powerpc: Work around gcc's -fno-omit-frame-pointer bug
authorTony Breeds <tony@bakeyournoodle.com>
Tue, 2 Sep 2008 06:50:38 +0000 (16:50 +1000)
committerPaul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Wed, 3 Sep 2008 10:53:34 +0000 (20:53 +1000)
This bug is causing random crashes
(http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11414).

-fno-omit-frame-pointer is only needed on powerpc when -pg is also
supplied, and there is a gcc bug that causes incorrect code generation
on 32-bit powerpc when -fno-omit-frame-pointer is used---it uses stack
locations below the stack pointer, which is not allowed by the ABI
because those locations can and sometimes do get corrupted by an
interrupt.

This ensures that CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER is only selected by ftrace.
When CONFIG_FTRACE is enabled we also pass -mno-sched-epilog to work
around the gcc codegen bug.

Patch based on work by:
Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de>
Segher Boessenkool <segher@kernel.crashing.org>

Signed-off-by: Tony Breeds <tony@bakeyournoodle.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
arch/powerpc/Makefile
arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile
arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/Makefile
lib/Kconfig.debug

index 9155c93..c6be19e 100644 (file)
@@ -116,6 +116,11 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_6xx),y)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS          += -mcpu=powerpc
 endif
 
+# Work around a gcc code-gen bug with -fno-omit-frame-pointer.
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_FTRACE),y)
+KBUILD_CFLAGS          += -mno-sched-epilog
+endif
+
 cpu-as-$(CONFIG_4xx)           += -Wa,-m405
 cpu-as-$(CONFIG_6xx)           += -Wa,-maltivec
 cpu-as-$(CONFIG_POWER4)                += -Wa,-maltivec
index 64f5948..946daea 100644 (file)
@@ -14,12 +14,13 @@ endif
 
 ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE
 # Do not trace early boot code
-CFLAGS_REMOVE_cputable.o = -pg
-CFLAGS_REMOVE_prom_init.o = -pg
+CFLAGS_REMOVE_cputable.o = -pg -mno-sched-epilog
+CFLAGS_REMOVE_prom_init.o = -pg -mno-sched-epilog
+CFLAGS_REMOVE_btext.o = -pg -mno-sched-epilog
 
 ifdef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
 # dynamic ftrace setup.
-CFLAGS_REMOVE_ftrace.o = -pg
+CFLAGS_REMOVE_ftrace.o = -pg -mno-sched-epilog
 endif
 
 endif
index 58ecdd7..be60d64 100644 (file)
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ CFLAGS_bootx_init.o             += -fPIC
 
 ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE
 # Do not trace early boot code
-CFLAGS_REMOVE_bootx_init.o = -pg
+CFLAGS_REMOVE_bootx_init.o = -pg -mno-sched-epilog
 endif
 
 obj-y                          += pic.o setup.o time.o feature.o pci.o \
index 8b5a7d3..0b50481 100644 (file)
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ config LOCKDEP
        bool
        depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT && STACKTRACE_SUPPORT && LOCKDEP_SUPPORT
        select STACKTRACE
-       select FRAME_POINTER if !X86 && !MIPS
+       select FRAME_POINTER if !X86 && !MIPS && !PPC
        select KALLSYMS
        select KALLSYMS_ALL
 
@@ -676,13 +676,13 @@ config FAULT_INJECTION_STACKTRACE_FILTER
        depends on FAULT_INJECTION_DEBUG_FS && STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
        depends on !X86_64
        select STACKTRACE
-       select FRAME_POINTER
+       select FRAME_POINTER if !PPC
        help
          Provide stacktrace filter for fault-injection capabilities
 
 config LATENCYTOP
        bool "Latency measuring infrastructure"
-       select FRAME_POINTER if !MIPS
+       select FRAME_POINTER if !MIPS && !PPC
        select KALLSYMS
        select KALLSYMS_ALL
        select STACKTRACE