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    x86: Set resume bit before returning from breakpoint exception · 0c4519e8
    Frederic Weisbecker authored
    Instruction breakpoints trigger before the instruction executes,
    and returning back from the breakpoint handler brings us again
    to the instruction that breakpointed. This naturally bring to
    a breakpoint recursion.
    
    To solve this, x86 has the Resume Bit trick. When the cpu flags
    have the RF flag set, the next instruction won't trigger any
    instruction breakpoint, and once this instruction is executed,
    RF is cleared back.
    
    This let's us jump back to the instruction that triggered the
    breakpoint without recursion.
    
    Use this when an instruction breakpoint triggers.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarFrederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
    Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
    Cc: Prasad <prasad@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
    Cc: Mahesh Salgaonkar <mahesh@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
    Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
    Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
    Cc: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
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