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| author | Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com> | 2009-06-18 12:45:08 -0400 |
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| committer | Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> | 2009-06-18 18:40:18 -0400 |
| commit | 71e308a239c098673570d0b417d42262bb535909 (patch) | |
| tree | a9e415d0ae6302e820a1f9d4ff55a724b3a12cf6 /kernel/trace/Kconfig | |
| parent | eb4a03780d4c4464ef2ad86d80cca3f3284fe81d (diff) | |
function-graph: add stack frame test
In case gcc does something funny with the stack frames, or the return
from function code, we would like to detect that.
An arch may implement passing of a variable that is unique to the
function and can be saved on entering a function and can be tested
when exiting the function. Usually the frame pointer can be used for
this purpose.
This patch also implements this for x86. Where it passes in the stack
frame of the parent function, and will test that frame on exit.
There was a case in x86_32 with optimize for size (-Os) where, for a
few functions, gcc would align the stack frame and place a copy of the
return address into it. The function graph tracer modified the copy and
not the actual return address. On return from the funtion, it did not go
to the tracer hook, but returned to the parent. This broke the function
graph tracer, because the return of the parent (where gcc did not do
this funky manipulation) returned to the location that the child function
was suppose to. This caused strange kernel crashes.
This test detected the problem and pointed out where the issue was.
This modifies the parameters of one of the functions that the arch
specific code calls, so it includes changes to arch code to accommodate
the new prototype.
Note, I notice that the parsic arch implements its own push_return_trace.
This is now a generic function and the ftrace_push_return_trace should be
used instead. This patch does not touch that code.
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
Cc: Kyle McMartin <kyle@mcmartin.ca>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/trace/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/trace/Kconfig | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/trace/Kconfig b/kernel/trace/Kconfig index 1eac85253ce..b17ed8787de 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/Kconfig +++ b/kernel/trace/Kconfig @@ -18,6 +18,13 @@ config HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER config HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER bool +config HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_FP_TEST + bool + help + An arch may pass in a unique value (frame pointer) to both the + entering and exiting of a function. On exit, the value is compared + and if it does not match, then it will panic the kernel. + config HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACE_MCOUNT_TEST bool help |