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From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
To: "Matt Turner" <mattst88@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 04/13] alpha/perf: do not report user registers from the entry code
Date: Wed, 04 Nov 2026 18:56:58 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <sashiko-outbox-197894@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261104-alpha-profileme-v6-4-63362e9290a3@gmail.com>

> perf_get_regs_user() returns task_pt_regs() whenever a sample of a user
> task lands in the kernel. But exception entry runs with interrupts
> enabled, so the sample can land before the entry code has saved the user
> registers. Only the part PALcode pushed is valid then. An interrupt
> taken on the first instruction of entUna, say, pushes its own frame on
> top of PALcode's, which overlaps the rest of the user frame, so r7 and r8
> read as the interrupt's r23 and r24.
> 
> Report no user registers while the interrupted PC is in the entry code.
> Such a sample also gets no user stack dump. The range is all of the entry
> code from entInt to the end of the save in entSys, so it also drops the
> registers of samples that land after they were saved there.
> 
> An interrupt that nests on one taken in the entry code still reads the
> incomplete frame, as its own PC has left the entry code.
> 
> Fixes: 9280e99d87dd ("alpha: add HAVE_PERF_REGS and HAVE_PERF_USER_STACK_DUMP support")
> Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-5-5
> Reviewed-by: Magnus Lindholm <linmag7@gmail.com>
> Tested-by: Magnus Lindholm <linmag7@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Matt Turner <mattst88@gmail.com>

Sashiko has reviewed this patch and found no issues.

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  reply	other threads:[~2026-11-04 18:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-11-04 18:49 [PATCH v6 00/13] alpha/perf: add ProfileMe sampling Matt Turner
2026-11-04 18:49 ` [PATCH v6 01/13] alpha/perf: pass PERFMON_CMD_LOGGING_ALL to the logging options call Matt Turner
2026-11-04 18:52   ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-04 18:49 ` [PATCH v6 02/13] alpha/perf: add sysfs format and event attributes Matt Turner
2026-11-04 18:52   ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-04 18:49 ` [PATCH v6 03/13] alpha/perf: clear PERF_HES_UPTODATE when an event starts counting Matt Turner
2026-11-04 18:54   ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-04 18:49 ` [PATCH v6 04/13] alpha/perf: do not report user registers from the entry code Matt Turner
2026-11-04 18:56   ` sashiko-bot [this message]
2026-11-04 18:49 ` [PATCH v6 05/13] alpha/perf: ignore overflow interrupts the counter does not account for Matt Turner
2026-11-04 19:09   ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-04 18:49 ` [PATCH v6 06/13] alpha/perf: implement ProfileMe sampling Matt Turner
2026-11-04 19:20   ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-04 18:49 ` [PATCH v6 07/13] alpha/perf: attach ProfileMe status as PERF_SAMPLE_RAW data Matt Turner
2026-11-04 19:00   ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-04 18:49 ` [PATCH v6 08/13] alpha/perf: optionally randomize the ProfileMe sampling interval Matt Turner
2026-11-04 19:04   ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-04 18:49 ` [PATCH v6 09/13] alpha/perf: report the ProfileMe window count as the sample weight Matt Turner
2026-11-04 18:56   ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-04 18:49 ` [PATCH v6 10/13] alpha/perf: report the data source of ProfileMe memory accesses Matt Turner
2026-11-04 18:59   ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-04 18:49 ` [PATCH v6 11/13] alpha/perf: add ProfileMe sample filters Matt Turner
2026-11-04 18:55   ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-04 18:49 ` [PATCH v6 12/13] alpha/perf: sample only retired instructions for precise events Matt Turner
2026-11-04 19:10   ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-04 18:49 ` [PATCH v6 13/13] alpha/perf: honor exclude_user and exclude_kernel for ProfileMe events Matt Turner
2026-11-04 19:02   ` sashiko-bot

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