[PATCH 2/3] unwind_user/fp: Use dummies instead of ifdef

From: Jens Remus

Date: Tue Nov 25 2025 - 11:44:36 EST


This simplifies the code. unwind_user_next_fp() does not need to
return -EINVAL if config option HAVE_UNWIND_USER_FP is disabled, as
unwind_user_start() will then not select this unwind method and
unwind_user_next() will therefore not call it.

Note that enabling the config option HAVE_UNWIND_USER_FP without
defining ARCH_INIT_USER_FP_FRAME, ARCH_INIT_USER_FP_ENTRY_FRAME, and
unwind_user_at_function_start() will result in a compile error, which
is helpful when implementing support for unwind user fp in an
architecture.

Signed-off-by: Jens Remus <jremus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/unwind_user.h | 14 +++++++++++---
kernel/unwind/user.c | 4 ----
2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/unwind_user.h b/include/linux/unwind_user.h
index 7f7282516bf5..c3ff690a43e2 100644
--- a/include/linux/unwind_user.h
+++ b/include/linux/unwind_user.h
@@ -5,9 +5,17 @@
#include <linux/unwind_user_types.h>
#include <asm/unwind_user.h>

-#ifndef ARCH_INIT_USER_FP_FRAME
- #define ARCH_INIT_USER_FP_FRAME
-#endif
+#ifndef CONFIG_HAVE_UNWIND_USER_FP
+
+#define ARCH_INIT_USER_FP_FRAME
+#define ARCH_INIT_USER_FP_ENTRY_FRAME
+
+static inline bool unwind_user_at_function_start(struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+ return false;
+}
+
+#endif /* !CONFIG_HAVE_UNWIND_USER_FP */

int unwind_user(struct unwind_stacktrace *trace, unsigned int max_entries);

diff --git a/kernel/unwind/user.c b/kernel/unwind/user.c
index 0ca434f86e73..90ab3c1a205e 100644
--- a/kernel/unwind/user.c
+++ b/kernel/unwind/user.c
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ static int unwind_user_next_common(struct unwind_user_state *state,

static int unwind_user_next_fp(struct unwind_user_state *state)
{
-#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_UNWIND_USER_FP
struct pt_regs *regs = task_pt_regs(current);

if (state->topmost && unwind_user_at_function_start(regs)) {
@@ -81,9 +80,6 @@ static int unwind_user_next_fp(struct unwind_user_state *state)
ARCH_INIT_USER_FP_FRAME(state->ws)
};
return unwind_user_next_common(state, &fp_frame);
-#else
- return -EINVAL;
-#endif
}

static int unwind_user_next(struct unwind_user_state *state)
--
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