From: Wang Han <wanghan@linux.alibaba.com>
To: Paul Walmsley <pjw@kernel.org>,
Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@dabbelt.com>,
Albert Ou <aou@eecs.berkeley.edu>
Cc: "Steven Rostedt" <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
"Alexandre Ghiti" <alex@ghiti.fr>,
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Subject: [PATCH v3 4/8] riscv: ftrace: always preserve s0 in dynamic ftrace register frame
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2026 14:29:55 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260609063002.3943001-4-wanghan@linux.alibaba.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.194d76e3a15b.v3.riscv-livepatch.wanghan@linux.alibaba.com>
struct __arch_ftrace_regs declares s0 unconditionally, and both
ftrace_regs_get_frame_pointer() and ftrace_partial_regs() read it
unconditionally. But the SAVE_ABI_REGS / RESTORE_ABI_REGS macros in
mcount-dyn.S only stored s0 under HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_FP_TEST
(CONFIG_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER && CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER). With
CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER=n the slot held whatever was on the stack before,
so any callback going through ftrace_partial_regs() saw a garbage
regs->s0. RISC-V kernels default to FRAME_POINTER=y, which is why this
has not bitten in practice.
Save and restore s0 unconditionally in the dynamic ftrace ABI register
frame. This fixes the latent garbage-s0 case, brings the dynamic ftrace
path in line with the static _mcount path (mcount.S SAVE_ABI_STATE
already saves s0 unconditionally), and matches the frame layout already
documented in the comment above SAVE_ABI_REGS. It is also a prerequisite
for the upcoming reliable unwinder, which reads
ftrace_regs_get_frame_pointer(fregs) directly.
The cost is one extra REG_S/REG_L pair per traced call, negligible
compared to the overall ftrace cost; the existing FREGS_SIZE_ON_STACK
already reserved the slot, so no extra stack space is used.
Reviewed-by: Shuai Xue <xueshuai@linux.alibaba.com>
Signed-off-by: Wang Han <wanghan@linux.alibaba.com>
---
arch/riscv/kernel/mcount-dyn.S | 4 ----
1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/mcount-dyn.S b/arch/riscv/kernel/mcount-dyn.S
index 082fe0b0e3c0..26c55fba8fec 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/mcount-dyn.S
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/mcount-dyn.S
@@ -85,9 +85,7 @@
addi sp, sp, -FREGS_SIZE_ON_STACK
REG_S t0, FREGS_EPC(sp)
REG_S x1, FREGS_RA(sp)
-#ifdef HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_FP_TEST
REG_S x8, FREGS_S0(sp)
-#endif
REG_S x6, FREGS_T1(sp)
#ifdef CONFIG_CC_IS_CLANG
REG_S x7, FREGS_T2(sp)
@@ -113,9 +111,7 @@
.macro RESTORE_ABI_REGS
REG_L t0, FREGS_EPC(sp)
REG_L x1, FREGS_RA(sp)
-#ifdef HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_FP_TEST
REG_L x8, FREGS_S0(sp)
-#endif
REG_L x6, FREGS_T1(sp)
#ifdef CONFIG_CC_IS_CLANG
REG_L x7, FREGS_T2(sp)
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-09 6:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-27 12:35 [PATCH 0/8] riscv: Add reliable stack unwinding for livepatch Wang Han
2026-05-27 12:35 ` [PATCH 1/8] scripts/sorttable: Handle RISC-V patchable ftrace entries Wang Han
2026-05-27 15:30 ` Steven Rostedt
2026-05-28 5:38 ` Wang Han
2026-06-03 7:14 ` Chen Pei
2026-05-27 12:35 ` [PATCH 2/8] riscv: stacktrace: Add frame record metadata Wang Han
2026-05-27 12:35 ` [PATCH 3/8] riscv: stacktrace: disable KASAN instrumentation for stacktrace.o Wang Han
2026-05-27 12:35 ` [PATCH 4/8] riscv: ftrace: always preserve s0 in dynamic ftrace register frame Wang Han
2026-05-27 12:35 ` [PATCH 5/8] riscv: stacktrace: introduce stack-bound tracking helpers Wang Han
2026-05-27 12:35 ` [PATCH 6/8] riscv: stacktrace: switch to frame-pointer based unwinder Wang Han
2026-05-27 12:35 ` [PATCH 7/8] riscv: Kconfig: enable HAVE_RELIABLE_STACKTRACE and HAVE_LIVEPATCH Wang Han
2026-05-27 12:35 ` [PATCH 8/8] selftests/livepatch: Add RISC-V syscall wrapper prefix Wang Han
2026-05-28 8:23 ` [PATCH v2 0/8] riscv: Add reliable stack unwinding for livepatch Wang Han
2026-06-09 6:29 ` [PATCH v3 " Wang Han
2026-06-09 6:29 ` [PATCH v3 1/8] scripts/sorttable: Handle RISC-V patchable ftrace entries Wang Han
2026-06-09 7:27 ` Martin Kaiser
2026-06-09 6:29 ` [PATCH v3 2/8] riscv: stacktrace: Add frame record metadata Wang Han
2026-06-09 6:29 ` [PATCH v3 3/8] riscv: stacktrace: disable KASAN and KCOV instrumentation for stacktrace.o Wang Han
2026-06-09 6:29 ` Wang Han [this message]
2026-06-09 6:29 ` [PATCH v3 5/8] riscv: stacktrace: introduce stack-bound tracking helpers Wang Han
2026-06-09 6:29 ` [PATCH v3 6/8] riscv: stacktrace: switch to frame-pointer based unwinder Wang Han
2026-06-09 6:29 ` [PATCH v3 7/8] riscv: Kconfig: enable HAVE_RELIABLE_STACKTRACE and HAVE_LIVEPATCH Wang Han
2026-06-09 6:29 ` [PATCH v3 8/8] selftests/livepatch: Add RISC-V syscall wrapper prefix Wang Han
2026-05-28 8:23 ` [PATCH v2 1/8] scripts/sorttable: Handle RISC-V patchable ftrace entries Wang Han
2026-05-28 13:21 ` Steven Rostedt
2026-06-01 6:17 ` Shuai Xue
2026-06-01 13:57 ` Steven Rostedt
2026-06-03 2:10 ` Shuai Xue
2026-05-28 8:23 ` [PATCH v2 2/8] riscv: stacktrace: Add frame record metadata Wang Han
2026-06-02 11:18 ` Shuai Xue
2026-05-28 8:23 ` [PATCH v2 3/8] riscv: stacktrace: disable KASAN instrumentation for stacktrace.o Wang Han
2026-06-02 11:22 ` Shuai Xue
2026-05-28 8:23 ` [PATCH v2 4/8] riscv: ftrace: always preserve s0 in dynamic ftrace register frame Wang Han
2026-06-02 11:37 ` Shuai Xue
2026-05-28 8:23 ` [PATCH v2 5/8] riscv: stacktrace: introduce stack-bound tracking helpers Wang Han
2026-06-03 1:23 ` Shuai Xue
2026-05-28 8:23 ` [PATCH v2 6/8] riscv: stacktrace: switch to frame-pointer based unwinder Wang Han
2026-06-03 1:35 ` Shuai Xue
2026-05-28 8:23 ` [PATCH v2 7/8] riscv: Kconfig: enable HAVE_RELIABLE_STACKTRACE and HAVE_LIVEPATCH Wang Han
2026-06-03 1:49 ` Shuai Xue
2026-05-28 8:23 ` [PATCH v2 8/8] selftests/livepatch: Add RISC-V syscall wrapper prefix Wang Han
2026-05-28 13:33 ` Marcos Paulo de Souza
2026-06-03 1:54 ` Shuai Xue
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