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SubjectRe: Getting empty callchain from perf_callchain_kernel()
On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 10:53:19AM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > For ORC, I'm thinking we may be able to just require that all generated
> > code (BPF and others) always use frame pointers. Then when ORC doesn't
> > recognize a code address, it could try using the frame pointer as a
> > fallback.
>
> Yes, this seems like a sensible approach. We'd also have to audit the
> ftrace and kprobe trampolines, IIRC they only do framepointer setup for
> CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER currently, which should be easy to fix (after the
> patches I have to fix the FP generation in the first place:
>
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/peterz/queue.git/log/?h=x86/wip

Right now, ftrace has a special hook in the ORC unwinder
(orc_ftrace_find). It would be great if we could get rid of that in
favor of the "always use frame pointers" approach. I'll hold off on
doing the kpatch/kprobe trampoline conversions in my patches since it
would conflict with yours.

Though, hm, because of pt_regs I guess ORC would need to be able to
decode an encoded frame pointer? I was hoping we could leave those
encoded frame pointers behind in CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER-land forever...

Here are my latest BPF unwinder patches in case anybody wants a sneak
peek:

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jpoimboe/linux.git/log/?h=bpf-orc-fix

--
Josh

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