linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] perf/x86: always include regs->ip in callchain

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Date:   Wed, 22 May 2019 15:58:50 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, bpf@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-team@...com, Kairui Song <kasong@...hat.com>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf/x86: always include regs->ip in callchain

On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 01:48:13PM -0700, Song Liu wrote:
> Commit d15d356887e7 removes regs->ip for !perf_hw_regs(regs) case. This
> breaks tests like test_stacktrace_map from selftests/bpf/tests_prog.

That test is broken by something else; just the one entry is wrong too.

That said, yes the patch below is actually correct, but the above
description is misleading at best.

> This patch adds regs->ip back.
> 
> Fixes: d15d356887e7 ("perf/x86: Make perf callchains work without CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER")
> Cc: Kairui Song <kasong@...hat.com>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
> Signed-off-by: Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/events/core.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/events/core.c b/arch/x86/events/core.c
> index f315425d8468..7b8a9eb4d5fd 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/events/core.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/events/core.c
> @@ -2402,9 +2402,9 @@ perf_callchain_kernel(struct perf_callchain_entry_ctx *entry, struct pt_regs *re
>  		return;
>  	}
>  
> +	if (perf_callchain_store(entry, regs->ip))
> +		return;
>  	if (perf_hw_regs(regs)) {
> -		if (perf_callchain_store(entry, regs->ip))
> -			return;
>  		unwind_start(&state, current, regs, NULL);
>  	} else {
>  		unwind_start(&state, current, NULL, (void *)regs->sp);
> -- 
> 2.17.1
>