Patch "x86/unwind: Make CONFIG_UNWINDER_ORC=y the default in kconfig for 64-bit" has been added to the 4.14-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

    x86/unwind: Make CONFIG_UNWINDER_ORC=y the default in kconfig for 64-bit

to the 4.14-stable tree which can be found at:
    http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary

The filename of the patch is:
     x86-unwind-make-config_unwinder_orc-y-the-default-in-kconfig-for-64-bit.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.14 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@vger.kernel.org> know about it.


>From fc72ae40e30327aa24eb88a24b9c7058f938bd36 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2017 15:02:01 -0500
Subject: x86/unwind: Make CONFIG_UNWINDER_ORC=y the default in kconfig for 64-bit

From: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>

commit fc72ae40e30327aa24eb88a24b9c7058f938bd36 upstream.

The ORC unwinder has been stable in testing so far.  Give it much wider
testing by making it the default in kconfig for x86_64.  It's not yet
supported for 32-bit, so leave frame pointers as the default there.

Suggested-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/9b1237bbe7244ed9cdf8db2dcb1253e37e1c341e.1507924831.git.jpoimboe@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

---
 arch/x86/Kconfig.debug |   33 +++++++++++++++++----------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
@@ -359,27 +359,13 @@ config PUNIT_ATOM_DEBUG
 
 choice
 	prompt "Choose kernel unwinder"
-	default UNWINDER_FRAME_POINTER
+	default UNWINDER_ORC if X86_64
+	default UNWINDER_FRAME_POINTER if X86_32
 	---help---
 	  This determines which method will be used for unwinding kernel stack
 	  traces for panics, oopses, bugs, warnings, perf, /proc/<pid>/stack,
 	  livepatch, lockdep, and more.
 
-config UNWINDER_FRAME_POINTER
-	bool "Frame pointer unwinder"
-	select FRAME_POINTER
-	---help---
-	  This option enables the frame pointer unwinder for unwinding kernel
-	  stack traces.
-
-	  The unwinder itself is fast and it uses less RAM than the ORC
-	  unwinder, but the kernel text size will grow by ~3% and the kernel's
-	  overall performance will degrade by roughly 5-10%.
-
-	  This option is recommended if you want to use the livepatch
-	  consistency model, as this is currently the only way to get a
-	  reliable stack trace (CONFIG_HAVE_RELIABLE_STACKTRACE).
-
 config UNWINDER_ORC
 	bool "ORC unwinder"
 	depends on X86_64
@@ -396,6 +382,21 @@ config UNWINDER_ORC
 	  Enabling this option will increase the kernel's runtime memory usage
 	  by roughly 2-4MB, depending on your kernel config.
 
+config UNWINDER_FRAME_POINTER
+	bool "Frame pointer unwinder"
+	select FRAME_POINTER
+	---help---
+	  This option enables the frame pointer unwinder for unwinding kernel
+	  stack traces.
+
+	  The unwinder itself is fast and it uses less RAM than the ORC
+	  unwinder, but the kernel text size will grow by ~3% and the kernel's
+	  overall performance will degrade by roughly 5-10%.
+
+	  This option is recommended if you want to use the livepatch
+	  consistency model, as this is currently the only way to get a
+	  reliable stack trace (CONFIG_HAVE_RELIABLE_STACKTRACE).
+
 config UNWINDER_GUESS
 	bool "Guess unwinder"
 	depends on EXPERT


Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from jpoimboe@redhat.com are

queue-4.14/x86-asm-don-t-use-the-confusing-.ifeq-directive.patch
queue-4.14/x86-boot-relocate-definition-of-the-initial-state-of-cr0.patch
queue-4.14/objtool-don-t-report-end-of-section-error-after-an-empty-unwind-hint.patch
queue-4.14/x86-xen-fix-xen-head-elf-annotations.patch
queue-4.14/x86-head-fix-head-elf-function-annotations.patch
queue-4.14/objtool-print-top-level-commands-on-incorrect-usage.patch
queue-4.14/x86-unwind-rename-unwinder-config-options-to-config_unwinder_.patch
queue-4.14/x86-head-add-unwind-hint-annotations.patch
queue-4.14/x86-head-remove-unused-bad_address-code.patch
queue-4.14/x86-xen-add-unwind-hint-annotations.patch
queue-4.14/x86-head-remove-confusing-comment.patch
queue-4.14/x86-unwinder-make-config_unwinder_orc-y-the-default-in-the-64-bit-defconfig.patch
queue-4.14/x86-unwind-make-config_unwinder_orc-y-the-default-in-kconfig-for-64-bit.patch
queue-4.14/x86-mm-relocate-page-fault-error-codes-to-traps.h.patch
queue-4.14/x86-boot-annotate-verify_cpu-as-a-callable-function.patch