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cmd/internal/obj: frame pointer missing for small functions #18103

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randall77 opened this issue Nov 29, 2016 · 1 comment
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cmd/internal/obj: frame pointer missing for small functions #18103

randall77 opened this issue Nov 29, 2016 · 1 comment
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func f() {
    g()
}

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000000000044cc60 <main.f>:
  44cc60:       64 48 8b 0c 25 f8 ff    mov    %fs:0xfffffffffffffff8,%rcx
  44cc67:       ff ff 
  44cc69:       48 3b 61 10             cmp    0x10(%rcx),%rsp
  44cc6d:       76 06                   jbe    44cc75 <main.f+0x15>
  44cc6f:       e8 0c 00 00 00          callq  44cc80 <main.g>
  44cc74:       c3                      retq   
  44cc75:       e8 f6 85 ff ff          callq  445270 <runtime.morestack_noctxt>
  44cc7a:       eb e4                   jmp    44cc60 <main.f>

There's no frame pointer manipulation here. There probably should be, backtraces done by the kernel profiler will miss (or even be messed up?) by this omission.

Hit this issue while working on #16638. We require frame pointers on every frame to make callers work using frame pointers.
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@randall77 randall77 added this to the Go1.8 milestone Nov 29, 2016
@quentinmit quentinmit added the NeedsFix The path to resolution is known, but the work has not been done. label Nov 29, 2016
@randall77 randall77 self-assigned this Dec 1, 2016
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CL https://golang.org/cl/33754 mentions this issue.

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