Re: Concerns about SFrame viability for userspace stack walking

Mark Brown <[email protected]> Thu, 30 Oct 2025 18:07:49 +0000
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-toolchains,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.linux-perf-users
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Thu, Oct 30, 2025 at 10:53:13AM -0700, Andi Kleen wrote:

> IMNSHO the whole sframe effort is misguided because all the major ISAs do have
> shadow stack hardware support now which is generally a better option. 
> It would be better to invest effort in deploying that widely.

It's going to take a *considerable* time for the hardware support to
become standard.
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