Merge commit 'kgdb/kgdb-next'

1 files changed, 42 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/kgdb.h b/include/linux/kgdb.h
index 6adcc297e354..cedae0b71192 100644
--- a/include/linux/kgdb.h
+++ b/include/linux/kgdb.h
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ struct pt_regs;
  *
  *	On some architectures it is required to skip a breakpoint
  *	exception when it occurs after a breakpoint has been removed.
- *	This can be implemented in the architecture specific portion of
- *	for kgdb.
+ *	This can be implemented in the architecture specific portion of kgdb.
  */
 extern int kgdb_skipexception(int exception, struct pt_regs *regs);
 
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ struct uart_port;
 /**
  *	kgdb_breakpoint - compiled in breakpoint
  *
- *	This will be impelmented a static inline per architecture.  This
+ *	This will be implemented as a static inline per architecture.  This
  *	function is called by the kgdb core to execute an architecture
  *	specific trap to cause kgdb to enter the exception processing.
  *
@@ -190,7 +189,7 @@ kgdb_arch_handle_exception(int vector, int signo, int err_code,
  *	@flags: Current IRQ state
  *
  *	On SMP systems, we need to get the attention of the other CPUs
- *	and get them be in a known state.  This should do what is needed
+ *	and get them into a known state.  This should do what is needed
  *	to get the other CPUs to call kgdb_wait(). Note that on some arches,
  *	the NMI approach is not used for rounding up all the CPUs. For example,
  *	in case of MIPS, smp_call_function() is used to roundup CPUs. In
@@ -267,8 +266,45 @@ extern int kgdb_register_io_module(struct kgdb_io *local_kgdb_io_ops);
 extern void kgdb_unregister_io_module(struct kgdb_io *local_kgdb_io_ops);
 
 extern int kgdb_hex2long(char **ptr, unsigned long *long_val);
-extern int kgdb_mem2hex(char *mem, char *buf, int count);
-extern int kgdb_hex2mem(char *buf, char *mem, int count);
+
+/**
+ *      kgdb_mem2hex - (optional arch override) translate bin to hex chars
+ *      @mem: source buffer
+ *      @buf: target buffer
+ *      @count: number of bytes in mem
+ *
+ *      Architectures which do not support probe_kernel_(read|write),
+ *      can make an alternate implementation of this function.
+ *      This function safely reads memory into hex
+ *      characters for use with the kgdb protocol.
+ */
+extern int __weak kgdb_mem2hex(char *mem, char *buf, int count);
+
+/**
+ *      kgdb_hex2mem - (optional arch override) translate hex chars to bin
+ *      @buf: source buffer
+ *      @mem: target buffer
+ *      @count: number of bytes in mem
+ *
+ *      Architectures which do not support probe_kernel_(read|write),
+ *      can make an alternate implementation of this function.
+ *      This function safely writes hex characters into memory
+ *      for use with the kgdb protocol.
+ */
+extern int __weak kgdb_hex2mem(char *buf, char *mem, int count);
+
+/**
+ *      kgdb_ebin2mem - (optional arch override) Copy binary array from @buf into @mem
+ *      @buf: source buffer
+ *      @mem: target buffer
+ *      @count: number of bytes in mem
+ *
+ *      Architectures which do not support probe_kernel_(read|write),
+ *      can make an alternate implementation of this function.
+ *      This function safely copies binary array into memory
+ *      for use with the kgdb protocol.
+ */
+extern int __weak kgdb_ebin2mem(char *buf, char *mem, int count);
 
 extern int kgdb_isremovedbreak(unsigned long addr);