From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:56460 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751143AbdLUOkW (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Dec 2017 09:40:22 -0500 Subject: Patch "x86/unwind: Make CONFIG_UNWINDER_ORC=y the default in kconfig for 64-bit" has been added to the 4.14-stable tree To: jpoimboe@redhat.com, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, mingo@kernel.org, peterz@infradead.org, tglx@linutronix.de, torvalds@linux-foundation.org Cc: , From: Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2017 15:39:35 +0100 Message-ID: <1513867175140145@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: stable-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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 know about it. >>From fc72ae40e30327aa24eb88a24b9c7058f938bd36 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Josh Poimboeuf 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 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 Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf Cc: Linus Torvalds Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Thomas Gleixner Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/9b1237bbe7244ed9cdf8db2dcb1253e37e1c341e.1507924831.git.jpoimboe@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- 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//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