From: Dylan Hatch <dylanbhatch@google.com>
To: Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@linux.dev>,
Weinan Liu <wnliu@google.com>, Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>,
Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>,
Indu Bhagat <ibhagatgnu@gmail.com>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
Jiri Kosina <jikos@kernel.org>,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
Jens Remus <jremus@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Dylan Hatch <dylanbhatch@google.com>,
Prasanna Kumar T S M <ptsm@linux.microsoft.com>,
Puranjay Mohan <puranjay@kernel.org>, Song Liu <song@kernel.org>,
joe.lawrence@redhat.com, linux-toolchains@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, live-patching@vger.kernel.org,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>,
Mostafa Saleh <smostafa@google.com>,
Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: [PATCH v8 08/11] sframe: Add .sframe validation option
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2026 11:43:32 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261007114335.440322-9-dylanbhatch@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261007114335.440322-1-dylanbhatch@google.com>
From: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
Add a debug feature to validate all .sframe sections when first loading
the file rather than on demand.
[ Jens Remus: Add support for SFrame V3. Add support for PC-relative
FDE function start offset. Adjust to rename of struct sframe_fre to
sframe_fre_internal. Use %#x/%#lx format specifiers. ]
[ Dylan Hatch: Adapt this patch for in-kernel sframe sections. ]
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Indu Bhagat <ibhagatgnu@gmail.com>
Co-developed-by: Jens Remus <jremus@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Remus <jremus@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Co-developed-by: Dylan Hatch <dylanbhatch@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Dylan Hatch <dylanbhatch@google.com>
---
arch/Kconfig | 18 ++++++++++
kernel/unwind/sframe.c | 78 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 96 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
index cc59a5da80915..20aa63c93a0e2 100644
--- a/arch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -538,6 +538,24 @@ config HAVE_UNWIND_KERNEL_SFRAME
practice, this can provide more reliable stacktrace results than
unwinding with frame pointers alone.
+config SFRAME_VALIDATION
+ bool "Enable .sframe section debugging"
+ depends on UNWIND_SFRAME_LOOKUP
+ depends on DYNAMIC_DEBUG
+ help
+ When adding an .sframe section for an object, validate the entire
+ section immediately rather than on demand.
+
+ This is a debug feature which is helpful for rooting out .sframe
+ section issues. If the .sframe section is corrupt, it will fail to
+ load immediately, with more information provided in dynamic printks.
+
+ This has a significant page cache footprint due to its reading of the
+ entire .sframe section for every loaded module. Not recommended for
+ general use.
+
+ If unsure, say N.
+
config HAVE_PERF_REGS
bool
help
diff --git a/kernel/unwind/sframe.c b/kernel/unwind/sframe.c
index 2e8ff783de7d8..62c22ca70614a 100644
--- a/kernel/unwind/sframe.c
+++ b/kernel/unwind/sframe.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
#include <linux/kallsyms.h>
#include <asm/kprobes.h>
#include <asm/sections.h>
+#include <asm/unwind_sframe.h>
#include "sframe.h"
#include "sframe_debug.h"
@@ -503,6 +504,73 @@ noinstr int sframe_find(unsigned long ip, struct unwind_frame *frame)
}
NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(sframe_find);
+#ifdef CONFIG_SFRAME_VALIDATION
+
+static int sframe_validate_section(struct sframe_section *sec)
+{
+ unsigned long prev_ip = 0;
+ unsigned int i;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < sec->num_fdes; i++) {
+ struct sframe_fre_internal *fre, *prev_fre = NULL;
+ unsigned long ip, fre_addr;
+ struct sframe_fde_internal fde;
+ struct sframe_fre_internal fres[2];
+ bool which = false;
+ unsigned int j;
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = __read_fde(sec, i, &fde);
+ if (ret) {
+ dbg_sec(sec, "__read_fde(%u) failed\n", i);
+ return ret;
+ }
+
+ ip = fde.func_addr;
+ if (ip <= prev_ip) {
+ dbg_sec(sec, "FDE %u not sorted\n", i);
+ return -EFAULT;
+ }
+ prev_ip = ip;
+
+ fre_addr = sec->fres_start + fde.fres_off;
+ for (j = 0; j < fde.fres_num; j++) {
+ int ret;
+
+ fre = which ? fres : fres + 1;
+ which = !which;
+
+ ret = __read_fre(sec, &fde, fre_addr, fre);
+ if (ret) {
+ dbg_sec(sec, "FDE %u: __read_fre(%u) failed\n", i, j);
+ return ret;
+ }
+ ret = __read_fre_datawords(sec, &fde, fre);
+ if (ret) {
+ dbg_sec(sec, "FDE %u: __read_fre_datawords(%u) failed\n", i, j);
+ return ret;
+ }
+
+ fre_addr += fre->size;
+
+ if (prev_fre && fre->ip_off <= prev_fre->ip_off) {
+ dbg_sec(sec, "FDE %u: FRE %u not sorted\n", i, j);
+ return -EFAULT;
+ }
+
+ prev_fre = fre;
+ }
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+#else /* !CONFIG_SFRAME_VALIDATION */
+
+static int sframe_validate_section(struct sframe_section *sec) { return 0; }
+
+#endif /* !CONFIG_SFRAME_VALIDATION */
+
static int sframe_read_header(struct sframe_section *sec)
{
unsigned long header_end, fdes_start, fdes_end, fres_start, fres_end;
@@ -564,6 +632,11 @@ void __init init_sframe_table(void)
return;
}
+ if (sframe_validate_section(&kernel_sfsec)) {
+ pr_warn("invalid vmlinux SFrame section\n");
+ return;
+ }
+
sframe_init = true;
dbg_print_header(&kernel_sfsec);
}
@@ -624,6 +697,11 @@ void sframe_module_init(struct module *mod, void *addr, unsigned int size)
}
sframe_sort_fdes(sec);
+ if (sframe_validate_section(sec)) {
+ pr_warn("invalid SFrame section in module %s\n", mod->name);
+ return;
+ }
+
/* Ensure SFrame is initialized when sframe_find() happens */
smp_store_release(&mod->sframe_init, true);
dbg_print_header(sec);
--
2.56.0.360.g66cac248cb-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-07 11:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-07 11:43 [PATCH v8 00/11] unwind, arm64: add sframe unwinder for kernel Dylan Hatch
2026-10-07 11:43 ` [PATCH v8 01/11] arm64, unwind: build kernel with sframe V3 info Dylan Hatch
2026-10-07 11:56 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-07 11:43 ` [PATCH v8 02/11] arm64/sframe: Read vmlinux .sframe header Dylan Hatch
2026-10-07 11:43 ` [PATCH v8 03/11] sframe: Add support for reading vmlinux .sframe contents Dylan Hatch
2026-10-07 11:43 ` [PATCH v8 04/11] sframe: Separate reading of FRE from reading of FRE data words Dylan Hatch
2026-10-07 11:43 ` [PATCH v8 05/11] module, sframe: Add sframe support for modules Dylan Hatch
2026-10-07 12:09 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-07 11:43 ` [PATCH v8 06/11] arm64/sframe: Validate IP addresses Dylan Hatch
2026-10-07 12:14 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-07 11:43 ` [PATCH v8 07/11] sframe: Add debug helpers with object name Dylan Hatch
2026-10-07 12:09 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-07 11:43 ` Dylan Hatch [this message]
2026-10-07 11:43 ` [PATCH v8 09/11] arm64: entry: add unwind info for call_on_irq_stack() Dylan Hatch
2026-10-07 11:43 ` [PATCH v8 10/11] arm64, crypto/lib: Annotate leaf functions with CFI info Dylan Hatch
2026-10-07 11:43 ` [PATCH v8 11/11] unwind: arm64: Use sframe to unwind interrupt frames Dylan Hatch
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