[PATCH v7 6/6] x86/vdso: Enable sframe generation in VDSO

From
Jens Remus <hidden>
Date
2026-02-03 17:21:10
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Jens Remus, 2026-02-03
From: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>

Enable sframe generation in the VDSO library so kernel and user space
can unwind through it.

[ Jens Remus: Add support for SFrame V3.  Prevent GNU_SFRAME program
table entry to empty .sframe section. ]

Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Jens Remus <redacted>
---

Notes (jremus):
    Changes in v7:
    - Rebase on H. Peter Anvin's vDSO changes on tip:x86/entry.
    - Simplify adding assembler option -Wa,--gsframe-3.  Add for
      vdso64 only.
    - Align to .eh_frame and mark .sframe as KEEP in vDSO linker script.
      Note that GNU linker 2.46 will mark .sframe as KEEP in its default
      linker script as well.

 arch/Kconfig                                 |  7 +++++++
 arch/x86/entry/vdso/common/vdso-layout.lds.S | 11 +++++++++++
 arch/x86/entry/vdso/vdso64/Makefile          |  1 +
 arch/x86/include/asm/dwarf2.h                |  5 ++++-
 4 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
index 31220f512b16..8170e492a44c 100644
--- a/arch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -479,6 +479,13 @@ config HAVE_HARDLOCKUP_DETECTOR_ARCH
 	  It uses the same command line parameters, and sysctl interface,
 	  as the generic hardlockup detectors.
 
+config AS_SFRAME
+	bool
+
+config AS_SFRAME3
+	def_bool $(as-instr,.cfi_startproc\n.cfi_endproc,-Wa$(comma)--gsframe-3)
+	select AS_SFRAME
+
 config UNWIND_USER
 	bool
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/vdso/common/vdso-layout.lds.S b/arch/x86/entry/vdso/common/vdso-layout.lds.S
index 856b8b9d278c..421eb4ca9131 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/vdso/common/vdso-layout.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/vdso/common/vdso-layout.lds.S
@@ -60,6 +60,13 @@ SECTIONS
 		*(.eh_frame.*)
 	}					:text
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_AS_SFRAME
+	.sframe		: {
+		KEEP (*(.sframe))
+		*(.sframe.*)
+	}					:text	:sframe
+#endif
+
 	/*
 	 * Text is well-separated from actual data: there's plenty of
 	 * stuff that isn't used at runtime in between.
@@ -89,6 +96,7 @@ SECTIONS
 #define PT_GNU_EH_FRAME	0x6474e550
 #define PT_GNU_STACK	0x6474e551
 #define PT_GNU_PROPERTY	0x6474e553
+#define PT_GNU_SFRAME	0x6474e554
 
 /*
  * We must supply the ELF program headers explicitly to get just one
@@ -104,6 +112,9 @@ PHDRS
 	dynamic		PT_DYNAMIC	PF_R;
 	note		PT_NOTE		PF_R;
 	eh_frame_hdr	PT_GNU_EH_FRAME PF_R;
+#ifdef CONFIG_AS_SFRAME
+	sframe		PT_GNU_SFRAME	PF_R;
+#endif
 	gnu_stack	PT_GNU_STACK	PF_RW;
 	gnu_property	PT_GNU_PROPERTY	PF_R;
 }
diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/vdso/vdso64/Makefile b/arch/x86/entry/vdso/vdso64/Makefile
index bfffaf1aeecc..459f8026531e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/vdso/vdso64/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/vdso/vdso64/Makefile
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ vobjs-$(CONFIG_X86_SGX)		+= vsgx.o
 
 # Compilation flags
 flags-y				:= -DBUILD_VDSO64 -m64 -mcmodel=small
+flags-$(CONFIG_AS_SFRAME3)	+= -Wa,--gsframe-3
 
 # The location of this include matters!
 include $(src)/../common/Makefile.include
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/dwarf2.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/dwarf2.h
index 7cc30500c095..90b42367815e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/dwarf2.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/dwarf2.h
@@ -12,8 +12,11 @@
 	 * For the vDSO, emit both runtime unwind information and debug
 	 * symbols for the .dbg file.
 	 */
-
+#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(CONFIG_AS_SFRAME)
+	.cfi_sections .eh_frame, .debug_frame, .sframe
+#else
 	.cfi_sections .eh_frame, .debug_frame
+#endif
 
 #define CFI_STARTPROC		.cfi_startproc
 #define CFI_ENDPROC		.cfi_endproc
-- 
2.51.0
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