From: Jens Remus <jremus@linux.ibm.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
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Steven Rostedt <rostedt@kernel.org>
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Subject: [PATCH v7 2/6] x86/asm: Avoid emitting DWARF CFI for non-VDSO
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2026 18:19:53 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260203171958.1522030-3-jremus@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260203171958.1522030-1-jremus@linux.ibm.com>
From: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
It was decided years ago that .cfi_* annotations aren't maintainable in
the kernel. They were replaced by objtool unwind hints. For the kernel
proper, ensure the CFI_* macros don't do anything.
On the other hand the VDSO library *does* use them, so user space can
unwind through it.
Make sure these macros only work for VDSO. They aren't actually being
used outside of VDSO anyway, so there's no functional change.
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Jens Remus <jremus@linux.ibm.com>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/dwarf2.h | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/dwarf2.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/dwarf2.h
index 09c9684d3ad6..7cc30500c095 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/dwarf2.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/dwarf2.h
@@ -6,6 +6,15 @@
#warning "asm/dwarf2.h should be only included in pure assembly files"
#endif
+#ifdef BUILD_VDSO
+
+ /*
+ * For the vDSO, emit both runtime unwind information and debug
+ * symbols for the .dbg file.
+ */
+
+ .cfi_sections .eh_frame, .debug_frame
+
#define CFI_STARTPROC .cfi_startproc
#define CFI_ENDPROC .cfi_endproc
#define CFI_DEF_CFA .cfi_def_cfa
@@ -22,21 +31,31 @@
#define CFI_ESCAPE .cfi_escape
#define CFI_SIGNAL_FRAME .cfi_signal_frame
-#ifndef BUILD_VDSO
- /*
- * Emit CFI data in .debug_frame sections, not .eh_frame sections.
- * The latter we currently just discard since we don't do DWARF
- * unwinding at runtime. So only the offline DWARF information is
- * useful to anyone. Note we should not use this directive if we
- * ever decide to enable DWARF unwinding at runtime.
- */
- .cfi_sections .debug_frame
-#else
- /*
- * For the vDSO, emit both runtime unwind information and debug
- * symbols for the .dbg file.
- */
- .cfi_sections .eh_frame, .debug_frame
-#endif
+#else /* !BUILD_VDSO */
+
+/*
+ * On x86, these macros aren't used outside VDSO. As well they shouldn't be:
+ * they're fragile and very difficult to maintain.
+ */
+
+.macro nocfi args:vararg
+.endm
+
+#define CFI_STARTPROC nocfi
+#define CFI_ENDPROC nocfi
+#define CFI_DEF_CFA nocfi
+#define CFI_DEF_CFA_REGISTER nocfi
+#define CFI_DEF_CFA_OFFSET nocfi
+#define CFI_ADJUST_CFA_OFFSET nocfi
+#define CFI_OFFSET nocfi
+#define CFI_REL_OFFSET nocfi
+#define CFI_REGISTER nocfi
+#define CFI_RESTORE nocfi
+#define CFI_REMEMBER_STATE nocfi
+#define CFI_RESTORE_STATE nocfi
+#define CFI_UNDEFINED nocfi
+#define CFI_ESCAPE nocfi
+
+#endif /* !BUILD_VDSO */
#endif /* _ASM_X86_DWARF2_H */
--
2.51.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-03 18:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-03 17:19 [PATCH v7 0/6] x86/vdso: VDSO updates and fixes for sframes Jens Remus
2026-02-03 17:19 ` [PATCH v7 1/6] x86/vdso: Fix DWARF generation for getrandom() Jens Remus
2026-02-04 0:43 ` H. Peter Anvin
2026-02-03 17:19 ` Jens Remus [this message]
2026-02-03 17:35 ` [PATCH v7 2/6] x86/asm: Avoid emitting DWARF CFI for non-VDSO H. Peter Anvin
2026-02-04 0:43 ` H. Peter Anvin
2026-02-06 14:01 ` Jens Remus
2026-02-03 17:19 ` [PATCH v7 3/6] x86/asm: Simplify VDSO DWARF generation Jens Remus
2026-02-04 0:44 ` H. Peter Anvin
2026-02-03 17:19 ` [PATCH v7 4/6] x86/vdso: Use SYM_FUNC_{START,END} in __kernel_vsyscall() Jens Remus
2026-02-04 0:44 ` H. Peter Anvin
2026-02-03 17:19 ` [PATCH v7 5/6] x86/vdso: Use CFI macros in __vdso_sgx_enter_enclave() Jens Remus
2026-02-04 0:44 ` H. Peter Anvin
2026-02-06 15:04 ` Jens Remus
2026-02-03 17:19 ` [PATCH v7 6/6] x86/vdso: Enable sframe generation in VDSO Jens Remus
2026-02-04 0:49 ` H. Peter Anvin
2026-02-06 17:48 ` Jens Remus
2026-02-06 23:56 ` H. Peter Anvin
2026-02-07 0:48 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2026-02-06 15:02 ` [PATCH v7 0/6] x86/vdso: VDSO updates and fixes for sframes Jens Remus
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