:  <200711151708.23974.jhb@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <200711152200.lAFM0xCF018460@repoman.freebsd.org>
References:  <200711152200.lAFM0xCF018460@repoman.freebsd.org>

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On Thursday 15 November 2007 05:00:57 pm John Baldwin wrote:
> jhb         2007-11-15 22:00:57 UTC
> 
>   FreeBSD src repository
> 
>   Modified files:
>     sys/amd64/amd64      db_trace.c exception.S machdep.c trap.c 
>   Log:
>   Add support for cross double fault frames in stack traces:
>   - Populate the register values for the trapframe put on the stack by the
>     double fault handler.
>   - Teach DDB's trace routine to treat a double fault like other trap 
frames.
>   
>   MFC after:      3 days

As an aside, because amd64 uses much saner stack frames than i386, kgdb will 
trace across a double fault just fine w/o any further patches if the kernel 
has this fix.

-- 
John Baldwin



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