[PATCH v14 10/12] unwind: Finish up unwind when a task exits

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Wed Jul 16 2025 - 20:52:08 EST


From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>

On do_exit() when a task is exiting, if a unwind is requested and the
deferred user stacktrace is deferred via the task_work, the task_work
callback is called after exit_mm() is called in do_exit(). This means that
the user stack trace will not be retrieved and an empty stack is created.

Instead, add a function unwind_deferred_task_exit() and call it just
before exit_mm() so that the unwinder can call the requested callbacks
with the user space stack.

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/unwind_deferred.h | 3 +++
kernel/exit.c | 2 ++
kernel/unwind/deferred.c | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++---
3 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/unwind_deferred.h b/include/linux/unwind_deferred.h
index 2efbda01e959..26122d00708a 100644
--- a/include/linux/unwind_deferred.h
+++ b/include/linux/unwind_deferred.h
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ int unwind_deferred_init(struct unwind_work *work, unwind_callback_t func);
int unwind_deferred_request(struct unwind_work *work, u64 *cookie);
void unwind_deferred_cancel(struct unwind_work *work);

+void unwind_deferred_task_exit(struct task_struct *task);
+
static __always_inline void unwind_reset_info(void)
{
struct unwind_task_info *info = &current->unwind_info;
@@ -71,6 +73,7 @@ static inline int unwind_deferred_init(struct unwind_work *work, unwind_callback
static inline int unwind_deferred_request(struct unwind_work *work, u64 *timestamp) { return -ENOSYS; }
static inline void unwind_deferred_cancel(struct unwind_work *work) {}

+static inline void unwind_deferred_task_exit(struct task_struct *task) {}
static inline void unwind_reset_info(void) {}

#endif /* !CONFIG_UNWIND_USER */
diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index bb184a67ac73..1d8c8ac33c4f 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
#include <linux/rethook.h>
#include <linux/sysfs.h>
#include <linux/user_events.h>
+#include <linux/unwind_deferred.h>
#include <linux/uaccess.h>
#include <linux/pidfs.h>

@@ -938,6 +939,7 @@ void __noreturn do_exit(long code)

tsk->exit_code = code;
taskstats_exit(tsk, group_dead);
+ unwind_deferred_task_exit(tsk);
trace_sched_process_exit(tsk, group_dead);

/*
diff --git a/kernel/unwind/deferred.c b/kernel/unwind/deferred.c
index 353f7af610bf..53a75f8f9b7e 100644
--- a/kernel/unwind/deferred.c
+++ b/kernel/unwind/deferred.c
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ int unwind_user_faultable(struct unwind_stacktrace *trace)
/* Should always be called from faultable context */
might_fault();

- if (current->flags & PF_EXITING)
+ if (!current->mm)
return -EINVAL;

if (!info->cache) {
@@ -147,9 +147,9 @@ int unwind_user_faultable(struct unwind_stacktrace *trace)
return 0;
}

-static void unwind_deferred_task_work(struct callback_head *head)
+static void process_unwind_deferred(struct task_struct *task)
{
- struct unwind_task_info *info = container_of(head, struct unwind_task_info, work);
+ struct unwind_task_info *info = &task->unwind_info;
struct unwind_stacktrace trace;
struct unwind_work *work;
unsigned long bits;
@@ -186,6 +186,23 @@ static void unwind_deferred_task_work(struct callback_head *head)
}
}

+static void unwind_deferred_task_work(struct callback_head *head)
+{
+ process_unwind_deferred(current);
+}
+
+void unwind_deferred_task_exit(struct task_struct *task)
+{
+ struct unwind_task_info *info = &current->unwind_info;
+
+ if (!unwind_pending(info))
+ return;
+
+ process_unwind_deferred(task);
+
+ task_work_cancel(task, &info->work);
+}
+
/**
* unwind_deferred_request - Request a user stacktrace on task kernel exit
* @work: Unwind descriptor requesting the trace
--
2.47.2