Re: [PATCH v2] perf/x86: always include regs->ip in callchain

From: Kairui Song
Date: Thu May 23 2019 - 02:09:44 EST


On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 1:34 PM Song Liu <songliubraving@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Commit d15d356887e7 removes regs->ip for !perf_hw_regs(regs) case. This
> patch adds regs->ip back.
>
> Fixes: d15d356887e7 ("perf/x86: Make perf callchains work without CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER")
> Cc: Kairui Song <kasong@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Song Liu <songliubraving@xxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/events/core.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/events/core.c b/arch/x86/events/core.c
> index f315425d8468..7b8a9eb4d5fd 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/events/core.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/events/core.c
> @@ -2402,9 +2402,9 @@ perf_callchain_kernel(struct perf_callchain_entry_ctx *entry, struct pt_regs *re
> return;
> }
>
> + if (perf_callchain_store(entry, regs->ip))
> + return;
> if (perf_hw_regs(regs)) {
> - if (perf_callchain_store(entry, regs->ip))
> - return;
> unwind_start(&state, current, regs, NULL);
> } else {
> unwind_start(&state, current, NULL, (void *)regs->sp);
> --
> 2.17.1
>

Hi, this will make !perf_hw_regs(regs) case print a double first level
stack trace, which is wrong. And the actual problem that unwinder give
empty calltrace in bpf is still not fixed.

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Best Regards,
Kairui Song