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From: Maninder Singh <maninder1.s@samsung.com>
To: ardb@kernel.org, ndesaulniers@google.com, linux@armlinux.org.uk,
	nathan@kernel.org, nick.desaulniers+lkml@gmail.com,
	morbo@google.com, justinstitt@google.com
Cc: onkarnath.1@samsung.com, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, llvm@lists.linux.dev,
	r.thapliyal@samsung.com, Maninder Singh <maninder1.s@samsung.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] arm: backtrace-clang: fix wrong sp usage for unwinding
Date: Wed,  5 Aug 2026 10:25:14 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260805045514.1599433-1-maninder1.s@samsung.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: CGME20260805045522epcas5p39659721ef26a447b71e860c2990a60c0@epcas5p3.samsung.com

show_stack() can be called for any task, but c_backtrace is always
unwinding frames based on "sp" register.

Which leads to printing backtrace of current task instead of
required task.

Try with normal TC:
==================
       for_each_process(p){
               sched_show_task(p);
       }

[7.433271] task:kthreadd        state:S stack:0     pid:2     tgid:2     ppid:0      task_flags:0x208040 flags:0x00000000
[7.433633] Call trace:
[7.433640] [<80113418>] (dump_backtrace) from [<80113510>] (show_stack+0x14/0x18)
..
[7.433676] [<8016749c>] (sched_show_task) from [<803cb324>] (meminfo_proc_show+0x6c/0x930)
[7.434019]  r5:8158e300 r4:8b4882d0
[7.434024] [<803cb324>] (meminfo_proc_show) from [<80365788>] (seq_read_iter+0x148/0x4bc)
[7.434045] [<80365788>] (seq_read_iter) from [<803c044c>] (proc_reg_read_iter+0xb8/0xc4)
[7.434060] [<803c044c>] (proc_reg_read_iter) from [<80377104>] (copy_splice_read+0x228/0x308)

It should unwind frame based on passed "fp".
(CONFIG_UNWINDER_FRAME_POINTER=y)

Extra sp manipulation is needed only when c_backtrace()
is called from dump_backtrace() with "frame == fp" i.e.
NULL regs and not current task. (Suggested by Ard Biesheuvel)

Otherwise passed "fp" should be used to unwind backtraces.

With fix:
=========
[13.933732] task:kthreadd        state:S stack:0     pid:2     tgid:2     ppid:0      task_flags:0x208040 flags:0x00000000
[13.934165] Call trace:
[13.934604] [<80afa1a8>] (schedule) from [<8015426c>] (kthreadd+0x124/0x208)
[13.934654]  r10:8100bbf0 r4:8116f440
[13.934664] [<8015426c>] (kthreadd) from [<8010010c>] (ret_from_fork+0x14/0x28)
[13.934691] Exception stack(0xf081df9c to 0xf081dfe4)

Signed-off-by: Onkarnath <onkarnath.1@samsung.com>
Signed-off-by: Maninder Singh <maninder1.s@samsung.com>
---
v1 -> v2: don't ignore sp manipulation completely, instead use it for NULL regs.

 arch/arm/lib/backtrace-clang.S | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/lib/backtrace-clang.S b/arch/arm/lib/backtrace-clang.S
index 290c52a60fc6..bf9738070af7 100644
--- a/arch/arm/lib/backtrace-clang.S
+++ b/arch/arm/lib/backtrace-clang.S
@@ -107,8 +107,10 @@ ENDPROC(c_backtrace)
 
 /*
  * Switches the current frame to be the frame for dump_stack.
+ * (Only in case of current task using current registers)
  */
-		add	frame, sp, #24		@ switch to false frame
+		cmp	frame, fp
+		addeq	frame, sp, #24		@ switch to false frame
 for_each_frame:	tst	frame, mask		@ Check for address exceptions
 		bne	no_frame
 
-- 
2.34.1



       reply	other threads:[~2026-08-05  4:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <CGME20260805045522epcas5p39659721ef26a447b71e860c2990a60c0@epcas5p3.samsung.com>
2026-08-05  4:55 ` Maninder Singh [this message]
2026-08-06 17:03   ` [PATCH v2] arm: backtrace-clang: fix wrong sp usage for unwinding Nick Desaulniers

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