From: <srinath.parvathaneni@arm.com>
To: <gdb-patches@sourceware.org>
Cc: <thiago.bauermann@linaro.org>, <luis.machado.foss@gmail.com>,
<guinevere@redhat.com>, <Ezra.Sitorus@arm.com>,
<Matthieu.Longo@arm.com>,
Srinath Parvathaneni <srinath.parvathaneni@arm.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 3/7] gdb: Improve SIGSEGV diagnostics for POE faults
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2026 18:08:17 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260626180821.376406-4-srinath.parvathaneni@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260626180821.376406-1-srinath.parvathaneni@arm.com>
From: Srinath Parvathaneni <srinath.parvathaneni@arm.com>
When a SIGSEGV is caused by a Permission Overlay violation, include
additional information in GDB's error message to help identify the
failing address along with the responsible protection key causing
this fault.
Example:
(gdb) c
Continuing.
Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault
Protection Key Violation while accessing address 0x0000fffff7ff3000 with Protection Key = 1.
0x0000aaaaaaaa0a3c in main () at poe_sigsegv.c:26
---
gdb/aarch64-linux-tdep.c | 20 +++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/gdb/aarch64-linux-tdep.c b/gdb/aarch64-linux-tdep.c
index 4a6bc3158c8..b8a02ab9972 100644
--- a/gdb/aarch64-linux-tdep.c
+++ b/gdb/aarch64-linux-tdep.c
@@ -2676,11 +2676,12 @@ aarch64_linux_report_signal_info (struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
{
aarch64_gdbarch_tdep *tdep = gdbarch_tdep<aarch64_gdbarch_tdep> (gdbarch);
- if (!(tdep->has_mte () || tdep->has_gcs ()) || siggnal != GDB_SIGNAL_SEGV)
+ if (!(tdep->has_mte () || tdep->has_gcs () || tdep->has_poe ())
+ || siggnal != GDB_SIGNAL_SEGV)
return;
CORE_ADDR fault_addr = 0;
- long si_code = 0, si_errno = 0;
+ long si_code = 0, si_errno = 0, si_pkey = -1;
try
{
@@ -2688,6 +2689,9 @@ aarch64_linux_report_signal_info (struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
violation. */
si_code = parse_and_eval_long ("$_siginfo.si_code");
si_errno = parse_and_eval_long ("$_siginfo.si_errno");
+ if (tdep->has_poe ())
+ si_pkey = parse_and_eval_long
+ ("$_siginfo._sifields._sigfault._._addr_pkey.si_pkey");
fault_addr
= parse_and_eval_long ("$_siginfo._sifields._sigfault.si_addr");
@@ -2704,6 +2708,8 @@ aarch64_linux_report_signal_info (struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
meaning = _("Memory tag violation");
else if (si_code == AARCH64_SEGV_CPERR && si_errno == 0)
meaning = _("Guarded Control Stack error");
+ else if (si_code == AARCH64_SEGV_PKUERR)
+ meaning = _("Protection Key Violation");
else
return;
@@ -2735,6 +2741,14 @@ aarch64_linux_report_signal_info (struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
uiout->field_string ("logical-tag", hex_string (ltag));
}
}
+ /* For POE SEGSEGV, show additional information. */
+ else if (si_code == AARCH64_SEGV_PKUERR)
+ {
+ uiout->text (_(" while accessing address "));
+ uiout->field_core_addr ("fault-addr", gdbarch, fault_addr);
+ uiout->text (" with Protection Key = ");
+ uiout->field_signed ("protection-key", si_pkey);
+ }
else if (si_code != AARCH64_SEGV_CPERR)
{
uiout->text ("\n");
@@ -3055,7 +3069,7 @@ aarch64_linux_init_abi (struct gdbarch_info info, struct gdbarch *gdbarch)
aarch64_linux_decode_memtag_section);
}
- if (tdep->has_mte () || tdep->has_gcs ())
+ if (tdep->has_mte () || tdep->has_gcs () || tdep->has_poe ())
set_gdbarch_report_signal_info (gdbarch, aarch64_linux_report_signal_info);
/* Initialize the aarch64_linux_record_tdep. */
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-26 18:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-26 18:08 [PATCH v2 0/7] gdb/aarch64: Add support for FEAT_S1POE feature srinath.parvathaneni
2026-06-26 18:08 ` [PATCH v2 1/7] gdb/aarch64: Add POR_EL0 register support for FEAT_S1POE srinath.parvathaneni
2026-06-27 6:06 ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2026-06-29 10:44 ` Srinath Parvathaneni
2026-07-01 5:16 ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2026-07-01 14:45 ` Marc Zyngier
2026-06-26 18:08 ` [PATCH v2 2/7] gdb/aarch64: Add custom printing for POR_EL0 srinath.parvathaneni
2026-06-27 7:03 ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2026-06-29 7:02 ` Srinath Parvathaneni
2026-06-29 15:58 ` Ezra Sitorus
2026-06-26 18:08 ` srinath.parvathaneni [this message]
2026-06-29 2:42 ` [PATCH v2 3/7] gdb: Improve SIGSEGV diagnostics for POE faults Thiago Jung Bauermann
2026-06-26 18:08 ` [PATCH v2 4/7] gdbserver/aarch64: Add POR_EL0 register support srinath.parvathaneni
2026-06-29 2:43 ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2026-06-26 18:08 ` [PATCH v2 5/7] bfd/readelf: Add core file support for FEAT_S1POE srinath.parvathaneni
2026-06-29 2:43 ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2026-06-26 18:08 ` [PATCH v2 6/7] gdb/aarch64: " srinath.parvathaneni
2026-06-29 2:44 ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2026-06-26 18:08 ` [PATCH v2 7/7] gdb/testsuite: Add FEAT_S1POE testcases srinath.parvathaneni
2026-07-01 5:12 ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2026-06-29 12:18 ` [PATCH v2 0/7] gdb/aarch64: Add support for FEAT_S1POE feature Guinevere Larsen
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