[PATCH 4/6] powerpc64/bpf: Add arch_bpf_stack_walk() for BPF JIT

adubey at linux.ibm.com adubey at linux.ibm.com
Mon Jan 5 21:52:10 AEDT 2026


From: Abhishek Dubey <adubey at linux.ibm.com>

This function is used by bpf_throw() to unwind the stack
until frame of exception-boundary during BPF exception
handling.

This function is necessary to support BPF exceptions on
PowerPC.

Signed-off-by: Abhishek Dubey <adubey at linux.ibm.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/net/bpf_jit_comp64.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/net/bpf_jit_comp64.c b/arch/powerpc/net/bpf_jit_comp64.c
index 37c547b49da8..0f3af67914d6 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/net/bpf_jit_comp64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/net/bpf_jit_comp64.c
@@ -237,6 +237,34 @@ void bpf_jit_build_epilogue(u32 *image, struct codegen_context *ctx)
 	bpf_jit_build_fentry_stubs(image, ctx);
 }
 
+void arch_bpf_stack_walk(bool (*consume_fn)(void *, u64, u64, u64), void *cookie)
+{
+	// callback processing always in current context
+	unsigned long fp = current_stack_frame();
+
+	for (;;) {
+		unsigned long *frame = (unsigned long *) fp;
+		unsigned long ip;
+
+		if(!validate_sp(fp, current))
+			return;
+
+		ip = frame[STACK_FRAME_LR_SAVE];
+		if (!ip)
+			break;
+
+		/*
+		 * consume_fn common code expects stack pointer(sp) in third
+		 * argument. There is no sp in ppc64, rather pass frame
+		 * pointer.
+		 */
+		if (ip && !consume_fn(cookie, ip, fp, fp))
+			break;
+
+		fp = frame[0];
+	}
+}
+
 int bpf_jit_emit_func_call_rel(u32 *image, u32 *fimage, struct codegen_context *ctx, u64 func)
 {
 	unsigned long func_addr = func ? ppc_function_entry((void *)func) : 0;
-- 
2.48.1



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