linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 13/16] x86/dumpstack: Try harder to get a call trace on stack overflow

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Message-ID: <20160624153503.oeivkn7djnxdi5oq@treble>
Date:	Fri, 24 Jun 2016 10:35:03 -0500
From:	Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
To:	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Cc:	x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Nadav Amit <nadav.amit@...il.com>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>,
	"kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com" 
	<kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jann Horn <jann@...jh.net>,
	Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 13/16] x86/dumpstack: Try harder to get a call trace
 on stack overflow

On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 09:23:08PM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> If we overflow the stack, print_context_stack will abort.  Detect
> this case and rewind back into the valid part of the stack so that
> we can trace it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>

Reviewed-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>

-- 
Josh