When printing call return addresses found on a stack, /proc/<pid>/stack can sometimes give a confusing result. If the call instruction was the last instruction in the function (which can happen when calling a noreturn function), '%pS' will incorrectly display the name of the function which happens to be next in the object code, rather than the name of the actual calling function.
Use '%pB' instead, which was created for this exact purpose. Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoim...@redhat.com> --- fs/proc/base.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c index 31370da..cc4d81c 100644 --- a/fs/proc/base.c +++ b/fs/proc/base.c @@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ static int proc_pid_stack(struct seq_file *m, struct pid_namespace *ns, save_stack_trace_tsk(task, &trace); for (i = 0; i < trace.nr_entries; i++) { - seq_printf(m, "[<%pK>] %pS\n", + seq_printf(m, "[<%pK>] %pB\n", (void *)entries[i], (void *)entries[i]); } unlock_trace(task); -- 2.7.4