This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
powerpc/perf: Fix ABIv2 kernel backtraces
to the 3.16-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:
powerpc-perf-fix-abiv2-kernel-backtraces.patch
and it can be found in the queue-3.16 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From 85101af13bb854a6572fa540df7c7201958624b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Anton Blanchard <anton@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 12:44:15 +1000
Subject: powerpc/perf: Fix ABIv2 kernel backtraces
From: Anton Blanchard <anton@xxxxxxxxx>
commit 85101af13bb854a6572fa540df7c7201958624b9 upstream.
ABIv2 kernels are failing to backtrace through the kernel. An example:
39.30% readseek2_proce [kernel.kallsyms] [k] find_get_entry
|
--- find_get_entry
__GI___libc_read
The problem is in valid_next_sp() where we check that the new stack
pointer is at least STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD below the previous one.
ABIv1 has a minimum stack frame size of 112 bytes consisting of 48 bytes
and 64 bytes of parameter save area. ABIv2 changes that to 32 bytes
with no paramter save area.
STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD is in theory the minimum stack frame size,
but we over 240 uses of it, some of which assume that it includes
space for the parameter area.
We need to work through all our stack defines and rationalise them
but let's fix perf now by creating STACK_FRAME_MIN_SIZE and using
in valid_next_sp(). This fixes the issue:
30.64% readseek2_proce [kernel.kallsyms] [k] find_get_entry
|
--- find_get_entry
pagecache_get_page
generic_file_read_iter
new_sync_read
vfs_read
sys_read
syscall_exit
__GI___libc_read
Reported-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/powerpc/include/asm/ptrace.h | 7 +++++++
arch/powerpc/perf/callchain.c | 2 +-
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ptrace.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ptrace.h
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@
STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD + KERNEL_REDZONE_SIZE)
#define STACK_FRAME_MARKER 12
+#if defined(_CALL_ELF) && _CALL_ELF == 2
+#define STACK_FRAME_MIN_SIZE 32
+#else
+#define STACK_FRAME_MIN_SIZE STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD
+#endif
+
/* Size of dummy stack frame allocated when calling signal handler. */
#define __SIGNAL_FRAMESIZE 128
#define __SIGNAL_FRAMESIZE32 64
@@ -60,6 +66,7 @@
#define STACK_FRAME_REGS_MARKER ASM_CONST(0x72656773)
#define STACK_INT_FRAME_SIZE (sizeof(struct pt_regs) + STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD)
#define STACK_FRAME_MARKER 2
+#define STACK_FRAME_MIN_SIZE STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD
/* Size of stack frame allocated when calling signal handler. */
#define __SIGNAL_FRAMESIZE 64
--- a/arch/powerpc/perf/callchain.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/perf/callchain.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ static int valid_next_sp(unsigned long s
return 0; /* must be 16-byte aligned */
if (!validate_sp(sp, current, STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD))
return 0;
- if (sp >= prev_sp + STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD)
+ if (sp >= prev_sp + STACK_FRAME_MIN_SIZE)
return 1;
/*
* sp could decrease when we jump off an interrupt stack
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from anton@xxxxxxxxx are
queue-3.16/ibmveth-fix-endian-issues-with-rx_no_buffer-statistic.patch
queue-3.16/powerpc-perf-fix-abiv2-kernel-backtraces.patch
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