Store user space frame-pointer value (BP register) into Perf trace on a sample for a process so the value becomes available when unwinding call stacks for functions gaining event samples.
Signed-off-by: Alexey Budankov <[email protected]> --- arch/x86/kernel/perf_regs.c | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/perf_regs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/perf_regs.c index e47b2dbbdef3..8d68658eff7f 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/perf_regs.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/perf_regs.c @@ -156,7 +156,13 @@ void perf_get_regs_user(struct perf_regs *regs_user, * Most system calls don't save these registers, don't report them. */ regs_user_copy->bx = -1; - regs_user_copy->bp = -1; + /* + * Store user space frame-pointer value on sample + * to facilitate stack unwinding for cases when + * user space executable code has such support + * enabled at compile time; + */ + regs_user_copy->bp = user_regs->bp; regs_user_copy->r12 = -1; regs_user_copy->r13 = -1; regs_user_copy->r14 = -1;
