Re: [PATCH v4 17/39] unwind_user/sframe: Add support for reading .sframe headers

[Jens Remus]

On 29.01.2025 03:02, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:

> Note FDEs aren't even needed here as the unwinder doesn't need to know
> when a function begins/ends.  The only info needed by the unwinder is
> just the fre_data struct.  So a simple binary search of fres[] is all
> that's really needed.

In SFrame V2 FDEs specify ranges bound by function start address and
length.  FREs in contrast specify open ranges bounded by start address.
Their effect ends either with the next FRE becoming into effect or when
their FDE range ends.
This concept enables holes in the .text section which do not have any
valid FDE/FRE information associated.

Your proposal lacks some sort of mechanism to replicate those holes.
It could be FDEs with a flag (or no offsets?) that specifies their
range has no valid information.

Regards,
Jens
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