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From: Wang Han <wanghan@linux.alibaba.com>
To: Paul Walmsley <pjw@kernel.org>,
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Subject: [PATCH 5/8] riscv: stacktrace: introduce stack-bound tracking helpers
Date: Wed, 27 May 2026 20:35:27 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260527123530.2593918-6-wanghan@linux.alibaba.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260527123530.2593918-1-wanghan@linux.alibaba.com>

A reliable unwinder needs to validate that every frame record it reads
is fully contained in a known kernel stack, and it needs to refuse to
walk back into a stack it has already left. Add the building blocks
for that:

  * struct stack_info / struct unwind_state in a new
    asm/stacktrace/common.h, modelled on the arm64 reference
    implementation.
  * stackinfo_get_irq() / stackinfo_get_task() / stackinfo_get_overflow()
    plus the corresponding on_*_stack() predicates in asm/stacktrace.h,
    so callers can ask "is this object on stack X?" by stack kind
    rather than open-coded address arithmetic.
  * unwind_init_common(), unwind_find_stack() and
    unwind_consume_stack() helpers that enforce the
    forward-progress-only invariant required for reliability.

No existing user is wired up to these helpers in this commit; the
unwinder switch comes in a follow-up. The header changes leave
on_thread_stack() with the same semantics as before, just expressed in
terms of the new helpers.

Signed-off-by: Wang Han <wanghan@linux.alibaba.com>
---
 arch/riscv/include/asm/stacktrace.h        |  65 ++++++++-
 arch/riscv/include/asm/stacktrace/common.h | 159 +++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 222 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 arch/riscv/include/asm/stacktrace/common.h

diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/stacktrace.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/stacktrace.h
index b1495a7e06ce..bc87c4940379 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/stacktrace.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/stacktrace.h
@@ -3,8 +3,13 @@
 #ifndef _ASM_RISCV_STACKTRACE_H
 #define _ASM_RISCV_STACKTRACE_H
 
+#include <linux/percpu.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/sched/task_stack.h>
+
+#include <asm/irq_stack.h>
 #include <asm/ptrace.h>
+#include <asm/stacktrace/common.h>
 
 struct stackframe {
 	unsigned long fp;
@@ -16,14 +21,70 @@ extern void notrace walk_stackframe(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *re
 extern void dump_backtrace(struct pt_regs *regs, struct task_struct *task,
 			   const char *loglvl);
 
-static inline bool on_thread_stack(void)
+/*
+ * IRQ stack accessors
+ */
+static inline struct stack_info stackinfo_get_irq(void)
+{
+	unsigned long low = (unsigned long)raw_cpu_read(irq_stack_ptr);
+	unsigned long high = low + IRQ_STACK_SIZE;
+
+	return (struct stack_info) {
+		.low = low,
+		.high = high,
+	};
+}
+
+static inline bool on_irq_stack(unsigned long sp, unsigned long size)
+{
+	struct stack_info info = stackinfo_get_irq();
+
+	return stackinfo_on_stack(&info, sp, size);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Task stack accessors
+ */
+static inline struct stack_info stackinfo_get_task(const struct task_struct *tsk)
 {
-	return !(((unsigned long)(current->stack) ^ current_stack_pointer) & ~(THREAD_SIZE - 1));
+	unsigned long low = (unsigned long)task_stack_page(tsk);
+	unsigned long high = low + THREAD_SIZE;
+
+	return (struct stack_info) {
+		.low = low,
+		.high = high,
+	};
+}
+
+static inline bool on_task_stack(const struct task_struct *tsk,
+				 unsigned long sp, unsigned long size)
+{
+	struct stack_info info = stackinfo_get_task(tsk);
+
+	return stackinfo_on_stack(&info, sp, size);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Cast is necessary since current->stack is an opaque ptr.
+ */
+#define on_thread_stack()	(on_task_stack(current, current_stack_pointer, 1))
 
+/*
+ * Overflow stack accessors
+ */
 #ifdef CONFIG_VMAP_STACK
 DECLARE_PER_CPU(unsigned long [OVERFLOW_STACK_SIZE/sizeof(long)], overflow_stack);
+
+static inline struct stack_info stackinfo_get_overflow(void)
+{
+	unsigned long low = (unsigned long)raw_cpu_ptr(overflow_stack);
+	unsigned long high = low + OVERFLOW_STACK_SIZE;
+
+	return (struct stack_info) {
+		.low = low,
+		.high = high,
+	};
+}
 #endif /* CONFIG_VMAP_STACK */
 
 #endif /* _ASM_RISCV_STACKTRACE_H */
diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/stacktrace/common.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/stacktrace/common.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..87d6d40672f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/stacktrace/common.h
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
+/*
+ * RISC-V common stack unwinder types and helpers.
+ *
+ * See: arch/arm64/include/asm/stacktrace/common.h for the reference
+ * implementation.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2024
+ */
+#ifndef __ASM_RISCV_STACKTRACE_COMMON_H
+#define __ASM_RISCV_STACKTRACE_COMMON_H
+
+#include <linux/compiler.h>
+#include <linux/errno.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+#include <asm/stacktrace/frame.h>
+
+/**
+ * struct stack_info - describes the bounds of a stack.
+ *
+ * @low:  The lowest valid address on the stack.
+ * @high: The highest valid address on the stack.
+ */
+struct stack_info {
+	unsigned long low;
+	unsigned long high;
+};
+
+/**
+ * struct unwind_state - state used for robust unwinding.
+ *
+ * @fp:        The fp value in the frame record (or the real fp).
+ * @pc:        The ra value in the frame record (or the real ra).
+ *
+ * @stack:     The stack currently being unwound.
+ * @stacks:    An array of stacks which can be unwound.
+ * @nr_stacks: The number of stacks in @stacks.
+ */
+struct unwind_state {
+	unsigned long fp;
+	unsigned long pc;
+
+	struct stack_info stack;
+	struct stack_info *stacks;
+	int nr_stacks;
+};
+
+/**
+ * stackinfo_get_unknown() - Get an unknown stack_info.
+ *
+ * Return: a stack_info with low and high set to 0.
+ */
+static inline struct stack_info stackinfo_get_unknown(void)
+{
+	return (struct stack_info) {
+		.low = 0,
+		.high = 0,
+	};
+}
+
+/**
+ * stackinfo_on_stack() - Check whether an object is fully within a stack.
+ *
+ * @info: The stack to check against.
+ * @sp:   The base address of the object.
+ * @size: The size of the object.
+ *
+ * Return: true if the object is fully contained within the stack.
+ */
+static inline bool stackinfo_on_stack(const struct stack_info *info,
+				      unsigned long sp, unsigned long size)
+{
+	if (!info->low)
+		return false;
+
+	if (sp < info->low || sp + size < sp || sp + size > info->high)
+		return false;
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+/**
+ * unwind_init_common() - Initialize the common parts of the unwind state.
+ *
+ * @state: the unwind state to initialize.
+ */
+static inline void unwind_init_common(struct unwind_state *state)
+{
+	state->stack = stackinfo_get_unknown();
+}
+
+/**
+ * unwind_find_stack() - Find the accessible stack which entirely contains an
+ * object.
+ *
+ * @state: the current unwind state.
+ * @sp:    the base address of the object.
+ * @size:  the size of the object.
+ *
+ * Return: a pointer to the relevant stack_info if found; NULL otherwise.
+ */
+static inline struct stack_info *unwind_find_stack(struct unwind_state *state,
+						   unsigned long sp,
+						   unsigned long size)
+{
+	struct stack_info *info = &state->stack;
+
+	if (stackinfo_on_stack(info, sp, size))
+		return info;
+
+	for (int i = 0; i < state->nr_stacks; i++) {
+		info = &state->stacks[i];
+		if (stackinfo_on_stack(info, sp, size))
+			return info;
+	}
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+/**
+ * unwind_consume_stack() - Update stack boundaries so that future unwind steps
+ * cannot consume this object again.
+ *
+ * @state: the current unwind state.
+ * @info:  the stack_info of the stack containing the object.
+ * @sp:    the base address of the object.
+ * @size:  the size of the object.
+ *
+ * Stack transitions are strictly one-way, and once we've
+ * transitioned from one stack to another, it's never valid to
+ * unwind back to the old stack.
+ *
+ * Note that stacks can nest in several valid orders, e.g.
+ *
+ *   TASK -> IRQ -> OVERFLOW
+ *
+ * ... so we do not check the specific order of stack
+ * transitions.
+ */
+static inline void unwind_consume_stack(struct unwind_state *state,
+					struct stack_info *info,
+					unsigned long sp,
+					unsigned long size)
+{
+	struct stack_info tmp;
+
+	tmp = *info;
+	*info = stackinfo_get_unknown();
+	state->stack = tmp;
+
+	/*
+	 * Future unwind steps can only consume stack above this frame record.
+	 * Update the current stack to start immediately above it.
+	 */
+	state->stack.low = sp + size;
+}
+
+#endif /* __ASM_RISCV_STACKTRACE_COMMON_H */
-- 
2.43.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-05-27 12:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-05-27 12:35 [PATCH 0/8] riscv: Add reliable stack unwinding for livepatch Wang Han
2026-05-27 12:35 ` [PATCH 1/8] scripts/sorttable: Handle RISC-V patchable ftrace entries Wang Han
2026-05-27 15:30   ` Steven Rostedt
2026-05-28  5:38     ` Wang Han
2026-05-27 12:35 ` [PATCH 2/8] riscv: stacktrace: Add frame record metadata Wang Han
2026-05-27 12:35 ` [PATCH 3/8] riscv: stacktrace: disable KASAN instrumentation for stacktrace.o Wang Han
2026-05-27 12:35 ` [PATCH 4/8] riscv: ftrace: always preserve s0 in dynamic ftrace register frame Wang Han
2026-05-27 12:35 ` Wang Han [this message]
2026-05-27 12:35 ` [PATCH 6/8] riscv: stacktrace: switch to frame-pointer based unwinder Wang Han
2026-05-27 12:35 ` [PATCH 7/8] riscv: Kconfig: enable HAVE_RELIABLE_STACKTRACE and HAVE_LIVEPATCH Wang Han
2026-05-27 12:35 ` [PATCH 8/8] selftests/livepatch: Add RISC-V syscall wrapper prefix Wang Han
2026-05-28  8:23 ` [PATCH v2 0/8] riscv: Add reliable stack unwinding for livepatch Wang Han
2026-05-28  8:23 ` [PATCH v2 1/8] scripts/sorttable: Handle RISC-V patchable ftrace entries Wang Han
2026-05-28 13:21   ` Steven Rostedt
2026-05-28  8:23 ` [PATCH v2 2/8] riscv: stacktrace: Add frame record metadata Wang Han
2026-05-28  8:23 ` [PATCH v2 3/8] riscv: stacktrace: disable KASAN instrumentation for stacktrace.o Wang Han
2026-05-28  8:23 ` [PATCH v2 4/8] riscv: ftrace: always preserve s0 in dynamic ftrace register frame Wang Han
2026-05-28  8:23 ` [PATCH v2 5/8] riscv: stacktrace: introduce stack-bound tracking helpers Wang Han
2026-05-28  8:23 ` [PATCH v2 6/8] riscv: stacktrace: switch to frame-pointer based unwinder Wang Han
2026-05-28  8:23 ` [PATCH v2 7/8] riscv: Kconfig: enable HAVE_RELIABLE_STACKTRACE and HAVE_LIVEPATCH Wang Han
2026-05-28  8:23 ` [PATCH v2 8/8] selftests/livepatch: Add RISC-V syscall wrapper prefix Wang Han
2026-05-28 13:33   ` Marcos Paulo de Souza

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