[PATCH v7 6/6] x86/vdso: Enable sframe generation in VDSO
From: Jens Remus
Date: Tue Feb 03 2026 - 12:21:26 EST
From: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
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@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jens Remus <jremus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
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
--
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