linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] perf, x86: Allow multiple stacks

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Date:	Mon, 7 May 2012 16:46:45 -0700
From:	Arun Sharma <asharma@...com>
To:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung.kim@....com>,
	Tom Zanussi <tzanussi@...il.com>,
	<linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] perf, x86: Allow multiple stacks

On 4/20/12 3:41 PM, Arun Sharma wrote:
> Without this patch, applications with two different stack
> regions (eg: native stack vs JIT stack) get truncated
> callchains even when RBP chaining is present. GDB shows proper
> stack traces and the frame pointer chaining is intact.
>
> This patch disables the (fp<  RSP) check, hoping that other checks
> in the code save the day for us. In our limited testing, this
> didn't seem to break anything.
>
> In the long term, we could potentially have userspace advise
> the kernel on the range of valid stack addresses, so we don't
> spend a lot of time unwinding from bogus addresses.

Ingo/Peter: Did you get a chance to look at this patch series (Support 
multiple stacks v3)?

  -Arun
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