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author | Josh Poimboeuf <[email protected]> | 2016-08-18 10:59:06 -0500 |
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committer | Ingo Molnar <[email protected]> | 2016-08-18 18:41:31 +0200 |
commit | 72b4f6a5e903b071f2a7c4eb1418cbe4eefdc344 (patch) | |
tree | 28c0131c9d7ffb0e286703461387ab0d534425b7 /tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c | |
parent | ae952ffdfdf986ecd1452d552a69b82cae7b5e58 (diff) |
x86/dumpstack: Fix x86_32 kernel_stack_pointer() previous stack access
On x86_32, when an interrupt happens from kernel space, SS and SP aren't
pushed and the existing stack is used. So pt_regs is effectively two
words shorter, and the previous stack pointer is normally the memory
after the shortened pt_regs, aka '®s->sp'.
But in the rare case where the interrupt hits right after the stack
pointer has been changed to point to an empty stack, like for example
when call_on_stack() is used, the address immediately after the
shortened pt_regs is no longer on the stack. In that case, instead of
'®s->sp', the previous stack pointer should be retrieved from the
beginning of the current stack page.
kernel_stack_pointer() wants to do that, but it forgets to dereference
the pointer. So instead of returning a pointer to the previous stack,
it returns a pointer to the beginning of the current stack.
Note that it's probably outside of kernel_stack_pointer()'s scope to be
switching stacks at all. The x86_64 version of this function doesn't do
it, and it would be better for the caller to do it if necessary. But
that's a patch for another day. This just fixes the original intent.
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <[email protected]>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <[email protected]>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <[email protected]>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <[email protected]>
Cc: Brian Gerst <[email protected]>
Cc: Byungchul Park <[email protected]>
Cc: Denys Vlasenko <[email protected]>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <[email protected]>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <[email protected]>
Cc: Kees Cook <[email protected]>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
Cc: Nilay Vaish <[email protected]>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <[email protected]>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>
Fixes: 0788aa6a23cb ("x86: Prepare removal of previous_esp from i386 thread_info structure")
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/472453d6e9f6a2d4ab16aaed4935f43117111566.1471535549.git.jpoimboe@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
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