• [$] SFrame-based stack unwinding for the kernel

    From LWN.net@1337:1/100 to All on Fri Jul 11 14:45:06 2025
    [$] SFrame-based stack unwinding for the kernel

    Date:
    Fri, 11 Jul 2025 13:42:08 +0000

    Description:
    The kernel's perf
    events subsystem can produce high-quality profiles, with full
    function-call chains, of resource usage
    within the kernel itself. Developers, however, often would like to see profiles of the whole system in one integrated report with, for example, call-stack information that crosses the boundary between the kernel and
    user space. Support for unwinding user-space call stacks in the perf
    events subsystem is currently inefficient at best. A long-running effort
    to provide reliable, user-space call-stack unwinding within the kernel,
    which will improve that situation considerably, appears to be reaching fruition.

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    Link to news story:
    https://lwn.net/Articles/1029189/


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