[RFC v6 4/8] stacktrace, stackdepot: Add sprintf_end()-like variants of functions

From: Alejandro Colomar
Date: Thu Jul 10 2025 - 21:57:56 EST


Cc: Kees Cook <kees@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Christopher Bazley <chris.bazley.wg14@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Marco Elver <elver@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/stackdepot.h | 13 +++++++++++++
include/linux/stacktrace.h | 3 +++
kernel/stacktrace.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
lib/stackdepot.c | 13 +++++++++++++
4 files changed, 57 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/stackdepot.h b/include/linux/stackdepot.h
index 2cc21ffcdaf9..76182e874f67 100644
--- a/include/linux/stackdepot.h
+++ b/include/linux/stackdepot.h
@@ -219,6 +219,19 @@ void stack_depot_print(depot_stack_handle_t stack);
int stack_depot_snprint(depot_stack_handle_t handle, char *buf, size_t size,
int spaces);

+/**
+ * stack_depot_sprint_end - Print a stack trace from stack depot into a buffer
+ *
+ * @handle: Stack depot handle returned from stack_depot_save()
+ * @p: Pointer to the print buffer
+ * @end: Pointer to one past the last element in the buffer
+ * @spaces: Number of leading spaces to print
+ *
+ * Return: Pointer to trailing '\0'; or NULL on truncation
+ */
+char *stack_depot_sprint_end(depot_stack_handle_t handle, char *p,
+ const char end[0], int spaces);
+
/**
* stack_depot_put - Drop a reference to a stack trace from stack depot
*
diff --git a/include/linux/stacktrace.h b/include/linux/stacktrace.h
index 97455880ac41..79ada795d479 100644
--- a/include/linux/stacktrace.h
+++ b/include/linux/stacktrace.h
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ void stack_trace_print(const unsigned long *trace, unsigned int nr_entries,
int spaces);
int stack_trace_snprint(char *buf, size_t size, const unsigned long *entries,
unsigned int nr_entries, int spaces);
+char *stack_trace_sprint_end(char *p, const char end[0],
+ const unsigned long *entries,
+ unsigned int nr_entries, int spaces);
unsigned int stack_trace_save(unsigned long *store, unsigned int size,
unsigned int skipnr);
unsigned int stack_trace_save_tsk(struct task_struct *task,
diff --git a/kernel/stacktrace.c b/kernel/stacktrace.c
index afb3c116da91..f389647d8e44 100644
--- a/kernel/stacktrace.c
+++ b/kernel/stacktrace.c
@@ -70,6 +70,34 @@ int stack_trace_snprint(char *buf, size_t size, const unsigned long *entries,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(stack_trace_snprint);

+/**
+ * stack_trace_sprint_end - Print the entries in the stack trace into a buffer
+ * @p: Pointer to the print buffer
+ * @end: Pointer to one past the last element in the buffer
+ * @entries: Pointer to storage array
+ * @nr_entries: Number of entries in the storage array
+ * @spaces: Number of leading spaces to print
+ *
+ * Return: Pointer to the trailing '\0'; or NULL on truncation.
+ */
+char *stack_trace_sprint_end(char *p, const char end[0],
+ const unsigned long *entries, unsigned int nr_entries,
+ int spaces)
+{
+ unsigned int i;
+
+ if (WARN_ON(!entries))
+ return 0;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < nr_entries; i++) {
+ p = sprintf_end(p, end, "%*c%pS\n", 1 + spaces, ' ',
+ (void *)entries[i]);
+ }
+
+ return p;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(stack_trace_sprint_end);
+
#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_STACKWALK

struct stacktrace_cookie {
diff --git a/lib/stackdepot.c b/lib/stackdepot.c
index 73d7b50924ef..48e5c0ff37e8 100644
--- a/lib/stackdepot.c
+++ b/lib/stackdepot.c
@@ -771,6 +771,19 @@ int stack_depot_snprint(depot_stack_handle_t handle, char *buf, size_t size,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(stack_depot_snprint);

+char *stack_depot_sprint_end(depot_stack_handle_t handle, char *p,
+ const char end[0], int spaces)
+{
+ unsigned long *entries;
+ unsigned int nr_entries;
+
+ nr_entries = stack_depot_fetch(handle, &entries);
+ return nr_entries ?
+ stack_trace_sprint_end(p, end, entries, nr_entries, spaces)
+ : sprintf_end(p, end, "");
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(stack_depot_sprint_end);
+
depot_stack_handle_t __must_check stack_depot_set_extra_bits(
depot_stack_handle_t handle, unsigned int extra_bits)
{
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