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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c17
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c b/arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c
index 26038eacf74a..89be1be1790c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c
@@ -113,6 +113,20 @@ static struct orc_entry *orc_ftrace_find(unsigned long ip)
}
#endif
+/*
+ * If we crash with IP==0, the last successfully executed instruction
+ * was probably an indirect function call with a NULL function pointer,
+ * and we don't have unwind information for NULL.
+ * This hardcoded ORC entry for IP==0 allows us to unwind from a NULL function
+ * pointer into its parent and then continue normally from there.
+ */
+static struct orc_entry null_orc_entry = {
+ .sp_offset = sizeof(long),
+ .sp_reg = ORC_REG_SP,
+ .bp_reg = ORC_REG_UNDEFINED,
+ .type = ORC_TYPE_CALL
+};
+
static struct orc_entry *orc_find(unsigned long ip)
{
static struct orc_entry *orc;
@@ -120,6 +134,9 @@ static struct orc_entry *orc_find(unsigned long ip)
if (!orc_init)
return NULL;
+ if (ip == 0)
+ return &null_orc_entry;
+
/* For non-init vmlinux addresses, use the fast lookup table: */
if (ip >= LOOKUP_START_IP && ip < LOOKUP_STOP_IP) {
unsigned int idx, start, stop;