On Thu, Jun 19, 2025 at 7:16 PM Tao Liu <l...@redhat.com> wrote:

> Hi lianbo,
>
> On Thu, Jun 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM lijiang <liji...@redhat.com> wrote:
> >
> > For ppc64 machine, I noticed that the gdb bt may not work as expected,
> for example:
> >
> > crash> set 2
> >     PID: 2
> > COMMAND: "kthreadd"
> >    TASK: c000000004797f80  [THREAD_INFO: c000000004797f80]
> >     CPU: 0
> >   STATE: TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE
> > crash> bt
> > PID: 2        TASK: c000000004797f80  CPU: 0    COMMAND: "kthreadd"
> >  #0 [c00000000484fbc0] _end at c00000000484fd70  (unreliable)
> >  #1 [c00000000484fd70] __switch_to at c00000000001fabc
> >  #2 [c00000000484fdd0] __schedule at c0000000011ca9dc
> >  #3 [c00000000484feb0] schedule at c0000000011caeb0
> >  #4 [c00000000484ff20] kthreadd at c0000000001af6c4
> >  #5 [c00000000484ffe0] start_kernel_thread at c00000000000ded8
> > crash> gdb bt
> > #0  0xc00000000484fd70 in ?? ()
> > gdb: gdb request failed: bt
> > crash>
> > crash> sys|grep RELEASE
> >      RELEASE: 6.12.0
> >
> > Is that expected behavior?(I do not remember if I mentioned the similar
> issue in the previous patch review.)
> >
> This is a ppc bug which we encountered some time ago. See [1], in
> short, we cannot determine ABI_V2/V1 correctly, a ABI_V2 kernel might
> running a ABI_V1 program, see [2]. But it has no relation to gdb bt.
>
>
Can you also add it to the patch log? At least we can mark it as a known
issue, and  it's
easy to recall this case in the future.

Thanks
Lianbo


> [1]:
> https://www.mail-archive.com/devel@lists.crash-utility.osci.io/msg01124.html
> [2]:
> https://www.mail-archive.com/devel@lists.crash-utility.osci.io/msg01139.html
>
> > I have no more comments for other changes, just three issues(see another
> two comments).
>
> Thanks,
> Tao Liu
>
> >
> > Thanks
> > Lianbo
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 3, 2025 at 1:18 PM <
> devel-requ...@lists.crash-utility.osci.io> wrote:
> >>
> >> Date: Tue,  3 Jun 2025 17:11:38 +1200
> >> From: Tao Liu <l...@redhat.com>
> >> Subject: [Crash-utility] [PATCH v3 5/5] ppc64: Add gdb multi-stack
> >>         unwind support
> >> To: devel@lists.crash-utility.osci.io
> >> Cc: Alexey Makhalov <alexey.makha...@broadcom.com>
> >> Message-ID: <20250603051138.59896-6-l...@redhat.com>
> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"; x-default=true
> >>
> >> Co-developed-by: Alexey Makhalov <alexey.makha...@broadcom.com>
> >> Co-developed-by: Tao Liu <l...@redhat.com>
> >> Signed-off-by: Tao Liu <l...@redhat.com>
> >> ---
> >>  ppc64.c | 70 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
> >>  1 file changed, 64 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/ppc64.c b/ppc64.c
> >> index 532eb3f..d1a5067 100644
> >> --- a/ppc64.c
> >> +++ b/ppc64.c
> >> @@ -2053,6 +2053,7 @@ ppc64_back_trace_cmd(struct bt_info *bt)
> >>         char buf[BUFSIZE];
> >>         struct gnu_request *req;
> >>         extern void print_stack_text_syms(struct bt_info *, ulong,
> ulong);
> >> +       extra_stacks_idx = 0;
> >>
> >>          bt->flags |= BT_EXCEPTION_FRAME;
> >>
> >> @@ -2071,6 +2072,29 @@ ppc64_back_trace_cmd(struct bt_info *bt)
> >>          req->pc = bt->instptr;
> >>          req->sp = bt->stkptr;
> >>
> >> +       if (is_task_active(bt->task)) {
> >> +               if (!extra_stacks_regs[extra_stacks_idx]) {
> >> +                       extra_stacks_regs[extra_stacks_idx] =
> >> +                               (struct user_regs_bitmap_struct *)
> >> +                               malloc(sizeof(struct
> user_regs_bitmap_struct));
> >> +               }
> >> +               memset(extra_stacks_regs[extra_stacks_idx], 0,
> >> +                       sizeof(struct user_regs_bitmap_struct));
> >> +               extra_stacks_regs[extra_stacks_idx]->ur.nip = req->pc;
> >> +               extra_stacks_regs[extra_stacks_idx]->ur.gpr[1] =
> req->sp;
> >> +               SET_BIT(extra_stacks_regs[extra_stacks_idx]->bitmap,
> >> +                       REG_SEQ(ppc64_pt_regs, nip));
> >> +               SET_BIT(extra_stacks_regs[extra_stacks_idx]->bitmap,
> >> +                       REG_SEQ(ppc64_pt_regs, gpr[0]) + 1);
> >> +               if (!bt->machdep ||
> >> +                    (extra_stacks_regs[extra_stacks_idx]->ur.gpr[1] !=
> >> +                     ((struct user_regs_bitmap_struct
> *)(bt->machdep))->ur.gpr[1] &&
> >> +                     extra_stacks_regs[extra_stacks_idx]->ur.nip !=
> >> +                     ((struct user_regs_bitmap_struct
> *)(bt->machdep))->ur.nip)) {
> >> +                       gdb_add_substack (extra_stacks_idx++);
> >> +               }
> >> +       }
> >> +
> >>         if (bt->flags &
> >>
>  (BT_TEXT_SYMBOLS|BT_TEXT_SYMBOLS_PRINT|BT_TEXT_SYMBOLS_NOPRINT)) {
> >>                 if (!INSTACK(req->sp, bt))
> >> @@ -2512,6 +2536,28 @@ ppc64_print_eframe(char *efrm_str, struct
> ppc64_pt_regs *regs,
> >>         fprintf(fp, " %s [%lx] exception frame:\n", efrm_str,
> regs->trap);
> >>         ppc64_print_regs(regs);
> >>         ppc64_print_nip_lr(regs, 1);
> >> +
> >> +       if (!((regs->msr >> MSR_PR_LG) & 0x1) &&
> >> +           !(bt->flags & BT_EFRAME_SEARCH)) {
> >> +               if (!extra_stacks_regs[extra_stacks_idx]) {
> >> +                       extra_stacks_regs[extra_stacks_idx] =
> >> +                               (struct user_regs_bitmap_struct *)
> >> +                               malloc(sizeof(struct
> user_regs_bitmap_struct));
> >> +               }
> >> +               memset(extra_stacks_regs[extra_stacks_idx], 0,
> >> +                       sizeof(struct user_regs_bitmap_struct));
> >> +               memcpy(&extra_stacks_regs[extra_stacks_idx]->ur, regs,
> >> +                       sizeof(struct ppc64_pt_regs));
> >> +               for (int i = 0; i < sizeof(struct
> ppc64_pt_regs)/sizeof(ulong); i++)
> >> +
>  SET_BIT(extra_stacks_regs[extra_stacks_idx]->bitmap, i);
> >> +               if (!bt->machdep ||
> >> +                    (extra_stacks_regs[extra_stacks_idx]->ur.gpr[1] !=
> >> +                     ((struct user_regs_bitmap_struct
> *)(bt->machdep))->ur.gpr[1] &&
> >> +                     extra_stacks_regs[extra_stacks_idx]->ur.nip !=
> >> +                     ((struct user_regs_bitmap_struct
> *)(bt->machdep))->ur.nip)) {
> >> +                       gdb_add_substack (extra_stacks_idx++);
> >> +               }
> >> +       }
> >>  }
> >>
> >>  static int
> >> @@ -2552,6 +2598,12 @@ ppc64_get_current_task_reg(int regno, const char
> *name, int size,
> >>         tc = CURRENT_CONTEXT();
> >>         if (!tc)
> >>                 return FALSE;
> >> +
> >> +       if (sid && sid <= extra_stacks_idx) {
> >> +               ur_bitmap = extra_stacks_regs[sid - 1];
> >> +               goto get_sub;
> >> +       }
> >> +
> >>         BZERO(&bt_setup, sizeof(struct bt_info));
> >>         clone_bt_info(&bt_setup, &bt_info, tc);
> >>         fill_stackbuf(&bt_info);
> >> @@ -2570,39 +2622,45 @@ ppc64_get_current_task_reg(int regno, const
> char *name, int size,
> >>                 goto get_all;
> >>         }
> >>
> >> +get_sub:
> >>         switch (regno) {
> >>         case PPC64_R0_REGNUM ... PPC64_R31_REGNUM:
> >>                 if (!NUM_IN_BITMAP(ur_bitmap->bitmap,
> >>                     REG_SEQ(ppc64_pt_regs, gpr[0]) + regno -
> PPC64_R0_REGNUM)) {
> >> -                       FREEBUF(ur_bitmap);
> >> +                       if (!sid)
> >> +                               FREEBUF(ur_bitmap);
> >>                         return FALSE;
> >>                 }
> >>                 break;
> >>         case PPC64_PC_REGNUM:
> >>                 if (!NUM_IN_BITMAP(ur_bitmap->bitmap,
> >>                     REG_SEQ(ppc64_pt_regs, nip))) {
> >> -                       FREEBUF(ur_bitmap);
> >> +                       if (!sid)
> >> +                               FREEBUF(ur_bitmap);
> >>                         return FALSE;
> >>                 }
> >>                 break;
> >>         case PPC64_MSR_REGNUM:
> >>                 if (!NUM_IN_BITMAP(ur_bitmap->bitmap,
> >>                     REG_SEQ(ppc64_pt_regs, msr))) {
> >> -                       FREEBUF(ur_bitmap);
> >> +                       if (!sid)
> >> +                               FREEBUF(ur_bitmap);
> >>                         return FALSE;
> >>                 }
> >>                 break;
> >>         case PPC64_LR_REGNUM:
> >>                 if (!NUM_IN_BITMAP(ur_bitmap->bitmap,
> >>                     REG_SEQ(ppc64_pt_regs, link))) {
> >> -                       FREEBUF(ur_bitmap);
> >> +                       if (!sid)
> >> +                               FREEBUF(ur_bitmap);
> >>                         return FALSE;
> >>                 }
> >>                 break;
> >>         case PPC64_CTR_REGNUM:
> >>                 if (!NUM_IN_BITMAP(ur_bitmap->bitmap,
> >>                     REG_SEQ(ppc64_pt_regs, ctr))) {
> >> -                       FREEBUF(ur_bitmap);
> >> +                       if (!sid)
> >> +                               FREEBUF(ur_bitmap);
> >>                         return FALSE;
> >>                 }
> >>                 break;
> >> @@ -2645,7 +2703,7 @@ get_all:
> >>                 ret = TRUE;
> >>                 break;
> >>         }
> >> -       if (bt_info.need_free) {
> >> +       if (!sid && bt_info.need_free) {
> >>                 FREEBUF(ur_bitmap);
> >>                 bt_info.need_free = FALSE;
> >>         }
> >> --
> >> 2.47.0
> >
> > --
>
>
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