Re: ftrace regression with CONFIG_UNWINDER_FRAME_POINTER

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Mon Aug 15 2022 - 19:57:32 EST


On Mon, Aug 15, 2022 at 04:06:46PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Mon, 15 Aug 2022 12:58:28 -0700
> Johannes Erdfelt <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I recently ran across an oops with ftrace when using the frame pointer
> > unwinder. It does not affect Linus' tree (tested 6.0-rc1), but it does
> > affect 5.15.60 and 5.10.136 (at least, have not tested other kernels).
> >
> > It appears to be related to the recently merged retbleed mitigations,
>
> If you believe this, then Cc those that are involved with those
> mitigations, which I did.

Sounds like this one:

https://lore.kernel.org/all/Yu2H%2FRdg%2FU4bHWaY@quatroqueijos/

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