aarch64 missing from Revert "perf/x86: Always store regs->ip in perf_callchain_kernel()"
From: Eugene Loh
Date: Mon Jan 12 2026 - 01:18:16 EST
Thanks for reverting that patch:
https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251104215405.168643-2-jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6d08340d1e354787d6c65a8c3cdd4d41ffb8a5ed
Revert "perf/x86: Always store regs->ip in perf_callchain_kernel()"
This reverts commit 83f44ae.
But it seems to me that this issue is not specific to x86. For example, here is aarch64, using a 6.18 kernel:
# bpftrace -e 'tracepoint:sched:sched_process_exec { print(kstack()); }'
perf_trace_sched_process_exec+16
perf_trace_sched_process_exec+16
__traceiter_sched_process_exec+80
exec_binprm+908
bprm_execve.part.0+464
bprm_execve+68
do_execveat_common.isra.0+456
__arm64_sys_execve+76
invoke_syscall+112
el0_svc_common.constprop.0+264
do_el0_svc+36
el0_svc+56
el0t_64_sync_handler+184
el0t_64_sync+412
The leaf IP is repeated. Are corresponding changes needed for processors other than just x86?