linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 12/21] sched: Add __schedule() to stackvalidate whitelist

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Date:	Fri, 17 Jul 2015 21:46:13 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
Cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Pedro Alves <palves@...hat.com>, x86@...nel.org,
	live-patching@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 12/21] sched: Add __schedule() to stackvalidate
 whitelist

On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 11:47:28AM -0500, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> stackvalidate reports the following warnings for __schedule():
> 
>   stackvalidate: kernel/sched/core.o: __schedule()+0x3e7: duplicate frame pointer save
>   stackvalidate: kernel/sched/core.o: __schedule()+0x424: sibling call from callable instruction with changed frame pointer
>   stackvalidate: kernel/sched/core.o: __schedule()+0x431: call without frame pointer save/setup
>   stackvalidate: kernel/sched/core.o: __schedule()+0x8b8: frame pointer state mismatch
>   stackvalidate: kernel/sched/core.o: __schedule()+0x447: frame pointer state mismatch
> 
> __schedule() is obviously a special case which is allowed to do unusual
> things with the frame pointer.

Yes, but is the code actually correct? We can't dismiss the warnings
just on that basis alone.
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