FAILED: patch "[PATCH] bpf: Adjust BPF stack helper functions to accommodate skip >" failed to apply to 5.4-stable tree

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thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From ee2a098851bfbe8bcdd964c0121f4246f00ff41e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Namhyung Kim <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2022 11:20:41 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] bpf: Adjust BPF stack helper functions to accommodate skip >
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Let's say that the caller has storage for num_elem stack frames. Then, the BPF stack helper functions walk the stack for only num_elem frames. This means that if skip > 0, one keeps only 'num_elem - skip' frames.

This is because it sets init_nr in the perf_callchain_entry to the end of the buffer to save num_elem entries only. I believe it was because the perf callchain code unwound the stack frames until it reached the global max size (sysctl_perf_event_max_stack).

However it now has perf_callchain_entry_ctx.max_stack to limit the iteration locally. This simplifies the code to handle init_nr in the BPF callstack entries and removes the confusion with the perf_event's __PERF_SAMPLE_CALLCHAIN_EARLY which sets init_nr to 0.

Also change the comment on bpf_get_stack() in the header file to be more explicit what the return value means.

index 7604e7d5438f..d14b10b85e51 100644
@@ -3009,8 +3009,8 @@ union bpf_attr {
  *
  * 			# sysctl kernel.perf_event_max_stack=<new value>
  * 	Return
- * 		A non-negative value equal to or less than *size* on success,
- * 		or a negative error in case of failure.
+ * 		The non-negative copied *buf* length equal to or less than
+ * 		*size* on success, or a negative error in case of failure.
  *
  * long bpf_skb_load_bytes_relative(const void *skb, u32 offset, void *to, u32 len, u32 start_header)
  * 	Description

@@ -4316,8 +4316,8 @@ union bpf_attr {
  *
  *			# sysctl kernel.perf_event_max_stack=<new value>
  *	Return
- *		A non-negative value equal to or less than *size* on success,
- *		or a negative error in case of failure.
+ * 		The non-negative copied *buf* length equal to or less than
+ * 		*size* on success, or a negative error in case of failure.
  *
  * long bpf_load_hdr_opt(struct bpf_sock_ops *skops, void *searchby_res, u32 len, u64 flags)
  *	Description