Re: [PATCH v15 0/6] arm64: Reorganize the unwinder and implement stack trace reliability checks

Mark Rutland
2022-06-26T09:19:59Z

On Fri, Jun 24, 2022 at 12:19:01AM -0500, Madhavan T. Venkataraman wrote:
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> On 6/23/22 12:32, Will Deacon wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 17, 2022 at 04:07:11PM -0500, madvenka@linux.microsoft.com wrote:
> >> From: "Madhavan T. Venkataraman" <madvenka@linux.microsoft.com>
> >>
> >> I have synced this patch series to v5.19-rc2.
> >> I have also removed the following patch.
> >>
> >> [PATCH v14 7/7] arm64: Select HAVE_RELIABLE_STACKTRACE
> >>
> >> as HAVE_RELIABLE_STACKTRACE depends on STACK_VALIDATION which is not present
> >> yet. This patch will be added in the future once Objtool is enhanced to
> >> provide stack validation in some form.
> >
> > Given that it's not at all obvious that we're going to end up using objtool
> > for arm64, does this patch series gain us anything in isolation?
> >
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> BTW, I have synced my patchset to 5.19-rc2 and sent it as v15.
>
> So, to answer your question, patches 1 thru 3 in v15 are still useful even if we don't
> consider reliable stacktrace. These patches reorganize the unwinder code based on
> comments from both Mark Rutland and Mark Brown. Mark Brown has already OKed them.
> If Mark Rutland OKes them, we should upstream them.

Sorry for the delay; I have been rather swamped recently and haven't had the
time to give this the time it needs.

I'm happy with patches 1 and 2, and I've acked those in case Will wants to pick
them.

Kalesh (cc'd) is working to share the unwinder code with hyp, and I think that
we need to take a step back and consider how we can make the design work
cleanly with that. I'd had a go at prototyping making the unwinder more data
driven, but I haven't come up with something satisfactory so far.

It would be good if you could look at / comment on each others series.

Thanks,
Mark.

>
> I can drop patches 4 thru 6. Actually, the objtool patch series that I have
> sent separately for supporting livepatch already addresses reliability. So, if that
> gets reviewed and accepted, we don't even need patches 4 thru 6.
>
> If you are OK with that, I can resend v16 with just patches 1 thru 3. Let me know.
>
> Madhavan