Re: [RFC PATCH v8 1/4] arm64: Make all stack walking functions use arch_stack_walk()

["Madhavan T. Venkataraman" <madvenka@linux.microsoft.com>]

>>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/return_address.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/return_address.c
>>> index a6d18755652f..92a0f4d434e4 100644
>>> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/return_address.c
>>> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/return_address.c
>>> @@ -35,15 +35,11 @@ NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(save_return_addr);
>>>  void *return_address(unsigned int level)
>>>  {
>>>  	struct return_address_data data;
>>> -	struct stackframe frame;
>>>  
>>>  	data.level = level + 2;
>>>  	data.addr = NULL;
>>>  
>>> -	start_backtrace(&frame,
>>> -			(unsigned long)__builtin_frame_address(0),
>>> -			(unsigned long)return_address);
>>> -	walk_stackframe(current, &frame, save_return_addr, &data);
>>> +	arch_stack_walk(save_return_addr, &data, current, NULL);
>>>  
>>>  	if (!data.level)
>>>  		return data.addr;
>>
>> Nor that arch_stack_walk() will start with it's caller, so
>> return_address() will be included in the trace where it wasn't
>> previously, which implies we need to skip an additional level.
>>
> 
> You are correct. I will fix this. Thanks for catching this.
> 
>> That said, I'm not entirely sure why we need to skip 2 levels today; it
>> might be worth checking that's correct.
>>
> 
> AFAICT, return_address() acts like builtin_return_address(). That is, it
> returns the address of the caller. If func() calls return_address(),
> func() wants its caller's address. So, return_address() and func() need to
> be skipped.
> 
> I will change it to skip 3 levels instead of 2.
> 

Actually, I take that back. I remember now. return_address() used to start
with PC=return_address(). That is, it used to start with itself. arch_stack_walk()
starts with its caller which, in this case, is return_address(). So, I don't need
to change anything.

Do you agree?

Madhavan