[PATCH] perf: Fix unsafe frame rewinding with hot regs fetching

[Frederic Weisbecker]

On Thu, Apr 08, 2010 at 11:57:20AM +0200, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> Hello
> 
> Current linux-2.6 tree panics on my dev machine
> 
> 64 bit kernel, 32bit user land
> CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER=y
> 
> perf timechart record &
> 
> Instant crash
> 
> Call Trace:
>  perf_trace_sched_switch+0xd5/0x120
>  schedule+0x6b5/0x860
>  retint_careful+0xd/0x21
>  
> RIP ffffffff81010955 perf_arch_fetch_caller_regs+0x15/0x40
> CR2: 00000000d21f1422
> 
> 
> rewind_frame_pointer() is probably wrong.
> 
> No test performed to check frame is in current stack, or
> that (!user_mode_vm(regs))
> 
> 
> static inline unsigned long rewind_frame_pointer(int n)
> {
> 	struct stack_frame *frame;
> 
> 	get_bp(frame);
> 
> #ifdef CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER
> 	while (n--)
> 		frame = frame->next_frame;
> #endif
> 
> 	return (unsigned long)frame;
> }
> 
> 
> 


Can you please test this fix?

Thanks.

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