On Mon, 24 Nov 2025 16:54:40 -0500
Steven Rostedt <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Mon, 24 Nov 2025 16:47:01 -0500
> Steven Rostedt <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > > --- a/kernel/trace/trace_entries.h
> > > +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_entries.h
> > > @@ -95,14 +95,14 @@ FTRACE_ENTRY_PACKED(fgraph_retaddr_entry, 
> > > fgraph_retaddr_ent_entry,
> > >   TRACE_GRAPH_RETADDR_ENT,
> > >  
> > >   F_STRUCT(
> > > -         __field_struct( struct fgraph_retaddr_ent,      graph_ent       
> > > )
> > > +         __field_struct( struct ftrace_graph_ent,        graph_ent       
> > > )
> > >           __field_packed( unsigned long,  graph_ent,      func            
> > > )
> > >           __field_packed( unsigned int,   graph_ent,      depth           
> > > )
> > > -         __field_packed( unsigned long,  graph_ent,      retaddr         
> > > )    
> > 
> > You can't delete the retaddr without breaking user space.
> > 
> > Please keep that here.  
> 
> I added this, and user space works again:
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_entries.h b/kernel/trace/trace_entries.h
> index 593a74663c65..4666b6179056 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/trace_entries.h
> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_entries.h
> @@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ FTRACE_ENTRY_PACKED(fgraph_retaddr_entry, 
> fgraph_retaddr_ent_entry,
>               __field_struct( struct ftrace_graph_ent,        graph_ent       
> )
>               __field_packed( unsigned long,  graph_ent,      func            
> )
>               __field_packed( unsigned int,   graph_ent,      depth           
> )
> +             __field_packed( unsigned long,  graph_ent,      retaddr         
> )
>               __dynamic_array(unsigned long,  args                            
> )
>       ),
>  

Nope, this wasn't enough. I got garbage from this. The following patch
appears to make it all work though (this is against your patch that was
forward ported to my for-next branch):

diff --git a/include/linux/ftrace.h b/include/linux/ftrace.h
index 88cb54d73bdb..ba180d19423e 100644
--- a/include/linux/ftrace.h
+++ b/include/linux/ftrace.h
@@ -1121,12 +1121,10 @@ static inline void ftrace_init(void) { }
 
 /*
  * Structure that defines an entry function trace.
- * It's already packed but the attribute "packed" is needed
- * to remove extra padding at the end.
  */
 struct ftrace_graph_ent {
        unsigned long func; /* Current function */
-       int depth;
+       unsigned long depth;
 } __packed;
 
 /*
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index 05fb6c9279e3..d509a5041d38 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -60,6 +60,13 @@ enum trace_type {
        __TRACE_LAST_TYPE,
 };
 
+/*
+ * Structure that defines an entry function trace with retaddr.
+ */
+struct fgraph_retaddr_ent {
+       struct ftrace_graph_ent         ent;
+       unsigned long retaddr;  /* Return address */
+} __packed;
 
 #undef __field
 #define __field(type, item)            type    item;
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_entries.h b/kernel/trace/trace_entries.h
index 593a74663c65..87f4228374cd 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_entries.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_entries.h
@@ -80,11 +80,11 @@ FTRACE_ENTRY(funcgraph_entry, ftrace_graph_ent_entry,
        F_STRUCT(
                __field_struct( struct ftrace_graph_ent,        graph_ent       
)
                __field_packed( unsigned long,  graph_ent,      func            
)
-               __field_packed( unsigned int,   graph_ent,      depth           
)
+               __field_packed( unsigned long,  graph_ent,      depth           
)
                __dynamic_array(unsigned long,  args                            
)
        ),
 
-       F_printk("--> %ps (%u)", (void *)__entry->func, __entry->depth)
+       F_printk("--> %ps (%lu)", (void *)__entry->func, __entry->depth)
 );
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_GRAPH_RETADDR
@@ -95,13 +95,14 @@ FTRACE_ENTRY_PACKED(fgraph_retaddr_entry, 
fgraph_retaddr_ent_entry,
        TRACE_GRAPH_RETADDR_ENT,
 
        F_STRUCT(
-               __field_struct( struct ftrace_graph_ent,        graph_ent       
)
-               __field_packed( unsigned long,  graph_ent,      func            
)
-               __field_packed( unsigned int,   graph_ent,      depth           
)
+               __field_struct( struct fgraph_retaddr_ent,      graph_ent       
)
+               __field_packed( unsigned long,  graph_ent.ent,  func            
)
+               __field_packed( unsigned long,  graph_ent.ent,  depth           
)
+               __field_packed( unsigned long,  graph_ent,      retaddr         
)
                __dynamic_array(unsigned long,  args                            
)
        ),
 
-       F_printk("--> %ps (%u) <- %ps", (void *)__entry->func, __entry->depth,
+       F_printk("--> %ps (%lu) <- %ps", (void *)__entry->func, __entry->depth,
                (void *)__entry->args[0])
 );
 
-- Steve

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