From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
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Subject: [PATCH v7 13/18] perf: Skip user unwind if the task is a kernel thread.
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2025 15:57:59 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250430200109.678557621@goodmis.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20250430195746.827125963@goodmis.org
From: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
If the task is not a user thread, there's no user stack to unwind.
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
---
kernel/events/core.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 430dd158b1ee..ec9edf602974 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -8101,7 +8101,8 @@ struct perf_callchain_entry *
perf_callchain(struct perf_event *event, struct pt_regs *regs)
{
bool kernel = !event->attr.exclude_callchain_kernel;
- bool user = !event->attr.exclude_callchain_user;
+ bool user = !event->attr.exclude_callchain_user &&
+ !(current->flags & PF_KTHREAD);
/* Disallow cross-task user callchains. */
bool crosstask = event->ctx->task && event->ctx->task != current;
const u32 max_stack = event->attr.sample_max_stack;
--
2.47.2
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-04-30 20:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-04-30 19:57 [PATCH v7 00/18] perf: Deferred unwinding of user space stack traces Steven Rostedt
2025-04-30 19:57 ` [PATCH v7 01/18] unwind_user: Add user space unwinding API Steven Rostedt
2025-04-30 19:57 ` [PATCH v7 02/18] unwind_user: Add frame pointer support Steven Rostedt
2025-04-30 19:57 ` [PATCH v7 03/18] unwind_user/x86: Enable frame pointer unwinding on x86 Steven Rostedt
2025-04-30 19:57 ` [PATCH v7 04/18] perf/x86: Rename and move get_segment_base() and make it global Steven Rostedt
2025-04-30 19:57 ` [PATCH v7 05/18] unwind_user: Add compat mode frame pointer support Steven Rostedt
2025-04-30 19:57 ` [PATCH v7 06/18] unwind_user/x86: Enable compat mode frame pointer unwinding on x86 Steven Rostedt
2025-04-30 19:57 ` [PATCH v7 07/18] unwind_user/deferred: Add unwind_deferred_trace() Steven Rostedt
2025-04-30 19:57 ` [PATCH v7 08/18] unwind_user/deferred: Add unwind cache Steven Rostedt
2025-04-30 19:57 ` [PATCH v7 09/18] perf: Remove get_perf_callchain() init_nr argument Steven Rostedt
2025-04-30 19:57 ` [PATCH v7 10/18] perf: Have get_perf_callchain() return NULL if crosstask and user are set Steven Rostedt
2025-04-30 19:57 ` [PATCH v7 11/18] perf: Use current->flags & PF_KTHREAD instead of current->mm == NULL Steven Rostedt
2025-04-30 19:57 ` [PATCH v7 12/18] perf: Simplify get_perf_callchain() user logic Steven Rostedt
2025-04-30 19:57 ` Steven Rostedt [this message]
2025-04-30 19:58 ` [PATCH v7 14/18] perf: Support deferred user callchains Steven Rostedt
2025-04-30 19:58 ` [PATCH v7 15/18] perf tools: Minimal CALLCHAIN_DEFERRED support Steven Rostedt
2025-04-30 19:58 ` [PATCH v7 16/18] perf record: Enable defer_callchain for user callchains Steven Rostedt
2025-04-30 19:58 ` [PATCH v7 17/18] perf script: Display PERF_RECORD_CALLCHAIN_DEFERRED Steven Rostedt
2025-04-30 19:58 ` [PATCH v7 18/18] perf tools: Merge deferred user callchains Steven Rostedt
2025-04-30 20:07 ` Ian Rogers
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