From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Fangrui Song <maskray@sourceware.org>,
linux-toolchains@vger.kernel.org,
linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Concerns about SFrame viability for userspace stack walking
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2025 10:53:13 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87zf982s52.fsf@linux.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251030102626.GR3245006@noisy.programming.kicks-ass.net> (Peter Zijlstra's message of "Thu, 30 Oct 2025 11:26:26 +0100")
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> writes:
>
> So the SFrame unwinder is fairly simple code, but what does an .eh_frame
> unwinder look like? Having read most of the links in your email, there
> seem to be references to DWARF byte code interpreters and stuff like
> that.
Here's Jan Beulich's Linux implementation. The x86 version was
removed, but it lives on for ARC:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/arch/arc/kernel/unwind.c
SH also has another one from Matt Flemming:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/arch/sh/kernel/dwarf.c
IMNSHO the whole sframe effort is misguided because all the major ISAs do have
shadow stack hardware support now which is generally a better option.
It would be better to invest effort in deploying that widely.
-Andi
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-10-30 17:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-10-30 6:53 Concerns about SFrame viability for userspace stack walking Fangrui Song
2025-10-30 7:30 ` Jakub Jelinek
2025-10-30 7:50 ` Fangrui Song
2025-10-30 8:05 ` Jakub Jelinek
2025-10-31 2:51 ` Fangrui Song
2025-10-30 10:26 ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-10-30 16:48 ` Fangrui Song
2025-10-30 17:03 ` Jose E. Marchesi
2025-10-31 4:22 ` Fangrui Song
2025-10-31 14:37 ` Jose E. Marchesi
2025-10-30 17:33 ` Steven Rostedt
2025-10-31 5:28 ` Fangrui Song
2025-10-30 18:22 ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-10-30 17:53 ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2025-10-30 18:07 ` Mark Brown
2025-10-30 18:31 ` Andi Kleen
2025-10-30 18:45 ` Mark Brown
2025-10-31 8:24 ` Fangrui Song
2025-10-30 18:57 ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-10-31 11:46 ` Mark Brown
2025-10-30 14:47 ` Jose E. Marchesi
2025-11-04 9:21 ` Indu
2025-11-05 8:21 ` Fangrui Song
2025-11-06 0:44 ` Indu Bhagat
2025-11-06 7:51 ` Florian Weimer
2025-11-06 21:02 ` Indu Bhagat
2025-11-06 9:20 ` Fangrui Song
2025-11-06 20:42 ` Indu Bhagat
2025-11-09 0:23 ` Fangrui Song
2025-12-01 9:04 ` Fangrui Song
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