[PATCH -next 0/7] riscv: Improvments for stacktrace

[Guo Ren]

Some modifications are related to the patch series [1] [2], please take a look.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-riscv/20220918155246.1203293-1-guoren@kernel.org/
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-riscv/20220916103817.9490-1-guoren@kernel.org/

On Tue, Sep 20, 2022 at 11:15 PM Chen Zhongjin <chenzhongjin at huawei.com> wrote:
>
> Currently, the stacktrace with FRAME_POINTER on riscv has some problem:
>
> 1. stacktrace will stop at irq so it can't get the stack frames before
> irq entry.
> 2. stacktrace can't unwind all the real stack frames when there is
> k{ret}probes or ftrace.
>
> These are mainly becase when there is a pt_regs on stack, we can't unwind
> the stack frame as normal function.
>
> Some architectures (e.g. arm64) create a extra stackframe inside pt_regs.
> However this doesn't work for riscv because the ra is not ensured to be
> pushed to stack. As explained in:
> commit f766f77a74f5("riscv/stacktrace: Fix stack output without ra on the stack top")
>
> So, I choosed the method of x86 that, if there is a pt_regs on stack,
> we encoded the frame pointer and save it. When unwinding stack frame,
> we can get pt_regs and registers required for unwinding stacks.
>
> In addition, the patch set contains some refactoring of stacktrace.c to
> keep the stacktrace code on riscv consistent with other architectures.
>
> Chen Zhongjin (7):
>   riscv: stacktrace: Replace walk_stackframe with arch_stack_walk
>   riscv: stacktrace: Introduce unwind functions
>   riscv: stacktrace: Save pt_regs in encoded fp on irq entry
>   riscv: syscall: Don't clobber s0 when syscall
>   riscv: stacktrace: Implement stacktrace for irq
>   riscv: stacktrace: Fix unwinding on ftrace_regs_call
>   riscv: stacktrace: Fix unwinding on __kretporbe_trampoline
>
>  arch/riscv/include/asm/frame.h                |  45 +++++
>  arch/riscv/include/asm/stacktrace.h           |  13 +-
>  arch/riscv/kernel/entry.S                     |  23 +--
>  arch/riscv/kernel/mcount-dyn.S                |   8 +
>  arch/riscv/kernel/perf_callchain.c            |   2 +-
>  arch/riscv/kernel/probes/kprobes_trampoline.S |   8 +
>  arch/riscv/kernel/stacktrace.c                | 155 ++++++++++++------
>  7 files changed, 195 insertions(+), 59 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 arch/riscv/include/asm/frame.h
>
> --
> 2.17.1
>


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Best Regards
 Guo Ren