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From: David Laight <David.Laight@ACULAB.COM>
To: 'Alexei Starovoitov' <alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com>,
	Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Cc: "x86@kernel.org" <x86@kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>,
	"Daniel Borkmann" <daniel@iogearbox.net>,
	"netdev@vger.kernel.org" <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
	"bpf@vger.kernel.org" <bpf@vger.kernel.org>,
	"Peter Zijlstra" <peterz@infradead.org>,
	Song Liu <songliubraving@fb.com>,
	"Kairui Song" <kasong@redhat.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 6/9] x86/bpf: Fix JIT frame pointer usage
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2019 10:50:23 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <57f6e69da6b3461a9c39d71aa1b58662@AcuMS.aculab.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190613215807.wjcop6eaadirz5xm@ast-mbp.dhcp.thefacebook.com>

On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 08:21:03AM -0500, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> The BPF JIT code clobbers RBP.  This breaks frame pointer convention and
> thus prevents the FP unwinder from unwinding through JIT generated code.
>
> RBP is currently used as the BPF stack frame pointer register.  The
> actual register used is opaque to the user, as long as it's a
> callee-saved register.  Change it to use R12 instead.

Could you maintain the system %rbp chain through the BPF stack?
It might even be possible to put something relevant in the %rip
location.

	David

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2019-06-14 10:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 49+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-06-13 13:20 [PATCH 0/9] x86/bpf: unwinder fixes Josh Poimboeuf
2019-06-13 13:20 ` [PATCH 1/9] perf/x86: Always store regs->ip in perf_callchain_kernel() Josh Poimboeuf
2019-06-13 13:20 ` [PATCH 2/9] objtool: Fix ORC unwinding in non-JIT BPF generated code Josh Poimboeuf
2019-06-13 20:57   ` Alexei Starovoitov
2019-06-14  1:20     ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-06-14  1:37       ` Alexei Starovoitov
2019-06-14  1:51         ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-06-14  7:08       ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-06-14  7:35         ` Alexei Starovoitov
2019-06-14  8:11           ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-06-14 15:13             ` Alexei Starovoitov
2019-06-14 16:11               ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-06-13 13:21 ` [PATCH 3/9] x86/bpf: Move epilogue generation to a dedicated function Josh Poimboeuf
2019-06-13 18:57   ` Song Liu
2019-06-13 19:12     ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-06-13 13:21 ` [PATCH 4/9] x86/bpf: Simplify prologue generation Josh Poimboeuf
2019-06-13 13:21 ` [PATCH 5/9] x86/bpf: Support SIB byte generation Josh Poimboeuf
2019-06-13 13:21 ` [PATCH 6/9] x86/bpf: Fix JIT frame pointer usage Josh Poimboeuf
2019-06-13 21:58   ` Alexei Starovoitov
2019-06-14  1:22     ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-06-14  1:39       ` Alexei Starovoitov
2019-06-14  1:52         ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-06-14 10:50     ` David Laight [this message]
2019-06-14 13:44       ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-06-14 13:58         ` David Laight
2019-06-14 17:07           ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-06-17 15:07             ` David Laight
2019-06-13 13:21 ` [PATCH 7/9] x86/unwind/orc: Fall back to using frame pointers for generated code Josh Poimboeuf
2019-06-13 22:00   ` Alexei Starovoitov
2019-06-14  1:30     ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-06-14  1:42       ` Alexei Starovoitov
2019-06-14  1:58         ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-06-14  2:28           ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-06-14  4:50             ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-06-14  6:00               ` Alexei Starovoitov
2019-06-14  7:41                 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-06-14 13:31                   ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-06-14 15:29                   ` Alexei Starovoitov
2019-06-14 13:34                 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-06-14 15:31                   ` Alexei Starovoitov
2019-06-14 15:56                     ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-06-13 13:21 ` [PATCH 8/9] x86/bpf: Convert asm comments to AT&T syntax Josh Poimboeuf
2019-06-13 18:52   ` Song Liu
2019-06-13 19:11     ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-06-14  7:42     ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-06-14 15:13       ` Song Liu
2019-06-13 13:21 ` [PATCH 9/9] x86/bpf: Convert MOV function/macro argument ordering " Josh Poimboeuf
2019-06-13 19:00 ` [PATCH 0/9] x86/bpf: unwinder fixes Song Liu
2019-06-13 20:41 ` Peter Zijlstra

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