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From: <srinath.parvathaneni@arm.com>
To: <gdb-patches@sourceware.org>
Cc: <simark@simark.ca>, <luis.machado.foss@gmail.com>,
	<thiago.bauermann@linaro.org>, <guinevere@redhat.com>,
	<Ezra.Sitorus@arm.com>, <Matthieu.Longo@arm.com>,
	<peter.maydell@linaro.org>,
	 Srinath Parvathaneni <srinath.parvathaneni@arm.com>
Subject: [PATCH v4 2/5] gdb: Improve SIGSEGV diagnostics for POE faults
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2026 09:12:13 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260901091216.5711-3-srinath.parvathaneni@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260901091216.5711-1-srinath.parvathaneni@arm.com>

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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

Approved-by: Thiago Jung Bauermann <thiago.bauermann@linaro.org>
---
 gdb/aarch64-linux-tdep.c | 21 ++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)


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diff --git a/gdb/aarch64-linux-tdep.c b/gdb/aarch64-linux-tdep.c
index 235b35bcfb4..1b2d4435088 100644
--- a/gdb/aarch64-linux-tdep.c
+++ b/gdb/aarch64-linux-tdep.c
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 
 #include "arch/aarch64-fpmr-linux.h"
 #include "arch/aarch64-gcs-linux.h"
+#include "arch/aarch64-poe-linux.h"
 #include "arch/aarch64-mte.h"
 #include "arch/aarch64-mte-linux.h"
 #include "arch/aarch64-pauth-linux.h"
@@ -2675,11 +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
     {
@@ -2689,6 +2691,8 @@ aarch64_linux_report_signal_info (struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
 	 violation.  */
       si_code = parse_and_eval_long (gdb_si::get (si_key::siginfo_code));
       si_errno = parse_and_eval_long (gdb_si::get (si_key::siginfo_errno));
+      if (tdep->has_poe ())
+	si_pkey = parse_and_eval_long (gdb_si::get (si_key::siginfo_pkey));
 
       fault_addr
 	= parse_and_eval_long (gdb_si::get (si_key::siginfo_addr));
@@ -2705,6 +2709,8 @@ 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;
 
@@ -2736,6 +2742,15 @@ aarch64_linux_report_signal_info (struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
 	  uiout->field_string ("logical-tag", hex_string (ltag));
 	}
     }
+  /* Additional information for SIGSEGV caused by a permission overlay
+     violation.  */
+  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");
@@ -3056,7 +3071,7 @@ 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.  */

  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-09-01  9:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-01  9:12 [PATCH v4 0/5] gdb/aarch64: Add POR_EL0 register support for FEAT_S1POE srinath.parvathaneni
2026-09-01  9:12 ` [PATCH v4 1/5] " srinath.parvathaneni
2026-09-10  7:01   ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2026-09-10 22:32     ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2026-09-12 21:43     ` Luis
2026-09-01  9:12 ` srinath.parvathaneni [this message]
2026-09-01  9:12 ` [PATCH v4 3/5] gdbserver/aarch64: Add POR_EL0 register support srinath.parvathaneni
2026-09-01  9:12 ` [PATCH v4 4/5] gdb/aarch64: Add core file and signal frame support for FEAT_S1POE srinath.parvathaneni
2026-09-10  7:02   ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2026-09-01  9:12 ` [PATCH v4 5/5] gdb/testsuite: Add FEAT_S1POE testcases srinath.parvathaneni
2026-09-10  7:13   ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2026-09-07 12:52 ` [PATCH v4 0/5] gdb/aarch64: Add POR_EL0 register support for FEAT_S1POE Srinath Parvathaneni

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