4 files changed, 17 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/src/core/hle/kernel/k_process.cpp b/src/core/hle/kernel/k_process.cpp
index 703049ede..4a099286b 100644
--- a/src/core/hle/kernel/k_process.cpp
+++ b/src/core/hle/kernel/k_process.cpp
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ Result KProcess::Initialize(KProcess* process, Core::System& system, std::string
     process->m_is_suspended = false;
     process->m_schedule_count = 0;
     process->m_is_handle_table_initialized = false;
+    process->m_is_hbl = false;
 
     // Open a reference to the resource limit.
     process->m_resource_limit->Open();
@@ -351,12 +352,14 @@ Result KProcess::SetActivity(ProcessActivity activity) {
     R_SUCCEED();
 }
 
-Result KProcess::LoadFromMetadata(const FileSys::ProgramMetadata& metadata, std::size_t code_size) {
+Result KProcess::LoadFromMetadata(const FileSys::ProgramMetadata& metadata, std::size_t code_size,
+                                  bool is_hbl) {
     m_program_id = metadata.GetTitleID();
     m_ideal_core = metadata.GetMainThreadCore();
     m_is_64bit_process = metadata.Is64BitProgram();
     m_system_resource_size = metadata.GetSystemResourceSize();
     m_image_size = code_size;
+    m_is_hbl = is_hbl;
 
     if (metadata.GetAddressSpaceType() == FileSys::ProgramAddressSpaceType::Is39Bit) {
         // For 39-bit processes, the ASLR region starts at 0x800'0000 and is ~512GiB large.
diff --git a/src/core/hle/kernel/k_process.h b/src/core/hle/kernel/k_process.h
index 4fdeaf11a..146e07a57 100644
--- a/src/core/hle/kernel/k_process.h
+++ b/src/core/hle/kernel/k_process.h
@@ -338,7 +338,8 @@ public:
      * @returns ResultSuccess if all relevant metadata was able to be
      *          loaded and parsed. Otherwise, an error code is returned.
      */
-    Result LoadFromMetadata(const FileSys::ProgramMetadata& metadata, std::size_t code_size);
+    Result LoadFromMetadata(const FileSys::ProgramMetadata& metadata, std::size_t code_size,
+                            bool is_hbl);
 
     /**
      * Starts the main application thread for this process.
@@ -368,6 +369,10 @@ public:
         return GetProcessId();
     }
 
+    bool IsHbl() const {
+        return m_is_hbl;
+    }
+
     bool IsSignaled() const override;
 
     void DoWorkerTaskImpl();
@@ -525,6 +530,7 @@ private:
     bool m_is_immortal{};
     bool m_is_handle_table_initialized{};
     bool m_is_initialized{};
+    bool m_is_hbl{};
 
     std::atomic<u16> m_num_running_threads{};
 
diff --git a/src/core/hle/kernel/svc/svc_debug_string.cpp b/src/core/hle/kernel/svc/svc_debug_string.cpp
index 4c14ce668..00b65429b 100644
--- a/src/core/hle/kernel/svc/svc_debug_string.cpp
+++ b/src/core/hle/kernel/svc/svc_debug_string.cpp
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Result OutputDebugString(Core::System& system, u64 address, u64 len) {
 
     std::string str(len, '\0');
     GetCurrentMemory(system.Kernel()).ReadBlock(address, str.data(), str.size());
-    LOG_DEBUG(Debug_Emulated, "{}", str);
+    LOG_INFO(Debug_Emulated, "{}", str);
 
     R_SUCCEED();
 }
diff --git a/src/core/hle/kernel/svc/svc_exception.cpp b/src/core/hle/kernel/svc/svc_exception.cpp
index 580cf2f75..c581c086b 100644
--- a/src/core/hle/kernel/svc/svc_exception.cpp
+++ b/src/core/hle/kernel/svc/svc_exception.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 #include "core/core.h"
 #include "core/debugger/debugger.h"
+#include "core/hle/kernel/k_process.h"
 #include "core/hle/kernel/k_thread.h"
 #include "core/hle/kernel/svc.h"
 #include "core/hle/kernel/svc_types.h"
@@ -107,7 +108,10 @@ void Break(Core::System& system, BreakReason reason, u64 info1, u64 info2) {
         system.ArmInterface(static_cast<std::size_t>(thread_processor_id)).LogBacktrace();
     }
 
-    if (system.DebuggerEnabled()) {
+    const bool is_hbl = GetCurrentProcess(system.Kernel()).IsHbl();
+    const bool should_break = is_hbl || !notification_only;
+
+    if (system.DebuggerEnabled() && should_break) {
         auto* thread = system.Kernel().GetCurrentEmuThread();
         system.GetDebugger().NotifyThreadStopped(thread);
         thread->RequestSuspend(Kernel::SuspendType::Debug);