[PATCH 0/8] unwind, arm64: add sframe unwinder for kernel

[Indu Bhagat]

On 1/27/25 1:33 PM, Weinan Liu wrote:
> This patchset implements a generic kernel sframe-based [1] unwinder.
> The main goal is to support reliable stacktraces on arm64.
> 
> On x86 orc unwinder provides reliable stacktraces. But arm64 misses the
> required support from objtool: it cannot generate orc unwind tables for
> arm64.
> 
> Currently, there's already a sframe unwinder proposed for userspace: [2].
> Since the sframe unwind table algorithm is similar, these two proposal
> could integrate common functionality in the future.
> 
> There are some incomplete features or challenges:
>    - The unwinder doesn't yet work with kernel modules. The `start_addr` of
>      FRE from kernel modules doesn't appear correct, preventing us from
>      unwinding functions from kernel modules.

I did file https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32589 
earlier.  It is misleading (and inconvenient) to see all 0s in the dump 
of non-relocated SFrame section.

I get the sense that while issue 32589 may be causing confusion that the 
SFrame data is not correct, the problem is elsewhere ?

I can share a fix for 32589 so atleast we can verify that the starting 
point is sane.

>    - Currently, only GCC supports sframe.
> 
> Ref:
> [1]: https://sourceware.org/binutils/docs/sframe-spec.html
> [2]: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/cover.1730150953.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org/
> 
> Madhavan T. Venkataraman (1):
>    arm64: Define TIF_PATCH_PENDING for livepatch
> 
> Weinan Liu (7):
>    unwind: build kernel with sframe info
>    arm64: entry: add unwind info for various kernel entries
>    unwind: add sframe v2 header
>    unwind: Implement generic sframe unwinder library
>    unwind: arm64: Add sframe unwinder on arm64
>    unwind: arm64: add reliable stacktrace support for arm64
>    arm64: Enable livepatch for ARM64
> 
>   Makefile                                   |   6 +
>   arch/Kconfig                               |   8 +
>   arch/arm64/Kconfig                         |   3 +
>   arch/arm64/Kconfig.debug                   |  10 +
>   arch/arm64/include/asm/stacktrace/common.h |   6 +
>   arch/arm64/include/asm/thread_info.h       |   4 +-
>   arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c           |   4 +
>   arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S                  |  10 +
>   arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c                  |   2 +
>   arch/arm64/kernel/stacktrace.c             | 102 ++++++++++
>   include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h          |  12 ++
>   include/linux/sframe_lookup.h              |  43 +++++
>   kernel/Makefile                            |   1 +
>   kernel/sframe.h                            | 215 +++++++++++++++++++++
>   kernel/sframe_lookup.c                     | 196 +++++++++++++++++++
>   15 files changed, 621 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>   create mode 100644 include/linux/sframe_lookup.h
>   create mode 100644 kernel/sframe.h
>   create mode 100644 kernel/sframe_lookup.c
>