On 4/22/2026 12:52 AM, Dylan Hatch wrote:
> Add unwind_next_frame_sframe() function to unwind by sframe info if
> present. Use this method at exception boundaries, falling back to
> frame-pointer unwind only on failure. In such failure cases, the
> stacktrace is considered unreliable.
>
> During normal unwind, prefer frame pointer unwind (for better
> performance) with sframe as a backup.
>
> This change restores the LR behavior originally introduced in commit
> c2c6b27b5aa14fa2 ("arm64: stacktrace: unwind exception boundaries"),
> But later removed in commit 32ed1205682e ("arm64: stacktrace: Skip
> reporting LR at exception boundaries")
>
> This can be done because the sframe data can be used to determine
> whether the LR is current for the PC value recovered from pt_regs at the
> exception boundary.
>
> Signed-off-by: Weinan Liu <[email protected]>
> Reviewed-by: Prasanna Kumar T S M <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Dylan Hatch <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Jens Remus <[email protected]>
> ---
> arch/arm64/include/asm/stacktrace/common.h | 6 +
> arch/arm64/kernel/stacktrace.c | 246 +++++++++++++++++++--
> 2 files changed, 232 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
Regards,
Jens
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