This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled s390/entry: save the caller of psw_idle to the 5.4-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: s390-entry-save-the-caller-of-psw_idle.patch and it can be found in the queue-5.4 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. commit e7d68a3c3dc1f0650a928c28570a75d4288f8acc Author: Vasily Gorbik <gor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri Apr 9 00:15:21 2021 +0200 s390/entry: save the caller of psw_idle [ Upstream commit a994eddb947ea9ebb7b14d9a1267001699f0a136 ] Currently psw_idle does not allocate a stack frame and does not save its r14 and r15 into the save area. Even though this is valid from call ABI point of view, because psw_idle does not make any calls explicitly, in reality psw_idle is an entry point for controlled transition into serving interrupts. So, in practice, psw_idle stack frame is analyzed during stack unwinding. Depending on build options that r14 slot in the save area of psw_idle might either contain a value saved by previous sibling call or complete garbage. [task 0000038000003c28] do_ext_irq+0xd6/0x160 [task 0000038000003c78] ext_int_handler+0xba/0xe8 [task *0000038000003dd8] psw_idle_exit+0x0/0x8 <-- pt_regs ([task 0000038000003dd8] 0x0) [task 0000038000003e10] default_idle_call+0x42/0x148 [task 0000038000003e30] do_idle+0xce/0x160 [task 0000038000003e70] cpu_startup_entry+0x36/0x40 [task 0000038000003ea0] arch_call_rest_init+0x76/0x80 So, to make a stacktrace nicer and actually point for the real caller of psw_idle in this frequently occurring case, make psw_idle save its r14. [task 0000038000003c28] do_ext_irq+0xd6/0x160 [task 0000038000003c78] ext_int_handler+0xba/0xe8 [task *0000038000003dd8] psw_idle_exit+0x0/0x6 <-- pt_regs ([task 0000038000003dd8] arch_cpu_idle+0x3c/0xd0) [task 0000038000003e10] default_idle_call+0x42/0x148 [task 0000038000003e30] do_idle+0xce/0x160 [task 0000038000003e70] cpu_startup_entry+0x36/0x40 [task 0000038000003ea0] arch_call_rest_init+0x76/0x80 Reviewed-by: Sven Schnelle <svens@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Vasily Gorbik <gor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <hca@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/entry.S b/arch/s390/kernel/entry.S index c544b7a11ebb..5cba1815b8f8 100644 --- a/arch/s390/kernel/entry.S +++ b/arch/s390/kernel/entry.S @@ -993,6 +993,7 @@ ENDPROC(ext_int_handler) * Load idle PSW. The second "half" of this function is in .Lcleanup_idle. */ ENTRY(psw_idle) + stg %r14,(__SF_GPRS+8*8)(%r15) stg %r3,__SF_EMPTY(%r15) larl %r1,.Lpsw_idle_lpsw+4 stg %r1,__SF_EMPTY+8(%r15)