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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/perf_regs.c10
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/perf_regs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/perf_regs.c
index e47b2dbbdef3..c06c4c16c6b6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/perf_regs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/perf_regs.c
@@ -151,17 +151,19 @@ void perf_get_regs_user(struct perf_regs *regs_user,
regs_user_copy->sp = user_regs->sp;
regs_user_copy->cs = user_regs->cs;
regs_user_copy->ss = user_regs->ss;
-
/*
- * Most system calls don't save these registers, don't report them.
+ * 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->bx = -1;
- regs_user_copy->bp = -1;
regs_user_copy->r12 = -1;
regs_user_copy->r13 = -1;
regs_user_copy->r14 = -1;
regs_user_copy->r15 = -1;
-
/*
* For this to be at all useful, we need a reasonable guess for
* the ABI. Be careful: we're in NMI context, and we're