Re: [PATCH] x86/unwind/orc: Fix unwind for newly forked tasks

From: Josh Poimboeuf
Date: Fri Sep 13 2024 - 19:11:22 EST


On Fri, Sep 13, 2024 at 10:45:01AM +0800, Zheng Yejian wrote:
> When arch_stack_walk_reliable() is called to unwind for newly forked
> tasks, the return value is negative which means the call stack is
> unreliable. This obviously does not meet expectations.
>
> The root cause is that after commit 3aec4ecb3d1f ("x86: Rewrite
> ret_from_fork() in C"), the 'ret_addr' of newly forked task is changed
> to 'ret_from_fork_asm' (see copy_thread()), then at the start of the
> unwind, it is incorrectly interprets not as a "signal" one because
> 'ret_from_fork' is still used to determine the initial "signal" (see
> __unwind_start()). Then the address gets incorrectly decremented in the
> call to orc_find() (see unwind_next_frame()) and resulting in the
> incorrect ORC data.
>
> To fix it, check 'ret_from_fork_asm' rather than 'ret_from_fork' in
> __unwind_start().
>
> Fixes: 3aec4ecb3d1f ("x86: Rewrite ret_from_fork() in C")
> Signed-off-by: Zheng Yejian <zhengyejian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks!

Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>

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Josh