Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] arm64: Expand the stack trace feature to support IRQ stack

From: AKASHI Takahiro
Date: Mon Oct 19 2015 - 02:48:12 EST


Jungseok,

On 10/15/2015 10:39 PM, Jungseok Lee wrote:
On Oct 15, 2015, at 1:19 PM, AKASHI Takahiro wrote:
Jungseok,

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diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c
index f93aae5..e18be43 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c
@@ -103,12 +103,15 @@ static void dump_mem(const char *lvl, const char *str, unsigned long bottom,
set_fs(fs);
}

-static void dump_backtrace_entry(unsigned long where, unsigned long stack)
+static void dump_backtrace_entry(unsigned long where)
{
+ /*
+ * PC has a physical address when MMU is disabled.
+ */
+ if (!kernel_text_address(where))
+ where = (unsigned long)phys_to_virt(where);
+
print_ip_sym(where);
- if (in_exception_text(where))
- dump_mem("", "Exception stack", stack,
- stack + sizeof(struct pt_regs), false);
}

static void dump_instr(const char *lvl, struct pt_regs *regs)
@@ -172,12 +175,17 @@ static void dump_backtrace(struct pt_regs *regs, struct task_struct *tsk)
pr_emerg("Call trace:\n");
while (1) {
unsigned long where = frame.pc;
+ unsigned long stack;
int ret;

+ dump_backtrace_entry(where);
ret = unwind_frame(&frame);
if (ret < 0)
break;
- dump_backtrace_entry(where, frame.sp);
+ stack = frame.sp;
+ if (in_exception_text(where))
+ dump_mem("", "Exception stack", stack,
+ stack + sizeof(struct pt_regs), false);
}
}
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Thanks,
-Takahiro AKASHI
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diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
index 650cc05..5fbd1ea 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
@@ -185,14 +185,12 @@ alternative_endif
mov x23, sp
and x23, x23, #~(THREAD_SIZE - 1)
cmp x20, x23 // check irq re-enterance
+ mov x19, sp
beq 1f
- str x29, [x19, #IRQ_FRAME_FP]
- str x21, [x19, #IRQ_FRAME_SP]
- str x22, [x19, #IRQ_FRAME_PC]
- mov x29, x24
-1: mov x19, sp
- csel x23, x19, x24, eq // x24 = top of irq stack
- mov sp, x23
+ mov sp, x24 // x24 = top of irq stack
+ stp x29, x22, [sp, #-32]!
+ mov x29, sp
+1:
.endm

/*

Is it possible to decide which stack is used without aborted SP information?

We could know which stack is used via current SP, but how could we decide
a variable 'low' in unwind_frame() when walking a process stack?

The following patch, replacing your [PATCH 2/2], seems to work nicely,
traversing from interrupt stack to process stack. I tried James' method as well
as "echo c > /proc/sysrq-trigger."

Great thanks!

Since I'm favor of your approach, I've played with this patch instead of my one.
A kernel panic is observed when using 'perf record with -g option' and sysrq.
I guess some other changes are on your tree..

Please refer to my analysis.

The only issue that I have now is that dump_backtrace() does not show
correct "pt_regs" data on process stack (actually it dumps interrupt stack):

CPU1: stopping
CPU: 1 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/1 Tainted: G D 4.3.0-rc5+ #24
Hardware name: ARM Arm Versatile Express/Arm Versatile Express, BIOS 11:37:19 Jul 16 2015
Call trace:
[<ffffffc00008a7b0>] dump_backtrace+0x0/0x19c
[<ffffffc00008a968>] show_stack+0x1c/0x28
[<ffffffc0003936d0>] dump_stack+0x88/0xc8
[<ffffffc00008fdf8>] handle_IPI+0x258/0x268
[<ffffffc000082530>] gic_handle_irq+0x88/0xa4
Exception stack(0xffffffc87b1bffa0 to 0xffffffc87b1c00c0) <== HERE
ffa0: ffffffc87b18fe30 ffffffc87b1bc000 ffffffc87b18ff50 ffffffc000086ac8
ffc0: ffffffc87b18c000 afafafafafafafaf ffffffc87b18ff50 ffffffc000086ac8
ffe0: ffffffc87b18ff50 ffffffc87b18ff50 afafafafafafafaf afafafafafafafaf
0000: 0000000000000000 ffffffffffffffff ffffffc87b195c00 0000000200000002
0020: 0000000057ac6e9d afafafafafafafaf afafafafafafafaf afafafafafafafaf
0040: afafafafafafafaf afafafafafafafaf afafafafafafafaf afafafafafafafaf
0060: afafafafafafafaf afafafafafafafaf afafafafafafafaf afafafafafafafaf
0080: afafafafafafafaf afafafafafafafaf afafafafafafafaf afafafafafafafaf
00a0: afafafafafafafaf afafafafafafafaf afafafafafafafaf afafafafafafafaf
[<ffffffc0000855e0>] el1_irq+0xa0/0x114
[<ffffffc000086ac4>] arch_cpu_idle+0x14/0x20
[<ffffffc0000fc110>] default_idle_call+0x1c/0x34
[<ffffffc0000fc464>] cpu_startup_entry+0x2cc/0x30c
[<ffffffc00008f7c4>] secondary_start_kernel+0x120/0x148
[<ffffffc0000827a8>] secondary_startup+0x8/0x20

My 'dump_backtrace() rework' patch is in your working tree. Right?

Yeah. I applied your irq stack v5 and "Synchronise dump_backtrace()..." v3,
and tried to reproduce your problem, but didn't.


Thanks,
-Takahiro AKASHI

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From 1aa8d4e533d44099f69ff761acfa3c1045a00796 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AKASHI Takahiro <takahiro.akashi@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 09:04:10 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] arm64: revamp unwind_frame for interrupt stack

This patch allows unwind_frame() to traverse from interrupt stack
to process stack correctly by having a dummy stack frame for irq_handler
created at its prologue.

Signed-off-by: AKASHI Takahiro <takahiro.akashi@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++--
arch/arm64/kernel/stacktrace.c | 14 +++++++++++++-
2 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
index 6d4e8c5..25cabd9 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
@@ -185,8 +185,26 @@ alternative_endif
and x23, x23, #~(THREAD_SIZE - 1)
cmp x20, x23 // check irq re-enterance
mov x19, sp
- csel x23, x19, x24, eq // x24 = top of irq stack
- mov sp, x23
+ beq 1f
+ mov sp, x24 // x24 = top of irq stack
+ stp x29, x21, [sp, #-16]! // for sanity check
+ stp x29, x22, [sp, #-16]! // dummy stack frame
+ mov x29, sp
+1:
+ /*
+ * Layout of interrupt stack after this macro is invoked:
+ *
+ * | |
+ *-0x20+----------------+ <= dummy stack frame
+ * | fp | : fp on process stack
+ *-0x18+----------------+
+ * | lr | : return address
+ *-0x10+----------------+
+ * | fp (copy) | : for sanity check
+ * -0x8+----------------+
+ * | sp | : sp on process stack
+ * 0x0+----------------+
+ */
.endm

/*
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/stacktrace.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/stacktrace.c
index 407991b..03611a1 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/stacktrace.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/stacktrace.c
@@ -43,12 +43,24 @@ int notrace unwind_frame(struct stackframe *frame)
low = frame->sp;
high = ALIGN(low, THREAD_SIZE);

- if (fp < low || fp > high - 0x18 || fp & 0xf)
+ if (fp < low || fp > high - 0x20 || fp & 0xf)
return -EINVAL;

IMO, this condition should be changes as follows.

if (fp < low || fp > high - 0x20 || fp & 0xf || !fp)

If fp is NULL, (fp < low) should also be true.

-Takahiro AKASHI


Please refer to the below for details.


frame->sp = fp + 0x10;
frame->fp = *(unsigned long *)(fp);
/*
+ * check whether we are going to walk trough from interrupt stack
+ * to process stack
+ * If the previous frame is the initial (dummy) stack frame on
+ * interrupt stack, frame->sp now points to just below the frame
+ * (dummy frame + 0x10).
+ * See entry.S
+ */
+#define STACK_LOW(addr) round_down((addr), THREAD_SIZE)
+ if ((STACK_LOW(frame->sp) != STACK_LOW(frame->fp)) &&
+ (frame->fp == *(unsigned long *)frame->sp))
+ frame->sp = *((unsigned long *)(frame->sp + 8));

An original intention seems to catch a stack change from IRQ stack to process one.
Unfortunately, this condition hits when the last of stack frame of swapper is
retrieved. This leads to NULL pointer access due to the following code snippet.

ENTRY(__secondary_switched)
ldr x0, [x21] // get secondary_data.stack
mov sp, x0
mov x29, #0
b secondary_start_kernel
ENDPROC(__secondary_switched)

This is why x29 should be checked.

Best Regards
Jungseok Lee

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