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1 /*
2 * Arm specific backtracing code for oprofile
4 * Copyright 2005 Openedhand Ltd.
6 * Author: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@openedhand.com>
8 * Based on i386 oprofile backtrace code by John Levon, David Smith
10 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
11 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
12 * published by the Free Software Foundation.
16 #include <linux/oprofile.h>
17 #include <linux/sched.h>
18 #include <linux/mm.h>
19 #include <asm/ptrace.h>
20 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
24 * The registers we're interested in are at the end of the variable
25 * length saved register structure. The fp points at the end of this
26 * structure so the address of this struct is:
27 * (struct frame_tail *)(xxx->fp)-1
29 struct frame_tail {
30 struct frame_tail *fp;
31 unsigned long sp;
32 unsigned long lr;
33 } __attribute__((packed));
36 #ifdef CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER
37 static struct frame_tail* kernel_backtrace(struct frame_tail *tail)
39 oprofile_add_trace(tail->lr);
41 /* frame pointers should strictly progress back up the stack
42 * (towards higher addresses) */
43 if (tail >= tail->fp)
44 return NULL;
46 return tail->fp-1;
48 #endif
50 static struct frame_tail* user_backtrace(struct frame_tail *tail)
52 struct frame_tail buftail[2];
54 /* Also check accessibility of one struct frame_tail beyond */
55 if (!access_ok(VERIFY_READ, tail, sizeof(buftail)))
56 return NULL;
57 if (__copy_from_user_inatomic(buftail, tail, sizeof(buftail)))
58 return NULL;
60 oprofile_add_trace(buftail[0].lr);
62 /* frame pointers should strictly progress back up the stack
63 * (towards higher addresses) */
64 if (tail >= buftail[0].fp)
65 return NULL;
67 return buftail[0].fp-1;
71 * | | /\ Higher addresses
72 * | |
73 * --------------- stack base (address of current_thread_info)
74 * | thread info |
75 * . .
76 * | stack |
77 * --------------- saved regs->ARM_fp value if valid (frame_tail address)
78 * . .
79 * --------------- struct pt_regs stored on stack (struct pt_regs *)
80 * | |
81 * . .
82 * | |
83 * --------------- %esp
84 * | |
85 * | | \/ Lower addresses
87 * Thus, &pt_regs <-> stack base restricts the valid(ish) fp values
89 static int valid_kernel_stack(struct frame_tail *tail, struct pt_regs *regs)
91 unsigned long tailaddr = (unsigned long)tail;
92 unsigned long stack = (unsigned long)regs;
93 unsigned long stack_base = (stack & ~(THREAD_SIZE - 1)) + THREAD_SIZE;
95 return (tailaddr > stack) && (tailaddr < stack_base);
98 void arm_backtrace(struct pt_regs * const regs, unsigned int depth)
100 struct frame_tail *tail;
102 tail = ((struct frame_tail *) regs->ARM_fp) - 1;
104 if (!user_mode(regs)) {
106 #ifdef CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER
107 while (depth-- && tail && valid_kernel_stack(tail, regs)) {
108 tail = kernel_backtrace(tail);
110 #endif
111 return;
114 while (depth-- && tail && !((unsigned long) tail & 3))
115 tail = user_backtrace(tail);