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From: Dylan Hatch <dylanbhatch@google.com>
To: Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@linux.dev>,
	Weinan Liu <wnliu@google.com>,  Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>,
	Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>,
	 Indu Bhagat <indu.bhagat@oracle.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	 Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
	 Jiri Kosina <jikos@kernel.org>
Cc: Dylan Hatch <dylanbhatch@google.com>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
	 Prasanna Kumar T S M <ptsm@linux.microsoft.com>,
	Puranjay Mohan <puranjay@kernel.org>,  Song Liu <song@kernel.org>,
	joe.lawrence@redhat.com, linux-toolchains@vger.kernel.org,
	 linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, live-patching@vger.kernel.org,
	 Jens Remus <jremus@linux.ibm.com>,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH v3 2/8] arm64, unwind: build kernel with sframe V3 info
Date: Mon,  6 Apr 2026 18:49:54 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260406185000.1378082-3-dylanbhatch@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260406185000.1378082-1-dylanbhatch@google.com>

Build with -Wa,--gsframe-3 flags to generate a .sframe section. This
will be used for in-kernel reliable stacktrace in cases where the frame
pointer alone is insufficient.

Currently, the sframe format only supports arm64, x86_64 and s390x
architectures.

Signed-off-by: Weinan Liu <wnliu@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Dylan Hatch <dylanbhatch@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Prasanna Kumar T S M <ptsm@linux.microsoft.com>
---
 MAINTAINERS                            |  1 +
 Makefile                               |  8 ++++++++
 arch/Kconfig                           |  7 +++++++
 arch/arm64/Kconfig                     |  1 +
 arch/arm64/Kconfig.debug               | 13 +++++++++++++
 arch/arm64/include/asm/unwind_sframe.h | 12 ++++++++++++
 arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/Makefile        |  2 +-
 include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h      | 15 +++++++++++++++
 8 files changed, 58 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 arch/arm64/include/asm/unwind_sframe.h

diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index cfc7dec88da4..a7d75f9cb5f4 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -27561,6 +27561,7 @@ STACK UNWINDING
 M:	Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
 M:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
 S:	Maintained
+F:	arch/*/include/asm/unwind_sframe.h
 F:	include/linux/sframe.h
 F:	include/linux/unwind*.h
 F:	kernel/unwind/
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2b15f0b4a0cb..e03d09ea6a23 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1110,6 +1110,14 @@ endif
 # Ensure compilers do not transform certain loops into calls to wcslen()
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -fno-builtin-wcslen
 
+# build with sframe table
+ifdef CONFIG_SFRAME_UNWINDER
+CC_FLAGS_SFRAME := -Wa,--gsframe-3
+KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(CC_FLAGS_SFRAME)
+KBUILD_AFLAGS	+= $(CC_FLAGS_SFRAME)
+export CC_FLAGS_SFRAME
+endif
+
 # change __FILE__ to the relative path to the source directory
 ifdef building_out_of_srctree
 KBUILD_CPPFLAGS += -fmacro-prefix-map=$(srcroot)/=
diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
index 6695c222c728..c87e489fa978 100644
--- a/arch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -520,6 +520,13 @@ config SFRAME_VALIDATION
 
 	  If unsure, say N.
 
+config ARCH_SUPPORTS_SFRAME_UNWINDER
+	bool
+	help
+	  An architecture can select this if it  enables the sframe (Simple
+	  Frame) unwinder for unwinding kernel stack traces. It uses unwind
+	  table that is directly generatedby toolchain based on DWARF CFI information.
+
 config HAVE_PERF_REGS
 	bool
 	help
diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
index 38dba5f7e4d2..189bc199ad2e 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ config ARM64
 	select ARCH_SUPPORTS_SCHED_SMT
 	select ARCH_SUPPORTS_SCHED_CLUSTER
 	select ARCH_SUPPORTS_SCHED_MC
+	select ARCH_SUPPORTS_SFRAME_UNWINDER
 	select ARCH_WANT_BATCHED_UNMAP_TLB_FLUSH
 	select ARCH_WANT_COMPAT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION if COMPAT
 	select ARCH_WANT_DEFAULT_BPF_JIT
diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig.debug b/arch/arm64/Kconfig.debug
index 265c4461031f..df291d64812f 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig.debug
@@ -20,4 +20,17 @@ config ARM64_RELOC_TEST
 	depends on m
 	tristate "Relocation testing module"
 
+config SFRAME_UNWINDER
+	bool "Sframe unwinder"
+	depends on AS_SFRAME3
+	depends on 64BIT
+	depends on ARCH_SUPPORTS_SFRAME_UNWINDER
+	select SFRAME_LOOKUP
+	help
+	  This option enables the sframe (Simple Frame) unwinder for unwinding
+	  kernel stack traces. It uses unwind table that is directly generated
+	  by toolchain based on DWARF CFI information. In, practice this can
+	  provide more reliable stacktrace results than unwinding with frame
+	  pointers alone.
+
 source "drivers/hwtracing/coresight/Kconfig"
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/unwind_sframe.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/unwind_sframe.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1682c079e387
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/unwind_sframe.h
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef _ASM_ARM64_UNWIND_SFRAME_H
+#define _ASM_ARM64_UNWIND_SFRAME_H
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64
+
+#define SFRAME_REG_SP	31
+#define SFRAME_REG_FP	29
+
+#endif
+
+#endif /* _ASM_ARM64_UNWIND_SFRAME_H */
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/Makefile b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/Makefile
index 7dec05dd33b7..c60ef921956f 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/Makefile
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ ccflags-y += -DDISABLE_BRANCH_PROFILING -DBUILD_VDSO
 CC_FLAGS_REMOVE_VDSO := $(CC_FLAGS_FTRACE) -Os $(CC_FLAGS_SCS) \
 			$(RANDSTRUCT_CFLAGS) $(KSTACK_ERASE_CFLAGS) \
 			$(GCC_PLUGINS_CFLAGS) \
-			$(CC_FLAGS_LTO) $(CC_FLAGS_CFI) \
+			$(CC_FLAGS_LTO) $(CC_FLAGS_CFI) $(CC_FLAGS_SFRAME) \
 			-Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations
 
 CC_FLAGS_ADD_VDSO := -O2 -mcmodel=tiny -fasynchronous-unwind-tables
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index 1e1580febe4b..0a5c2f6cc4c0 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -491,6 +491,8 @@
 		*(.rodata1)						\
 	}								\
 									\
+	SFRAME								\
+									\
 	/* PCI quirks */						\
 	.pci_fixup        : AT(ADDR(.pci_fixup) - LOAD_OFFSET) {	\
 		BOUNDED_SECTION_PRE_LABEL(.pci_fixup_early,  _pci_fixups_early,  __start, __end) \
@@ -911,6 +913,19 @@
 #define TRACEDATA
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SFRAME_UNWINDER
+#define SFRAME							\
+	/* sframe */						\
+	.sframe : AT(ADDR(.sframe) - LOAD_OFFSET) {		\
+		__start_sframe_header = .;			\
+		KEEP(*(.sframe))				\
+		KEEP(*(.init.sframe))				\
+		__stop_sframe_header = .;			\
+	}
+#else
+#define SFRAME
+#endif
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_PRINTK_INDEX
 #define PRINTK_INDEX							\
 	.printk_index : AT(ADDR(.printk_index) - LOAD_OFFSET) {		\
-- 
2.53.0.1213.gd9a14994de-goog


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-04-06 18:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-04-06 18:49 [PATCH v3 0/8] unwind, arm64: add sframe unwinder for kernel Dylan Hatch
2026-04-06 18:49 ` [PATCH v3 1/8] sframe: Allow kernelspace sframe sections Dylan Hatch
2026-04-06 18:49 ` Dylan Hatch [this message]
2026-04-06 21:36   ` [PATCH v3 2/8] arm64, unwind: build kernel with sframe V3 info Randy Dunlap
2026-04-06 18:49 ` [PATCH v3 3/8] arm64: entry: add unwind info for various kernel entries Dylan Hatch
2026-04-06 18:49 ` [PATCH v3 4/8] sframe: Provide PC lookup for vmlinux .sframe section Dylan Hatch
2026-04-06 18:49 ` [PATCH v3 5/8] sframe: Allow unsorted FDEs Dylan Hatch
2026-04-06 18:49 ` [PATCH v3 6/8] arm64/module, sframe: Add sframe support for modules Dylan Hatch
2026-04-06 18:49 ` [PATCH v3 7/8] sframe: Introduce in-kernel SFRAME_VALIDATION Dylan Hatch
2026-04-06 18:50 ` [PATCH v3 8/8] unwind: arm64: Use sframe to unwind interrupt frames Dylan Hatch

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