hw-breakpoints: modifying generic debug exception to use thread-specific debug registers

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This patch modifies the breakpoint exception handler code to use the new
abstract debug register names.

[ fweisbec@gmail.com: fix conflict against kmemcheck ]

[ Impact: refactor and cleanup x86 debug exception handler ]

Original-patch-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Signed-off-by: K.Prasad <prasad@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>

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K.Prasad 2009-06-01 23:44:08 +05:30 • committed by Frederic Weisbecker

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arch/x86/kernel/traps.c

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