[PATCH v2] arm: backtrace-clang: fix wrong sp usage for unwinding
Maninder Singh <[email protected]> Wed, 5 Aug 2026 10:25:14 +0530
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.kernel,gmane.linux.ports.arm.kernel |
|---|---|
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
show_stack() can be called for any task, but c_backtrace is always
unwinding frames based on "sp" register.
Which leads to printing backtrace of current task instead of
required task.
Try with normal TC:
==================
for_each_process(p){
sched_show_task(p);
}
[7.433271] task:kthreadd state:S stack:0 pid:2 tgid:2 ppid:0 task_flags:0x208040 flags:0x00000000
[7.433633] Call trace:
[7.433640] [<80113418>] (dump_backtrace) from [<80113510>] (show_stack+0x14/0x18)
..
[7.433676] [<8016749c>] (sched_show_task) from [<803cb324>] (meminfo_proc_show+0x6c/0x930)
[7.434019] r5:8158e300 r4:8b4882d0
[7.434024] [<803cb324>] (meminfo_proc_show) from [<80365788>] (seq_read_iter+0x148/0x4bc)
[7.434045] [<80365788>] (seq_read_iter) from [<803c044c>] (proc_reg_read_iter+0xb8/0xc4)
[7.434060] [<803c044c>] (proc_reg_read_iter) from [<80377104>] (copy_splice_read+0x228/0x308)
It should unwind frame based on passed "fp".
(CONFIG_UNWINDER_FRAME_POINTER=y)
Extra sp manipulation is needed only when c_backtrace()
is called from dump_backtrace() with "frame == fp" i.e.
NULL regs and not current task. (Suggested by Ard Biesheuvel)
Otherwise passed "fp" should be used to unwind backtraces.
With fix:
=========
[13.933732] task:kthreadd state:S stack:0 pid:2 tgid:2 ppid:0 task_flags:0x208040 flags:0x00000000
[13.934165] Call trace:
[13.934604] [<80afa1a8>] (schedule) from [<8015426c>] (kthreadd+0x124/0x208)
[13.934654] r10:8100bbf0 r4:8116f440
[13.934664] [<8015426c>] (kthreadd) from [<8010010c>] (ret_from_fork+0x14/0x28)
[13.934691] Exception stack(0xf081df9c to 0xf081dfe4)
Signed-off-by: Onkarnath <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Maninder Singh <[email protected]>
---
v1 -> v2: don't ignore sp manipulation completely, instead use it for NULL regs.
arch/arm/lib/backtrace-clang.S | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm/lib/backtrace-clang.S b/arch/arm/lib/backtrace-clang.S
index 290c52a60fc6..bf9738070af7 100644
--- a/arch/arm/lib/backtrace-clang.S
+++ b/arch/arm/lib/backtrace-clang.S
@@ -107,8 +107,10 @@ ENDPROC(c_backtrace)
/*
* Switches the current frame to be the frame for dump_stack.
+ * (Only in case of current task using current registers)
*/
- add frame, sp, #24 @ switch to false frame
+ cmp frame, fp
+ addeq frame, sp, #24 @ switch to false frame
for_each_frame: tst frame, mask @ Check for address exceptions
bne no_frame
--
2.34.1