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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/trace/trace_stack.c')
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1 files changed, 112 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c b/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c index 5d16f73898db..ec9a34a97129 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c @@ -53,6 +53,104 @@ static void print_max_stack(void) } } +/* + * The stack tracer looks for a maximum stack at each call from a function. It + * registers a callback from ftrace, and in that callback it examines the stack + * size. It determines the stack size from the variable passed in, which is the + * address of a local variable in the stack_trace_call() callback function. + * The stack size is calculated by the address of the local variable to the top + * of the current stack. If that size is smaller than the currently saved max + * stack size, nothing more is done. + * + * If the size of the stack is greater than the maximum recorded size, then the + * following algorithm takes place. + * + * For architectures (like x86) that store the function's return address before + * saving the function's local variables, the stack will look something like + * this: + * + * [ top of stack ] + * 0: sys call entry frame + * 10: return addr to entry code + * 11: start of sys_foo frame + * 20: return addr to sys_foo + * 21: start of kernel_func_bar frame + * 30: return addr to kernel_func_bar + * 31: [ do trace stack here ] + * + * The save_stack_trace() is called returning all the functions it finds in the + * current stack. Which would be (from the bottom of the stack to the top): + * + * return addr to kernel_func_bar + * return addr to sys_foo + * return addr to entry code + * + * Now to figure out how much each of these functions' local variable size is, + * a search of the stack is made to find these values. When a match is made, it + * is added to the stack_dump_trace[] array. The offset into the stack is saved + * in the stack_trace_index[] array. The above example would show: + * + * stack_dump_trace[] | stack_trace_index[] + * ------------------ + ------------------- + * return addr to kernel_func_bar | 30 + * return addr to sys_foo | 20 + * return addr to entry | 10 + * + * The print_max_stack() function above, uses these values to print the size of + * each function's portion of the stack. + * + * for (i = 0; i < nr_entries; i++) { + * size = i == nr_entries - 1 ? stack_trace_index[i] : + * stack_trace_index[i] - stack_trace_index[i+1] + * print "%d %d %d %s\n", i, stack_trace_index[i], size, stack_dump_trace[i]); + * } + * + * The above shows + * + * depth size location + * ----- ---- -------- + * 0 30 10 kernel_func_bar + * 1 20 10 sys_foo + * 2 10 10 entry code + * + * Now for architectures that might save the return address after the functions + * local variables (saving the link register before calling nested functions), + * this will cause the stack to look a little different: + * + * [ top of stack ] + * 0: sys call entry frame + * 10: start of sys_foo_frame + * 19: return addr to entry code << lr saved before calling kernel_func_bar + * 20: start of kernel_func_bar frame + * 29: return addr to sys_foo_frame << lr saved before calling next function + * 30: [ do trace stack here ] + * + * Although the functions returned by save_stack_trace() may be the same, the + * placement in the stack will be different. Using the same algorithm as above + * would yield: + * + * stack_dump_trace[] | stack_trace_index[] + * ------------------ + ------------------- + * return addr to kernel_func_bar | 30 + * return addr to sys_foo | 29 + * return addr to entry | 19 + * + * Where the mapping is off by one: + * + * kernel_func_bar stack frame size is 29 - 19 not 30 - 29! + * + * To fix this, if the architecture sets ARCH_RET_ADDR_AFTER_LOCAL_VARS the + * values in stack_trace_index[] are shifted by one to and the number of + * stack trace entries is decremented by one. + * + * stack_dump_trace[] | stack_trace_index[] + * ------------------ + ------------------- + * return addr to kernel_func_bar | 29 + * return addr to sys_foo | 19 + * + * Although the entry function is not displayed, the first function (sys_foo) + * will still include the stack size of it. + */ static void check_stack(unsigned long ip, unsigned long *stack) { unsigned long this_size, flags; unsigned long *p, *top, *start; @@ -158,6 +256,20 @@ static void check_stack(unsigned long ip, unsigned long *stack) i++; } +#ifdef ARCH_FTRACE_SHIFT_STACK_TRACER + /* + * Some archs will store the link register before calling + * nested functions. This means the saved return address + * comes after the local storage, and we need to shift + * for that. + */ + if (x > 1) { + memmove(&stack_trace_index[0], &stack_trace_index[1], + sizeof(stack_trace_index[0]) * (x - 1)); + x--; + } +#endif + stack_trace_nr_entries = x; if (task_stack_end_corrupted(current)) { |