Re: [PATCH v2] KVM: selftests: Gracefully handle empty stack traces

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On Tue, Sep 27, 2022 at 12:05 PM David Matlack <dmatlack@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Bail out of test_dump_stack() if the stack trace is empty rather than
> invoking addr2line with zero addresses. The problem with the latter is
> that addr2line will block waiting for addresses to be passed in via
> stdin, e.g. if running a selftest from an interactive terminal.
>
> Opportunistically fix up the comment that mentions skipping 3 frames
> since only 2 are skipped in the code, and move the call to backtrace()
> down to where it is used.
>
> Cc: Vipin Sharma <vipinsh@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: David Matlack <dmatlack@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v2:
>  - Move backtrace() down to where it is used [Vipin]
>  - Change "stack trace empty" to "stack trace missing" [me]
>
> v1: https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/20220922231724.3560211-1-dmatlack@xxxxxxxxxx/
>
>  tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/assert.c | 15 +++++++++++----
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/assert.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/assert.c
> index 71ade6100fd3..7b92d1aaeda6 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/assert.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/assert.c
> @@ -38,16 +38,23 @@ static void test_dump_stack(void)
>                  1];
>         char *c;
>
> -       n = backtrace(stack, n);
>         c = &cmd[0];
>         c += sprintf(c, "%s", addr2line);
> +
>         /*
> -        * Skip the first 3 frames: backtrace, test_dump_stack, and
> -        * test_assert. We hope that backtrace isn't inlined and the other two
> -        * we've declared noinline.
> +        * Skip the first 2 frames, which should be test_dump_stack() and
> +        * test_assert(); both of which are declared noinline. Bail if the
> +        * resulting stack trace would be empty. Otherwise, addr2line will block
> +        * waiting for addresses to be passed in via stdin.
>          */
> +       n = backtrace(stack, n);
> +       if (n <= 2) {
> +               fputs("  (stack trace missing)\n", stderr);
> +               return;
> +       }
>         for (i = 2; i < n; i++)
>                 c += sprintf(c, " %lx", ((unsigned long) stack[i]) - 1);
> +
>         c += sprintf(c, "%s", pipeline);
>  #pragma GCC diagnostic push
>  #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wunused-result"
>
> base-commit: 372d07084593dc7a399bf9bee815711b1fb1bcf2
> prerequisite-patch-id: 2e3661ba8856c29b769499bac525b6943d9284b8
> prerequisite-patch-id: 1a148d98d96d73a520ed070260608ddf1bdd0f08
> --
> 2.37.3.998.g577e59143f-goog
>

Reviewed-by: Vipin Sharma <vipinsh@xxxxxxxxxx>



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