linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 3/6] arm64: ftrace: fix a stack tracer's output under function graph tracer

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Message-Id: <C8AB6D52-6C17-423F-8750-2892B6C78FD1@gmail.com>
Date:	Sun, 1 Nov 2015 17:00:10 +0900
From:	Jungseok Lee <jungseoklee85@...il.com>
To:	AKASHI Takahiro <takahiro.akashi@...aro.org>
Cc:	catalin.marinas@....com, will.deacon@....com, rostedt@...dmis.org,
	olof@...om.net, broonie@...nel.org, david.griego@...aro.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 3/6] arm64: ftrace: fix a stack tracer's output under function graph tracer

On Oct 30, 2015, at 2:25 PM, AKASHI Takahiro wrote:

Hi Akashi,

> Function graph tracer modifies a return address (LR) in a stack frame
> to hook a function return. This will result in many useless entries
> (return_to_handler) showing up in a stack tracer's output.
> 
> This patch replaces such entries with originals values preserved in
> current->ret_stack[].
> 
> Signed-off-by: AKASHI Takahiro <takahiro.akashi@...aro.org>
> ---
> arch/arm64/include/asm/ftrace.h |    2 ++
> arch/arm64/kernel/stacktrace.c  |   21 +++++++++++++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/ftrace.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/ftrace.h
> index 2b43e20..b7d597c 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/ftrace.h
> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/ftrace.h
> @@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ struct dyn_arch_ftrace {
> 
> extern unsigned long ftrace_graph_call;
> 
> +extern void return_to_handler(void);
> +
> static inline unsigned long ftrace_call_adjust(unsigned long addr)
> {
> 	/*
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/stacktrace.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/stacktrace.c
> index bc0689a..631c49d 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/stacktrace.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/stacktrace.c
> @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
>  */
> #include <linux/kernel.h>
> #include <linux/export.h>
> +#include <linux/ftrace.h>
> #include <linux/sched.h>
> #include <linux/stacktrace.h>
> 
> @@ -78,6 +79,9 @@ struct stack_trace_data {
> 	struct stack_trace *trace;
> 	unsigned int no_sched_functions;
> 	unsigned int skip;
> +#ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
> +	unsigned int ret_stack_index;
> +#endif
> };
> 
> static int save_trace(struct stackframe *frame, void *d)
> @@ -86,6 +90,20 @@ static int save_trace(struct stackframe *frame, void *d)
> 	struct stack_trace *trace = data->trace;
> 	unsigned long addr = frame->pc;
> 
> +#ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
> +	if (addr == (unsigned long)return_to_handler - AARCH64_INSN_SIZE) {
> +		/*
> +		 * This is a case where function graph tracer has
> +		 * modified a return address (LR) in a stack frame
> +		 * to hook a function return.
> +		 * So replace it to an original value.
> +		 */
> +		frame->pc = addr =
> +			current->ret_stack[data->ret_stack_index--].ret
> +							- AARCH64_INSN_SIZE;
> +	}
> +#endif /* CONFIG_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER */
> +

This hunk would be affected as the commit, "ARM64: unwind: Fix PC calculation",
e306dfd0, has been reverted.

Best Regards
Jungseok Lee--
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