[tip:x86/urgent] x86, 32-bit: fix kernel_trap_sp()

From: tip-bot for Masami Hiramatsu
Date: Mon May 11 2009 - 17:53:27 EST


Commit-ID: 11d0f25f06fb67e707e6ed4bf9967b859e403639
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/11d0f25f06fb67e707e6ed4bf9967b859e403639
Author: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Mon, 11 May 2009 17:03:00 -0400
Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Mon, 11 May 2009 23:49:17 +0200

x86, 32-bit: fix kernel_trap_sp()

Use &regs->sp instead of regs for getting the top of stack in kernel mode.
(on x86-64, regs->sp always points the top of stack)

[ Impact: Oprofile decodes only stack for backtracing on i386 ]

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: systemtap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jan Blunck <jblunck@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
LKML-Reference: <20090511210300.17332.67549.stgit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>


---
arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h | 4 ++--
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h
index e304b66..aed0894 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h
@@ -187,14 +187,14 @@ static inline int v8086_mode(struct pt_regs *regs)

/*
* X86_32 CPUs don't save ss and esp if the CPU is already in kernel mode
- * when it traps. So regs will be the current sp.
+ * when it traps. So &regs->sp will be the current sp.
*
* This is valid only for kernel mode traps.
*/
static inline unsigned long kernel_trap_sp(struct pt_regs *regs)
{
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
- return (unsigned long)regs;
+ return (unsigned long)&regs->sp;
#else
return regs->sp;
#endif
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