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    tracing/kprobes: Fix kprobe-tracer to support stack trace · 1fd8df2c
    Masami Hiramatsu authored
    
    
    Fix to support kernel stack trace correctly on kprobe-tracer.
    Since the execution path of kprobe-based dynamic events is different
    from other tracepoint-based events, normal ftrace_trace_stack() doesn't
    work correctly. To fix that, this introduces ftrace_trace_stack_regs()
    which traces stack via pt_regs instead of current stack register.
    
    e.g.
    
     # echo p schedule+4 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/kprobe_events
     # echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/options/stacktrace
     # echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/kprobes/enable
     # head -n 20 /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace
                bash-2968  [000] 10297.050245: p_schedule_4: (schedule+0x4/0x4ca)
                bash-2968  [000] 10297.050247: <stack trace>
     => schedule_timeout
     => n_tty_read
     => tty_read
     => vfs_read
     => sys_read
     => system_call_fastpath
         kworker/0:1-2940  [000] 10297.050265: p_schedule_4: (schedule+0x4/0x4ca)
         kworker/0:1-2940  [000] 10297.050266: <stack trace>
     => worker_thread
     => kthread
     => kernel_thread_helper
                sshd-1132  [000] 10297.050365: p_schedule_4: (schedule+0x4/0x4ca)
                sshd-1132  [000] 10297.050365: <stack trace>
     => sysret_careful
    
    Note: Even with this fix, the first entry will be skipped
    if the probe is put on the function entry area before
    the frame pointer is set up (usually, that is 4 bytes
     (push %bp; mov %sp %bp) on x86), because stack unwinder
    depends on the frame pointer.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMasami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>
    Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
    Cc: yrl.pp-manager.tt@hitachi.com
    Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
    Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@gmail.com>
    Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20110608070934.17777.17116.stgit@fedora15
    
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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