This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
x86/kconfig: Select ARCH_WANT_FRAME_POINTERS again when UNWINDER_FRAME_POINTER=y
to the 6.9-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
x86-kconfig-select-arch_want_frame_pointers-again-wh.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.9 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 292c8b045edbc06f8effd570e9f6ae3b0cc960b6
Author: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun Feb 4 21:20:03 2024 +0900
x86/kconfig: Select ARCH_WANT_FRAME_POINTERS again when UNWINDER_FRAME_POINTER=y
[ Upstream commit 66ee3636eddcc82ab82b539d08b85fb5ac1dff9b ]
It took me some time to understand the purpose of the tricky code at
the end of arch/x86/Kconfig.debug.
Without it, the following would be shown:
WARNING: unmet direct dependencies detected for FRAME_POINTER
because
81d387190039 ("x86/kconfig: Consolidate unwinders into multiple choice selection")
removed 'select ARCH_WANT_FRAME_POINTERS'.
The correct and more straightforward approach should have been to move
it where 'select FRAME_POINTER' is located.
Several architectures properly handle the conditional selection of
ARCH_WANT_FRAME_POINTERS. For example, 'config UNWINDER_FRAME_POINTER'
in arch/arm/Kconfig.debug.
Fixes: 81d387190039 ("x86/kconfig: Consolidate unwinders into multiple choice selection")
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240204122003.53795-1-masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
index c5d614d28a759..74777a97e394a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ config UNWINDER_ORC
config UNWINDER_FRAME_POINTER
bool "Frame pointer unwinder"
+ select ARCH_WANT_FRAME_POINTERS
select FRAME_POINTER
help
This option enables the frame pointer unwinder for unwinding kernel
@@ -271,7 +272,3 @@ config UNWINDER_GUESS
overhead.
endchoice
-
-config FRAME_POINTER
- depends on !UNWINDER_ORC && !UNWINDER_GUESS
- bool
