linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/5] function-graph: Init curr_ret_stack with ret

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Date:	Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:10:01 +0100
From:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>,
	Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com>, stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] function-graph: Init curr_ret_stack with ret_stack

On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 09:56:57PM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> From: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@...hat.com>
> 
> If the graph tracer is active, and a task is forked but the allocating of
> the processes graph stack fails, it can cause crash later on.
> 
> This is due to the temporary stack being NULL, but the curr_ret_stack
> variable is copied from the parent. If it is not -1, then in
> ftrace_graph_probe_sched_switch() the following:
> 
> 	for (index = next->curr_ret_stack; index >= 0; index--)
> 		next->ret_stack[index].calltime += timestamp;
> 
> Will cause a kernel OOPS.
> 
> Found with Li Zefan's ftrace_stress_test.
> 
> Cc: stable@...nel.org
> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>


Ah, well spotted!



> ---
>  kernel/trace/ftrace.c |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
> index d4d1238..bb53edb 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
> @@ -3349,6 +3349,7 @@ void ftrace_graph_init_task(struct task_struct *t)
>  {
>  	/* Make sure we do not use the parent ret_stack */
>  	t->ret_stack = NULL;
> +	t->curr_ret_stack = -1;
>  
>  	if (ftrace_graph_active) {
>  		struct ftrace_ret_stack *ret_stack;
> @@ -3358,7 +3359,6 @@ void ftrace_graph_init_task(struct task_struct *t)
>  				GFP_KERNEL);
>  		if (!ret_stack)
>  			return;
> -		t->curr_ret_stack = -1;
>  		atomic_set(&t->tracing_graph_pause, 0);
>  		atomic_set(&t->trace_overrun, 0);
>  		t->ftrace_timestamp = 0;
> -- 
> 1.7.0
> 
> 

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