[PATCH v5 4/8] sframe: Provide PC lookup for vmlinux .sframe section
Dylan Hatch
dylanbhatch at google.com
Tue Apr 28 11:36:39 PDT 2026
With SFRAME_UNWINDER, read in the .sframe section at boot. This provides
unwind data as an alternative/supplement to frame pointer-based
unwinding.
Reviewed-by: Jens Remus <jremus at linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Dylan Hatch <dylanbhatch at google.com>
---
arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c | 2 ++
include/linux/sframe.h | 14 ++++++++++++++
kernel/unwind/sframe.c | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 52 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c
index 23c05dc7a8f2..4a633bc7aefb 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
#include <linux/sched/task.h>
#include <linux/scs.h>
#include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/sframe.h>
#include <asm/acpi.h>
#include <asm/fixmap.h>
@@ -375,6 +376,7 @@ void __init __no_sanitize_address setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
"This indicates a broken bootloader or old kernel\n",
boot_args[1], boot_args[2], boot_args[3]);
}
+ init_sframe_table();
}
static inline bool cpu_can_disable(unsigned int cpu)
diff --git a/include/linux/sframe.h b/include/linux/sframe.h
index 0cb2924367bc..5b7341b61a7c 100644
--- a/include/linux/sframe.h
+++ b/include/linux/sframe.h
@@ -69,4 +69,18 @@ static inline int sframe_find_user(unsigned long ip, struct unwind_frame *frame)
#endif /* CONFIG_HAVE_UNWIND_USER_SFRAME */
+#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_UNWIND_KERNEL_SFRAME
+
+void __init init_sframe_table(void);
+void sframe_module_init(struct module *mod, void *sframe, size_t sframe_size,
+ void *text, size_t text_size);
+
+extern int sframe_find_kernel(unsigned long ip, struct unwind_frame *frame);
+
+#else
+
+static inline void __init init_sframe_table(void) {}
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_HAVE_UNWIND_KERNEL_SFRAME */
+
#endif /* _LINUX_SFRAME_H */
diff --git a/kernel/unwind/sframe.c b/kernel/unwind/sframe.c
index 89dd8c5a6a10..430bff9533ee 100644
--- a/kernel/unwind/sframe.c
+++ b/kernel/unwind/sframe.c
@@ -14,10 +14,20 @@
#include <linux/sframe.h>
#include <linux/unwind_types.h>
#include <asm/unwind_sframe.h>
+#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_UNWIND_KERNEL_SFRAME
+#include <linux/kallsyms.h>
+#endif
#include "sframe.h"
#include "sframe_debug.h"
+#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_UNWIND_KERNEL_SFRAME
+
+static bool sframe_init __ro_after_init;
+static struct sframe_section kernel_sfsec __ro_after_init;
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_HAVE_UNWIND_KERNEL_SFRAME */
+
struct sframe_fde_internal {
unsigned long func_addr;
u32 func_size;
@@ -930,3 +940,29 @@ void sframe_free_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
}
#endif /* CONFIG_HAVE_UNWIND_USER_SFRAME */
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_UNWIND_KERNEL_SFRAME
+
+int sframe_find_kernel(unsigned long ip, struct unwind_frame *frame)
+{
+ if (!frame || !sframe_init)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ return __sframe_find(&kernel_sfsec, ip, frame);
+}
+
+void __init init_sframe_table(void)
+{
+ kernel_sfsec.sec_type = SFRAME_KERNEL;
+ kernel_sfsec.sframe_start = (unsigned long)__start_sframe;
+ kernel_sfsec.sframe_end = (unsigned long)__end_sframe;
+ kernel_sfsec.text_start = (unsigned long)_stext;
+ kernel_sfsec.text_end = (unsigned long)_etext;
+
+ if (WARN_ON(sframe_read_header(&kernel_sfsec)))
+ return;
+
+ sframe_init = true;
+}
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_HAVE_UNWIND_KERNEL_SFRAME */
--
2.54.0.545.g6539524ca2-goog
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