[patch] add /proc/pid/stack to dump task's stack trace

From: Ken Chen
Date: Thu Nov 06 2008 - 14:01:53 EST


This patch adds the ability to query a task's stack trace via /proc/pid/stack.
It is considered to be more useful than /proc/pid/wchan as it provides full
stack trace instead of single depth.

Signed-off-by: Ken Chen <kenchen@xxxxxxxxxx>

index bcceb99..3202d5c 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ Table 1-1: Process specific entries in /proc
statm Process memory status information
status Process status in human readable form
wchan If CONFIG_KALLSYMS is set, a pre-decoded wchan
+ stack If CONFIG_KALLSYMS is set, report full stack trace
smaps Extension based on maps, the rss size for each mapped file
..............................................................................

diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index 486cf3f..466e519 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
#include <linux/mm.h>
#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
#include <linux/kallsyms.h>
+#include <linux/stacktrace.h>
#include <linux/resource.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/mount.h>
@@ -338,6 +339,35 @@ static int proc_pid_wchan
else
return sprintf(buffer, "%s", symname);
}
+
+#define MAX_STACK_TRACE_DEPTH 32
+static int proc_stack_trace(struct task_struct *task, char *buffer)
+{
+ int i, len = 0;
+ unsigned long *entries;
+ struct stack_trace trace;
+
+ entries = kmalloc(sizeof(*entries) * MAX_STACK_TRACE_DEPTH, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!entries)
+ goto out;
+
+ trace.nr_entries = 0;
+ trace.max_entries = MAX_STACK_TRACE_DEPTH;
+ trace.entries = entries;
+ trace.skip = 0;
+
+ read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
+ save_stack_trace_tsk(task, &trace);
+ read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
+
+ for (i = 0; i < trace.nr_entries; i++) {
+ len += sprintf(buffer + len, "[<%p>] %pS\n",
+ (void *) entries[i], (void *) entries[i]);
+ }
+ kfree(entries);
+out:
+ return len;
+}
#endif /* CONFIG_KALLSYMS */

#ifdef CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS
@@ -2489,6 +2519,7 @@ static const struct pid_entry tgid_base_stuff[] = {
DIR("attr", S_IRUGO|S_IXUGO, attr_dir),
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_KALLSYMS
+ INF("stack", S_IRUSR, stack_trace),
INF("wchan", S_IRUGO, pid_wchan),
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS
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