linux-kernel - Re: Getting empty callchain from perf_callchain

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Message-ID: <c517f213-01d5-b95b-1a4c-5dddedd71419@fb.com>
Date:   Wed, 22 May 2019 21:55:08 +0000
From:   Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...com>
To:     Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
        Kairui Song <kasong@...hat.com>
CC:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>,
        lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Kernel Team <Kernel-team@...com>
Subject: Re: Getting empty callchain from perf_callchain_kernel()

On 5/22/19 11:07 AM, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> On Fri, May 17, 2019 at 04:15:39PM +0800, Kairui Song wrote:
>> On Fri, May 17, 2019 at 4:11 PM Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Fri, May 17, 2019 at 09:46:00AM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
>>>> On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 11:51:55PM +0000, Song Liu wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> We found a failure with selftests/bpf/tests_prog in test_stacktrace_map (on bpf/master
>>>>> branch).
>>>>>
>>>>> After digging into the code, we found that perf_callchain_kernel() is giving empty
>>>>> callchain for tracepoint sched/sched_switch. And it seems related to commit
>>>>>
>>>>> d15d356887e770c5f2dcf963b52c7cb510c9e42d
>>>>> ("perf/x86: Make perf callchains work without CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER")
>>>>>
>>>>> Before this commit, perf_callchain_kernel() returns callchain with regs->ip. With
>>>>> this commit, regs->ip is not sent for !perf_hw_regs(regs) case.
>>>>
>>>> So while I think the below is indeed right; we should store regs->ip
>>>> regardless of the unwind path chosen, I still think there's something
>>>> fishy if this results in just the 1 entry.
>>>>
>>>> The sched/sched_switch event really should have a non-trivial stack.
>>>>
>>>> Let me see if I can reproduce with just perf.
>>>
>>> $ perf record -g -e "sched:sched_switch" -- make clean
>>> $ perf report -D
>>>
>>> 12 904071759467 0x1790 [0xd0]: PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE(IP, 0x1): 7236/7236: 0xffffffff81c29562 period: 1 addr: 0
>>> ... FP chain: nr:10
>>> .....  0: ffffffffffffff80
>>> .....  1: ffffffff81c29562
>>> .....  2: ffffffff81c29933
>>> .....  3: ffffffff8111f688
>>> .....  4: ffffffff81120b9d
>>> .....  5: ffffffff81120ce5
>>> .....  6: ffffffff8100254a
>>> .....  7: ffffffff81e0007d
>>> .....  8: fffffffffffffe00
>>> .....  9: 00007f9b6cd9682a
>>> ... thread: sh:7236
>>> ...... dso: /lib/modules/5.1.0-12177-g41bbb9129767/build/vmlinux
>>>
>>>
>>> IOW, it seems to 'work'.
>>>
>>
>> Hi, I think the actual problem is that bpf_get_stackid_tp (and maybe
>> some other bfp functions) is now broken, or, strating an unwind
>> directly inside a bpf program will end up strangely. It have following
>> kernel message:
>>
>> WARNING: kernel stack frame pointer at 0000000070cad07c in
>> test_progs:1242 has bad value 00000000ffd4497e
>>
>> And in the debug message:
>>
>> [  160.460287] 000000006e117175: ffffffffaa23a0e8
>> (get_perf_callchain+0x148/0x280)
>> [  160.460287] 0000000002e8715f: 0000000000c6bba0 (0xc6bba0)
>> [  160.460288] 00000000b3d07758: ffff9ce3f9790000 (0xffff9ce3f9790000)
>> [  160.460289] 0000000055c97836: ffff9ce3f9790000 (0xffff9ce3f9790000)
>> [  160.460289] 000000007cbb140a: 000000010000007f (0x10000007f)
>> [  160.460290] 000000007dc62ac9: 0000000000000000 ...
>> [  160.460290] 000000006b41e346: 1c7da01cd70c4000 (0x1c7da01cd70c4000)
>> [  160.460291] 00000000f23d1826: ffffd89cffc3ae80 (0xffffd89cffc3ae80)
>> [  160.460292] 00000000f9a16017: 000000000000007f (0x7f)
>> [  160.460292] 00000000a8e62d44: 0000000000000000 ...
>> [  160.460293] 00000000cbc83c97: ffffb89d00d8d000 (0xffffb89d00d8d000)
>> [  160.460293] 0000000092842522: 000000000000007f (0x7f)
>> [  160.460294] 00000000dafbec89: ffffb89d00c6bc50 (0xffffb89d00c6bc50)
>> [  160.460296] 000000000777e4cf: ffffffffaa225d97 (bpf_get_stackid+0x77/0x470)
>> [  160.460296] 000000009942ea16: 0000000000000000 ...
>> [  160.460297] 00000000a08006b1: 0000000000000001 (0x1)
>> [  160.460298] 000000009f03b438: ffffb89d00c6bc30 (0xffffb89d00c6bc30)
>> [  160.460299] 000000006caf8b32: ffffffffaa074fe8 (__do_page_fault+0x58/0x90)
>> [  160.460300] 000000003a13d702: 0000000000000000 ...
>> [  160.460300] 00000000e2e2496d: ffff9ce300000000 (0xffff9ce300000000)
>> [  160.460301] 000000008ee6b7c2: ffffd89cffc3ae80 (0xffffd89cffc3ae80)
>> [  160.460301] 00000000a8cf6d55: 0000000000000000 ...
>> [  160.460302] 0000000059078076: ffffd89cffc3ae80 (0xffffd89cffc3ae80)
>> [  160.460303] 00000000c6aac739: ffff9ce3f1e18eb0 (0xffff9ce3f1e18eb0)
>> [  160.460303] 00000000a39aff92: ffffb89d00c6bc60 (0xffffb89d00c6bc60)
>> [  160.460305] 0000000097498bf2: ffffffffaa1f4791 (bpf_get_stackid_tp+0x11/0x20)
>> [  160.460306] 000000006992de1e: ffffb89d00c6bc78 (0xffffb89d00c6bc78)
>> [  160.460307] 00000000dacd0ce5: ffffffffc0405676 (0xffffffffc0405676)
>> [  160.460307] 00000000a81f2714: 0000000000000000 ...
>>
>> # Note here is the invalid frame pointer
>> [  160.460308] 0000000070cad07c: ffffb89d00a1d000 (0xffffb89d00a1d000)
>> [  160.460308] 00000000f8f194e4: 0000000000000001 (0x1)
>> [  160.460309] 000000002134f42a: ffffd89cffc3ae80 (0xffffd89cffc3ae80)
>> [  160.460310] 00000000f9345889: ffff9ce3f1e18eb0 (0xffff9ce3f1e18eb0)
>> [  160.460310] 000000008ad22a42: 0000000000000000 ...
>> [  160.460311] 0000000073808173: ffffb89d00c6bce0 (0xffffb89d00c6bce0)
>> [  160.460312] 00000000c9effff4: ffffffffaa1f48d1 (trace_call_bpf+0x81/0x100)
>> [  160.460313] 00000000c5d8ebd1: ffffb89d00c6bcc0 (0xffffb89d00c6bcc0)
>> [  160.460315] 00000000bce0b072: ffffffffab651be0
>> (event_sched_migrate_task+0xa0/0xa0)
>> [  160.460316] 00000000355cf319: 0000000000000000 ...
>> [  160.460316] 000000003b67f2ad: ffffd89cffc3ae80 (0xffffd89cffc3ae80)
>> [  160.460316] 000000009a77e20b: ffff9ce3fba25000 (0xffff9ce3fba25000)
>> [  160.460317] 0000000032cf7376: 0000000000000001 (0x1)
>> [  160.460317] 000000000051db74: ffffb89d00c6bd20 (0xffffb89d00c6bd20)
>> [  160.460318] 0000000040eb3bf7: ffffffffaa22be81
>> (perf_trace_run_bpf_submit+0x41/0xb0)
> 
> Is there an easy way to recreate this?
> 

The failure I care about can be reproduced with:

cd tools/testing/selftests/bpf
make
./test_progs
test_stacktrace_map:FAIL:compare_map_keys stackid_hmap vs. stackmap err 
-1 errno 2