Re: v4.10: kernel stack frame pointer .. has bad value (null)

[Josh Poimboeuf]

On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 09:10:39PM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> 
> > > > > Somehow, startup_32_smp() is on the stack twice.  The stack unwind led
> > > > > to the startup_32_smp() frame at 0xf50cdf9c rather than the one at
> > > > > 0xf50cdfa8 (which is where it should normally be).  So the question is
> > > > > how startup_32_smp() got executed the second time, with the wrong stack
> > > > > offset.
> > > > 
> > > > Not much idea... but this is stack dump, right? Just because some
> > > > value is on the stack does not mean it is a return address, no?
> > > 
> > > Right, but the one at 0xf50cdfa8 is where the startup_32_smp() is
> > > *supposed* to be.  If the unwinder had unwinded to that one, it wouldn't
> > > have complained.  So it looks to me like the CPU somehow booted twice:
> > > the first time at the right stack address, and the second time it
> > > somehow ended up with a different stack address.
> > > 
> > > > And .... startup_32_smp is kind of "interesting" function. Take a
> > > > look...
> > > 
> > > Yes, it's used in bringing up the CPU.
> > 
> > Can you share your .config?  
> 
> Here you go...

What version of gcc are you using?

Can you post a disassembly of the first 10 instructions of
start_secondary()?

-- 
Josh