[RFC PATCH v1 23/25] s390/ptrace: Provide frame_pointer()

From: Jens Remus

Date: Tue Aug 18 2026 - 10:55:16 EST


On s390 64-bit the s390x ELF ABI [1] designates register 11 as the
"preferred" frame pointer (FP) register in user space.

[1]: s390x ELF ABI, https://github.com/IBM/s390x-abi/releases

Signed-off-by: Jens Remus <jremus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

Notes (jremus):
Cherry-picked from "[PATCH v4 00/12] s390: SFrame user space unwinding"
series and adjusted to .eh_frame:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260127151926.2805123-9-jremus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/

arch/s390/include/asm/ptrace.h | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/ptrace.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/ptrace.h
index 495e310c3d6d..85765979a595 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/ptrace.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/ptrace.h
@@ -255,6 +255,12 @@ static __always_inline unsigned long user_stack_pointer(const struct pt_regs *re
return regs->gprs[15];
}

+static __always_inline unsigned long frame_pointer(const struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+ /* Return ABI-designated "preferred" frame-pointer register value. */
+ return regs->gprs[11];
+}
+
static __always_inline unsigned long regs_get_register(const struct pt_regs *regs,
unsigned int offset)
{
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