[PATCH v2] arm64: fix unwind_frame() for filtered out fn for function graph tracing
Pratyush Anand
panand at redhat.com
Tue Sep 12 21:59:19 PDT 2017
On Wednesday 13 September 2017 08:12 AM, Will Deacon wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 10:54:28AM +0100, James Morse wrote:
>> Hi Pratyush,
>>
>> On 01/09/17 06:48, Pratyush Anand wrote:
>>> do_task_stat() calls get_wchan(), which further does unbind_frame().
>>> unbind_frame() restores frame->pc to original value in case function
>>> graph tracer has modified a return address (LR) in a stack frame to hook
>>> a function return. However, if function graph tracer has hit a filtered
>>> function, then we can't unwind it as ftrace_push_return_trace() has
>>> biased the index(frame->graph) with a 'huge negative'
>>> offset(-FTRACE_NOTRACE_DEPTH).
>>>
>>> Moreover, arm64 stack walker defines index(frame->graph) as unsigned
>>> int, which can not compare a -ve number.
>>>
>>> Similar problem we can have with calling of walk_stackframe() from
>>> save_stack_trace_tsk() or dump_backtrace().
>>>
>>> This patch fixes unwind_frame() to test the index for -ve value and
>>> restore index accordingly before we can restore frame->pc.
>>
>> I've just spotted arm64's profile_pc, which does this:
>> From arch/arm64/kernel/time.c:profile_pc():
>>> #ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
>>> frame.graph = -1; /* no task info */
>>> #endif
>>
>> Is this another elaborate way of hitting this problem?
>>
>> I guess the options are skip any return-address restore in the unwinder if
>> frame.graph is -1. (and profile_pc may have a bug here). Or, put
>> current->curr_ret_stack in there.
I think we should go with latter, ie assign frame.graph =
current->curr_ret_stack in profile_pc().
>>
>> profile_pc() always passes tsk=NULL, so the unwinder assumes its current...
>> kernel/profile.c pulls the pt_regs from a per-cpu irq_regs variable, that is
>> updated by handle_IPI ... so it looks like this should always be current...
>
> Hmmm... is profile_pc the *only* case where frame->graph isn't equal to
> tsk->curr_ret_stack in unwind_frame? If so, maybe unwind_frame should just
Yes, it is the only place.
> use that, and we could kill the graph member of struct stackframe completely?
>
Humm, not sure, we initialize frame->graph out of the while loop in
unwind_frame()'s caller and then keep in decrementing it in looped function.
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Regards
Pratyush
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