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.

[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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