Re: [PATCH 1/2] arm64: Implement arch_stack_walk_reliable

On Fri, Mar 07, 2025 at 05:27:41PM -0800, Song Liu wrote:
> With proper exception boundary detection, it is possible to implment
> arch_stack_walk_reliable without sframe.
> 
> Note that, arch_stack_walk_reliable does not guarantee getting reliable
> stack in all scenarios. Instead, it can reliably detect when the stack
> trace is not reliable, which is enough to provide reliable livepatching.
> 
> This version has been inspired by Weinan Liu's patch [1].
> 
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/live-patching/[email protected]/
> Signed-off-by: Song Liu <[email protected]>

Tested-by: Breno Leitao <[email protected]>

>  arch/arm64/Kconfig                         |  2 +-
>  arch/arm64/include/asm/stacktrace/common.h |  1 +
>  arch/arm64/kernel/stacktrace.c             | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++-
>  3 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
> index 940343beb3d4..ed4f7bf4a879 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
> @@ -275,6 +275,7 @@ config ARM64
>  	select HAVE_SOFTIRQ_ON_OWN_STACK
>  	select USER_STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
>  	select VDSO_GETRANDOM
> +	select HAVE_RELIABLE_STACKTRACE

Can we really mark this is reliable stacktrace?  I am wondering
if we need an intermediate state (potentially reliable stacktrace?)
until we have a fully reliable stack unwinder.

Thanks for working on it.
--breno