linux-kernel - [PATCH] dumpstack: handle NULL stack pointer in show_trace_log

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Date:   Thu, 17 Nov 2016 00:04:58 -0600
From:   Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
To:     x86@...nel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] dumpstack: handle NULL stack pointer in show_trace_log_lvl()

When show_trace_log_lvl() is called from show_regs(), it completely
fails to dump the stack.  This bug was introduced when
show_stack_log_lvl() was removed with the following commit:

  0ee1dd9f5e7e ("x86/dumpstack: Remove raw stack dump")

Previous callers of that function now call show_trace_log_lvl()
directly.  That resulted in a subtle change, in that the 'stack'
argument can now be NULL in certain cases.

A NULL 'stack' pointer means that the stack dump should start from the
topmost stack frame unless 'regs' is valid, in which case it should
start from 'regs->sp'.

Fixes: 0ee1dd9f5e7e ("x86/dumpstack: Remove raw stack dump")
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c b/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c
index 499aa6f..1e057b0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ void show_trace_log_lvl(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *regs,
 	printk("%sCall Trace:\n", log_lvl);

 	unwind_start(&state, task, regs, stack);
+	stack = stack ? : get_stack_pointer(task, regs);

 	/*
 	 * Iterate through the stacks, starting with the current stack pointer.
-- 
2.7.4