[RFC PATCH v1 15/25] unwind_user/eh_frame: Duplicate registered .eh_frame[_hdr] section data on clone/fork
From: Jens Remus
Date: Tue Aug 18 2026 - 10:52:32 EST
When duplicating a process' virtual memory mappings also duplicate all
of its registered .eh_frame_hdr sections stored in the per-mm maple tree
to enable stacktracing using eh_frame of the child process.
Signed-off-by: Jens Remus <jremus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/eh_frame.h | 7 +++++
kernel/unwind/eh_frame.c | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
kernel/unwind/eh_frame_debug.h | 7 +++++
mm/mmap.c | 5 ++++
4 files changed, 67 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/linux/eh_frame.h b/include/linux/eh_frame.h
index b2f98cd6166f..65f87c2714d8 100644
--- a/include/linux/eh_frame.h
+++ b/include/linux/eh_frame.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ struct eh_frame_section {
};
#define INIT_MM_EH_FRAME .eh_frame_mt = MTREE_INIT(eh_frame_mt, 0),
+extern int eh_frame_dup_mm(struct mm_struct *mm, struct mm_struct *oldmm);
extern void eh_frame_free_mm(struct mm_struct *mm);
extern int eh_frame_add_section(unsigned long eh_frame_hdr_start,
@@ -49,6 +50,12 @@ static inline bool current_has_eh_frame(void)
#else /* !CONFIG_HAVE_UNWIND_USER_EH_FRAME */
#define INIT_MM_EH_FRAME
+
+static inline int eh_frame_dup_mm(struct mm_struct *mm, struct mm_struct *oldmm)
+{
+ return 0;
+}
+
static inline void eh_frame_free_mm(struct mm_struct *mm) {}
static inline int eh_frame_add_section(unsigned long eh_frame_hdr_start,
diff --git a/kernel/unwind/eh_frame.c b/kernel/unwind/eh_frame.c
index c9161229196c..7f572d1711d3 100644
--- a/kernel/unwind/eh_frame.c
+++ b/kernel/unwind/eh_frame.c
@@ -1450,6 +1450,54 @@ int eh_frame_remove_section(unsigned long eh_frame_hdr_start)
return 0;
}
+static void __eh_frame_dup_section(struct eh_frame_section *sec,
+ struct eh_frame_section *oldsec)
+{
+ sec->eh_frame_hdr_start = oldsec->eh_frame_hdr_start;
+ sec->eh_frame_hdr_end = oldsec->eh_frame_hdr_end;
+ sec->text_start = oldsec->text_start;
+ sec->text_end = oldsec->text_end;
+
+ sec->eh_frame_start = oldsec->eh_frame_start;
+ sec->eh_frame_vma_end = oldsec->eh_frame_vma_end;
+ sec->binary_search_table_start = oldsec->binary_search_table_start;
+ sec->binary_search_table_end = oldsec->binary_search_table_end;
+ sec->fde_count = oldsec->fde_count;
+ sec->binary_search_table_enc = oldsec->binary_search_table_enc;
+
+ dbg_dup(sec, oldsec);
+}
+
+int eh_frame_dup_mm(struct mm_struct *mm, struct mm_struct *oldmm)
+{
+ struct eh_frame_section *sec, *oldsec;
+ unsigned long index = 0;
+ int ret;
+
+ guard(srcu)(&eh_frame_srcu);
+
+ mt_for_each(&oldmm->eh_frame_mt, oldsec, index, ULONG_MAX) {
+ sec = kzalloc(sizeof(*sec), GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
+ if (!sec)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ __eh_frame_dup_section(sec, oldsec);
+
+ ret = mtree_insert_range(&mm->eh_frame_mt,
+ sec->text_start,
+ sec->text_end - 1,
+ sec, GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
+ if (ret)
+ goto err_free;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+
+err_free:
+ free_section(sec);
+ return ret;
+}
+
void eh_frame_free_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
{
struct eh_frame_section *sec;
diff --git a/kernel/unwind/eh_frame_debug.h b/kernel/unwind/eh_frame_debug.h
index bcb2d03ab9ab..e72e011ba539 100644
--- a/kernel/unwind/eh_frame_debug.h
+++ b/kernel/unwind/eh_frame_debug.h
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ static inline void dbg_init(struct eh_frame_section *sec)
sec->filename = kstrdup("(vma unknown???)", GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
}
+static inline void dbg_dup(struct eh_frame_section *sec, struct eh_frame_section *oldsec)
+{
+ if (oldsec->filename)
+ sec->filename = kstrdup(oldsec->filename, GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
+}
+
static inline void dbg_free(struct eh_frame_section *sec)
{
kfree(sec->filename);
@@ -53,6 +59,7 @@ static inline void dbg_free(struct eh_frame_section *sec)
#define dbg_sec_ehfh(args...) no_printk(args)
static inline void dbg_init(struct eh_frame_section *sec) {}
+static inline void dbg_dup(struct eh_frame_section *sec, struct eh_frame_section *oldsec) {}
static inline void dbg_free(struct eh_frame_section *sec) {}
#endif /* !CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG */
diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index 2311ae7c2ff4..7715a799810e 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
#include <linux/sched/mm.h>
#include <linux/ksm.h>
#include <linux/memfd.h>
+#include <linux/eh_frame.h>
#include <linux/uaccess.h>
#include <asm/cacheflush.h>
@@ -1844,6 +1845,9 @@ __latent_entropy int dup_mmap(struct mm_struct *mm, struct mm_struct *oldmm)
goto loop_out;
}
}
+ retval = eh_frame_dup_mm(mm, oldmm);
+ if (retval)
+ goto loop_out;
/* a new mm has just been created */
retval = arch_dup_mmap(oldmm, mm);
loop_out:
@@ -1893,6 +1897,7 @@ __latent_entropy int dup_mmap(struct mm_struct *mm, struct mm_struct *oldmm)
vm_unacct_memory(charge);
}
__mt_destroy(&mm->mm_mt);
+ eh_frame_free_mm(mm);
/*
* The mm_struct is going to exit, but the locks will be dropped
* first. Set the mm_struct as unstable is advisable as it is
--
2.53.0