From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@kernel.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
x86@kernel.org
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] unwind deferred/x86: Do not defer stack tracing for compat tasks
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2025 15:05:48 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250820190639.843442474@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250820190546.172023727@kernel.org>
From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Currently compat tasks are not supported. If a deferred user space stack
trace is requested on a compat task, it should fail and return an error so
that the profiler can use an alternative approach (whatever it uses
today).
Add a arch_unwind_can_defer() macro that is called in
unwind_deferred_request(). Have x86 define it to a function that makes
sure that the current task is running in 64bit mode, and if it is not, it
returns false. This will cause unwind_deferred_request() to error out and
the caller can use the current method of user space stack tracing.
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/unwind_user.h | 11 +++++++++++
include/linux/unwind_deferred.h | 5 +++++
kernel/unwind/deferred.c | 3 +++
3 files changed, 19 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/unwind_user.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/unwind_user.h
index 8597857bf896..220fd0a6e175 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/unwind_user.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/unwind_user.h
@@ -2,6 +2,17 @@
#ifndef _ASM_X86_UNWIND_USER_H
#define _ASM_X86_UNWIND_USER_H
+#ifdef CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION
+/* Currently compat mode is not supported for deferred stack trace */
+static inline bool arch_unwind_can_defer(void)
+{
+ struct pt_regs *regs = task_pt_regs(current);
+
+ return user_64bit_mode(regs);
+}
+# define arch_unwind_can_defer arch_unwind_can_defer
+#endif /* CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION */
+
#define ARCH_INIT_USER_FP_FRAME \
.cfa_off = (s32)sizeof(long) * 2, \
.ra_off = (s32)sizeof(long) * -1, \
diff --git a/include/linux/unwind_deferred.h b/include/linux/unwind_deferred.h
index 26122d00708a..0124865aaab4 100644
--- a/include/linux/unwind_deferred.h
+++ b/include/linux/unwind_deferred.h
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ struct unwind_work {
int bit;
};
+/* Architectures can add a test to not defer unwinding */
+#ifndef arch_unwind_can_defer
+# define arch_unwind_can_defer() (true)
+#endif
+
#ifdef CONFIG_UNWIND_USER
enum {
diff --git a/kernel/unwind/deferred.c b/kernel/unwind/deferred.c
index dc6040aae3ee..3601b2efe48d 100644
--- a/kernel/unwind/deferred.c
+++ b/kernel/unwind/deferred.c
@@ -237,6 +237,9 @@ int unwind_deferred_request(struct unwind_work *work, u64 *cookie)
*cookie = 0;
+ if (!arch_unwind_can_defer())
+ return -EINVAL;
+
if ((current->flags & (PF_KTHREAD | PF_EXITING)) ||
!user_mode(task_pt_regs(current)))
return -EINVAL;
--
2.50.1
prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-08-20 19:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-08-20 19:05 [PATCH 0/2] x86: Enable the deferred unwinding infrastructure Steven Rostedt
2025-08-20 19:05 ` [PATCH 1/2] unwind_user/x86: Enable frame pointer unwinding on x86 Steven Rostedt
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