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From: AKASHI Takahiro <takahiro.akashi@linaro.org>
To: catalin.marinas@arm.com, will.deacon@arm.com, rostedt@goodmis.org
Cc: jungseoklee85@gmail.com, olof@lixom.net, broonie@kernel.org,
	david.griego@linaro.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	AKASHI Takahiro <takahiro.akashi@linaro.org>
Subject: [RFC 1/3] ftrace: adjust a function's pc to search for in check_stack() for arm64
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2015 14:29:33 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1436765375-7119-2-git-send-email-takahiro.akashi@linaro.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1436765375-7119-1-git-send-email-takahiro.akashi@linaro.org>

Ftace's stack tracer on arm64 returns wrong information about call stacks:

        Depth    Size   Location    (50 entries)
        -----    ----   --------
  0)     5256       0   notifier_call_chain+0x30/0x94
  1)     5256       0   ftrace_call+0x0/0x4
  2)     5256       0   notifier_call_chain+0x2c/0x94
  3)     5256       0   raw_notifier_call_chain+0x34/0x44
  4)     5256       0   timekeeping_update.constprop.9+0xb8/0x114
  5)     5256       0   update_wall_time+0x408/0x6dc

Most of 'Size' fields are unexpectedly zero.

This is because stack tracer fails to recognize each function's stack frame
in check_stack(). Stack tracer searches for a function's pc in the stack
based on the list returned by save_stack_trace(), but save_stack_trace() on
arm64 does not return the exact return address saved in a stack frame, but
a value decrmented by 4 (which means a branch instruction's address).
This behavior was introduced by
    commit e306dfd06fcb ("ARM64: unwind: Fix PC calculation")

So the matching doesn't succeed in most cases.

This problem can be fixed either by
a) reverting the commit above
b) adding an arm64-specific hack to check_patch()

This patch does b).

Signed-off-by: AKASHI Takahiro <takahiro.akashi@linaro.org>
---
 kernel/trace/trace_stack.c |    4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c b/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c
index 3f34496..7086fc3 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c
@@ -143,7 +143,11 @@ check_stack(unsigned long ip, unsigned long *stack)
 		p = start;
 
 		for (; p < top && i < max_stack_trace.nr_entries; p++) {
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64
+			if (*p == (stack_dump_trace[i] + 4)) {
+#else
 			if (*p == stack_dump_trace[i]) {
+#endif
 				this_size = stack_dump_index[i++] =
 					(top - p) * sizeof(unsigned long);
 				found = 1;
-- 
1.7.9.5


WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: takahiro.akashi@linaro.org (AKASHI Takahiro)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [RFC 1/3] ftrace: adjust a function's pc to search for in check_stack() for arm64
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2015 14:29:33 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1436765375-7119-2-git-send-email-takahiro.akashi@linaro.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1436765375-7119-1-git-send-email-takahiro.akashi@linaro.org>

Ftace's stack tracer on arm64 returns wrong information about call stacks:

        Depth    Size   Location    (50 entries)
        -----    ----   --------
  0)     5256       0   notifier_call_chain+0x30/0x94
  1)     5256       0   ftrace_call+0x0/0x4
  2)     5256       0   notifier_call_chain+0x2c/0x94
  3)     5256       0   raw_notifier_call_chain+0x34/0x44
  4)     5256       0   timekeeping_update.constprop.9+0xb8/0x114
  5)     5256       0   update_wall_time+0x408/0x6dc

Most of 'Size' fields are unexpectedly zero.

This is because stack tracer fails to recognize each function's stack frame
in check_stack(). Stack tracer searches for a function's pc in the stack
based on the list returned by save_stack_trace(), but save_stack_trace() on
arm64 does not return the exact return address saved in a stack frame, but
a value decrmented by 4 (which means a branch instruction's address).
This behavior was introduced by
    commit e306dfd06fcb ("ARM64: unwind: Fix PC calculation")

So the matching doesn't succeed in most cases.

This problem can be fixed either by
a) reverting the commit above
b) adding an arm64-specific hack to check_patch()

This patch does b).

Signed-off-by: AKASHI Takahiro <takahiro.akashi@linaro.org>
---
 kernel/trace/trace_stack.c |    4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c b/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c
index 3f34496..7086fc3 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c
@@ -143,7 +143,11 @@ check_stack(unsigned long ip, unsigned long *stack)
 		p = start;
 
 		for (; p < top && i < max_stack_trace.nr_entries; p++) {
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64
+			if (*p == (stack_dump_trace[i] + 4)) {
+#else
 			if (*p == stack_dump_trace[i]) {
+#endif
 				this_size = stack_dump_index[i++] =
 					(top - p) * sizeof(unsigned long);
 				found = 1;
-- 
1.7.9.5

  reply	other threads:[~2015-07-13  5:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 106+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-07-13  5:29 [RFC 0/3] arm64: ftrace: fix incorrect output from stack tracer AKASHI Takahiro
2015-07-13  5:29 ` AKASHI Takahiro
2015-07-13  5:29 ` AKASHI Takahiro [this message]
2015-07-13  5:29   ` [RFC 1/3] ftrace: adjust a function's pc to search for in check_stack() for arm64 AKASHI Takahiro
2015-07-13 15:24   ` Steven Rostedt
2015-07-13 15:24     ` Steven Rostedt
2015-07-15  0:22     ` AKASHI Takahiro
2015-07-15  0:22       ` AKASHI Takahiro
2015-07-13  5:29 ` [RFC 2/3] arm64: refactor save_stack_trace() AKASHI Takahiro
2015-07-13  5:29   ` AKASHI Takahiro
2015-07-14 12:47   ` Jungseok Lee
2015-07-14 12:47     ` Jungseok Lee
2015-07-14 13:31     ` Steven Rostedt
2015-07-14 13:31       ` Steven Rostedt
2015-07-15  0:20       ` AKASHI Takahiro
2015-07-15  0:20         ` AKASHI Takahiro
2015-07-15  2:51         ` Steven Rostedt
2015-07-15  2:51           ` Steven Rostedt
2015-07-15 11:41           ` AKASHI Takahiro
2015-07-15 11:41             ` AKASHI Takahiro
2015-07-15 14:55             ` Steven Rostedt
2015-07-15 14:55               ` Steven Rostedt
2015-07-15 16:13               ` Steven Rostedt
2015-07-15 16:13                 ` Steven Rostedt
2015-07-16  0:27                 ` AKASHI Takahiro
2015-07-16  0:27                   ` AKASHI Takahiro
2015-07-16  1:08                   ` AKASHI Takahiro
2015-07-16  1:08                     ` AKASHI Takahiro
2015-07-16  1:38                     ` Steven Rostedt
2015-07-16  1:38                       ` Steven Rostedt
2015-07-17 10:46                       ` Will Deacon
2015-07-17 10:46                         ` Will Deacon
2015-07-16 13:29                     ` Jungseok Lee
2015-07-16 13:29                       ` Jungseok Lee
2015-07-16 13:54                       ` Jungseok Lee
2015-07-16 13:54                         ` Jungseok Lee
2015-07-16 14:24                       ` Steven Rostedt
2015-07-16 14:24                         ` Steven Rostedt
2015-07-16 15:01                         ` Jungseok Lee
2015-07-16 15:01                           ` Jungseok Lee
2015-07-16 15:31                           ` Steven Rostedt
2015-07-16 15:31                             ` Steven Rostedt
2015-07-16 15:52                             ` Jungseok Lee
2015-07-16 15:52                               ` Jungseok Lee
2015-07-16 20:22                               ` Steven Rostedt
2015-07-16 20:22                                 ` Steven Rostedt
2015-07-17  2:49                                 ` AKASHI Takahiro
2015-07-17  2:49                                   ` AKASHI Takahiro
2015-07-17  3:21                                   ` Steven Rostedt
2015-07-17  3:21                                     ` Steven Rostedt
2015-07-16 16:16                             ` Steven Rostedt
2015-07-16 16:16                               ` Steven Rostedt
2015-07-17 12:40                               ` Mark Rutland
2015-07-17 12:40                                 ` Mark Rutland
2015-07-17 12:51                                 ` Steven Rostedt
2015-07-17 12:51                                   ` Steven Rostedt
2015-07-17 13:00                                 ` Steven Rostedt
2015-07-17 13:00                                   ` Steven Rostedt
2015-07-17 14:28                                   ` Jungseok Lee
2015-07-17 14:28                                     ` Jungseok Lee
2015-07-17 14:41                                     ` Steven Rostedt
2015-07-17 14:41                                       ` Steven Rostedt
2015-07-17 14:59                                       ` Jungseok Lee
2015-07-17 14:59                                         ` Jungseok Lee
2015-07-17 15:34                                         ` Jungseok Lee
2015-07-17 15:34                                           ` Jungseok Lee
2015-07-17 16:01                                           ` Steven Rostedt
2015-07-17 16:01                                             ` Steven Rostedt
2015-07-20 16:20                                           ` Will Deacon
2015-07-20 16:20                                             ` Will Deacon
2015-07-20 23:53                                             ` AKASHI Takahiro
2015-07-20 23:53                                               ` AKASHI Takahiro
2015-07-21 10:26                                               ` AKASHI Takahiro
2015-07-21 10:26                                                 ` AKASHI Takahiro
2015-07-21 14:34                                                 ` Jungseok Lee
2015-07-21 14:34                                                   ` Jungseok Lee
2015-08-03  9:09                                             ` Will Deacon
2015-08-03  9:09                                               ` Will Deacon
2015-08-03 14:01                                               ` Steven Rostedt
2015-08-03 14:01                                                 ` Steven Rostedt
2015-08-03 14:04                                                 ` Will Deacon
2015-08-03 14:04                                                   ` Will Deacon
2015-08-03 16:30                                               ` Jungseok Lee
2015-08-03 16:30                                                 ` Jungseok Lee
2015-08-03 16:57                                                 ` Steven Rostedt
2015-08-03 16:57                                                   ` Steven Rostedt
2015-08-03 17:22                                                   ` Jungseok Lee
2015-08-03 17:22                                                     ` Jungseok Lee
2015-08-03 17:32                                                     ` Steven Rostedt
2015-08-03 17:32                                                       ` Steven Rostedt
2015-08-04  7:41                                                       ` AKASHI Takahiro
2015-08-04  7:41                                                         ` AKASHI Takahiro
2015-07-17  2:04                       ` AKASHI Takahiro
2015-07-17  2:04                         ` AKASHI Takahiro
2015-07-17 14:38                         ` Jungseok Lee
2015-07-17 14:38                           ` Jungseok Lee
2015-07-16 14:28                     ` Mark Rutland
2015-07-16 14:28                       ` Mark Rutland
2015-07-16 14:34                       ` Steven Rostedt
2015-07-16 14:34                         ` Steven Rostedt
2015-07-17  2:09                         ` AKASHI Takahiro
2015-07-17  2:09                           ` AKASHI Takahiro
2015-07-13  5:29 ` [RFC 3/3] arm64: ftrace: mcount() should not create a stack frame AKASHI Takahiro
2015-07-13  5:29   ` AKASHI Takahiro
2015-07-13 15:01 ` [RFC 0/3] arm64: ftrace: fix incorrect output from stack tracer Jungseok Lee
2015-07-13 15:01   ` Jungseok Lee

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