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author | Jungseok Lee <jungseoklee85@gmail.com> | 2015-10-17 14:28:11 (GMT) |
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committer | Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> | 2015-10-19 17:51:52 (GMT) |
commit | 9f93f3e9461a30f425fdba15784db67ce878ce00 (patch) | |
tree | e10ac4b4f0304701b68123c2ff56194c26c60b96 /arch/arm64/Kconfig | |
parent | 096b3224d5e7239ec3e5033bbc7612ac2d5dec3a (diff) | |
download | linux-9f93f3e9461a30f425fdba15784db67ce878ce00.tar.xz |
arm64: Synchronise dump_backtrace() with perf callchain
Unlike perf callchain relying on walk_stackframe(), dump_backtrace()
has its own backtrace logic. A major difference between them is the
moment a symbol is recorded. Perf writes down a symbol *before*
calling unwind_frame(), but dump_backtrace() prints it out *after*
unwind_frame(). As a result, the last valid symbol cannot be hooked
in case of dump_backtrace(). This patch addresses the issue as
synchronising dump_backtrace() with perf callchain.
A simple test and its results are as follows:
- crash trigger
$ sudo echo c > /proc/sysrq-trigger
- current status
Call trace:
[<fffffe00003dc738>] sysrq_handle_crash+0x24/0x30
[<fffffe00003dd2ac>] __handle_sysrq+0x128/0x19c
[<fffffe00003dd730>] write_sysrq_trigger+0x60/0x74
[<fffffe0000249fc4>] proc_reg_write+0x84/0xc0
[<fffffe00001f2638>] __vfs_write+0x44/0x104
[<fffffe00001f2e60>] vfs_write+0x98/0x1a8
[<fffffe00001f3730>] SyS_write+0x50/0xb0
- with this change
Call trace:
[<fffffe00003dc738>] sysrq_handle_crash+0x24/0x30
[<fffffe00003dd2ac>] __handle_sysrq+0x128/0x19c
[<fffffe00003dd730>] write_sysrq_trigger+0x60/0x74
[<fffffe0000249fc4>] proc_reg_write+0x84/0xc0
[<fffffe00001f2638>] __vfs_write+0x44/0x104
[<fffffe00001f2e60>] vfs_write+0x98/0x1a8
[<fffffe00001f3730>] SyS_write+0x50/0xb0
[<fffffe00000939ec>] el0_svc_naked+0x20/0x28
Note that this patch does not cover a case where MMU is disabled. The
last stack frame of swapper, for example, has PC in a form of physical
address. Unfortunately, a simple conversion using phys_to_virt() cannot
cover all scenarios since PC is retrieved from LR - 4, not LR. It is
a big tradeoff to change both head.S and unwind_frame() for only a few
of symbols in *.S. Thus, this hunk does not take care of the case.
Cc: AKASHI Takahiro <takahiro.akashi@linaro.org>
Cc: James Morse <james.morse@arm.com>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Jungseok Lee <jungseoklee85@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
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