# Re: \[PATCH v2 1/2\] unwind\_user/x86: Enable frame pointer unwinding on x86

- From: Peter Zijlstra \<peterz@infradead.org\>
- Date: 2025-09-23 10:51:36 
- List: linux-trace-kernel
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-trace-kernel/2025/09/3227868
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-trace-kernel/2025/08/3189483/t.md

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On Wed, Aug 27, 2025 at 03:36:45PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> From: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
> 
> Use ARCH_INIT_USER_FP_FRAME to describe how frame pointers are unwound
> on x86, and enable CONFIG_HAVE_UNWIND_USER_FP accordingly so the
> unwind_user interfaces can be used.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
> ---
>  arch/x86/Kconfig                   |  1 +
>  arch/x86/include/asm/unwind_user.h | 11 +++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 12 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 arch/x86/include/asm/unwind_user.h
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
> index 58d890fe2100..8f94c58d4de8 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
> @@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ config X86
>  	select HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS
>  	select HAVE_UACCESS_VALIDATION		if HAVE_OBJTOOL
>  	select HAVE_UNSTABLE_SCHED_CLOCK
> +	select HAVE_UNWIND_USER_FP		if X86_64
>  	select HAVE_USER_RETURN_NOTIFIER
>  	select HAVE_GENERIC_VDSO
>  	select VDSO_GETRANDOM			if X86_64
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/unwind_user.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/unwind_user.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..8597857bf896
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/unwind_user.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
> +#ifndef _ASM_X86_UNWIND_USER_H
> +#define _ASM_X86_UNWIND_USER_H
> +
> +#define ARCH_INIT_USER_FP_FRAME							\
> +	.cfa_off	= (s32)sizeof(long) *  2,				\
> +	.ra_off		= (s32)sizeof(long) * -1,				\
> +	.fp_off		= (s32)sizeof(long) * -2,				\
> +	.use_fp		= true,
> +
> +#endif /* _ASM_X86_UNWIND_USER_H */

Moo, and now you have me look at unwind/user.c:

        /* Make sure that the address is word aligned */
        shift = sizeof(long) == 4 ? 2 : 3;
        if (cfa & ((1 << shift) - 1))
                return -EINVAL;

Isn't that just:

	if (cfa & (sizeof(long) - 1))

?

Let me go add a patch to clean that up...
```