From: Christina Schimpe <christina.schimpe@intel.com>
To: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Subject: [PATCH 0/9] Add new command to print the shadow stack backtrace
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2025 11:18:33 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250923111842.4091694-1-christina.schimpe@intel.com> (raw)
Hi all,
as already indicated in the discussion
https://sourceware.org/pipermail/gdb/2023-December/051024.html
I'd like to add a command to print the shadow stack backtrace.
In the discussion above the main conclusion was to use the ordinary
backtrace command with a new flag: "bt -shadow".
I chose a similar direction, but decided against the flag "-shadow"
in favor of a new subcommand of the ordinary backtrace command:
"bt shadow".
This is an example shadow stack backtrace on amd64:
~~~
(gdb) bt shadow
#0 0x000000000040111f in call1 at amd64-shadow-stack.c:14
#1 0x000000000040112f in main at amd64-shadow-stack.c:21
#2 0x00007ffff7c3fe70 in __libc_start_call_main at ../sysdeps/nptl/libc_start_call_main.h:58
#3 0x00007ffff7c3ff20 in __libc_start_main_impl at ../csu/libc-start.c:128
#4 0x0000000000401045 in _start
~~~
I am happy about your feedback!
Christina
Christina Schimpe (9):
gdb: Generalize handling of the shadow stack pointer.
gdb: Refactor 'stack.c:print_frame'.
gdb: Introduce 'stack.c:print_pc' function without frame argument.
gdb: Refactor 'find_symbol_funname' and 'info_frame_command_core' in
stack.c.
gdb: Refactor 'stack.c:print_frame_info'.
gdb: Implement 'bt shadow' to print the shadow stack backtrace.
gdb: Provide gdbarch hook to distinguish shadow stack backtrace
elements.
gdb: Implement the hook 'is_no_return_shadow_stack_address' for amd64
linux.
gdb, mi: Add -shadow-stack-list-frames command
gdb/Makefile.in | 2 +
gdb/NEWS | 17 +
gdb/aarch64-linux-tdep.c | 51 +-
gdb/aarch64-tdep.c | 42 +-
gdb/amd64-linux-tdep.c | 164 ++---
gdb/amd64-tdep.c | 20 +
gdb/annotate.c | 93 ++-
gdb/annotate.h | 18 +-
gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo | 114 +++
gdb/gdbarch-gen.c | 158 ++++-
gdb/gdbarch-gen.h | 80 ++-
gdb/gdbarch.h | 1 +
gdb/gdbarch_components.py | 100 ++-
gdb/infcall.c | 4 +-
gdb/linux-tdep.c | 2 +
gdb/mi/mi-cmd-stack.c | 146 ++++
gdb/mi/mi-cmds.c | 2 +
gdb/mi/mi-cmds.h | 1 +
gdb/shadow-stack.c | 662 ++++++++++++++++++
gdb/shadow-stack.h | 106 +++
gdb/stack.c | 382 ++++++----
gdb/stack.h | 55 ++
.../amd64-shadow-stack-backtrace-signal.exp | 54 ++
.../gdb.arch/amd64-shadow-stack-cmds.exp | 88 +++
.../gdb.arch/amd64-shadow-stack-signal.c | 31 +
gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/help.exp | 6 +-
gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/options.exp | 7 +-
.../gdb.mi/mi-shadow-stack-signal.exp | 69 ++
gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/mi-shadow-stack.exp | 65 ++
29 files changed, 2105 insertions(+), 435 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 gdb/shadow-stack.c
create mode 100644 gdb/shadow-stack.h
create mode 100644 gdb/testsuite/gdb.arch/amd64-shadow-stack-backtrace-signal.exp
create mode 100644 gdb/testsuite/gdb.arch/amd64-shadow-stack-signal.c
create mode 100644 gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/mi-shadow-stack-signal.exp
create mode 100644 gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/mi-shadow-stack.exp
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Thread overview: 67+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-09-23 11:18 Christina Schimpe [this message]
2025-09-23 11:18 ` [PATCH 1/9] gdb: Generalize handling of the shadow stack pointer Christina Schimpe
2025-10-31 1:31 ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2025-11-17 11:18 ` Schimpe, Christina
2025-11-26 4:19 ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2025-12-30 10:39 ` Schimpe, Christina
2025-09-23 11:18 ` [PATCH 2/9] gdb: Refactor 'stack.c:print_frame' Christina Schimpe
2025-10-03 20:05 ` Tom Tromey
2025-09-23 11:18 ` [PATCH 3/9] gdb: Introduce 'stack.c:print_pc' function without frame argument Christina Schimpe
2025-10-03 19:56 ` Tom Tromey
2025-09-23 11:18 ` [PATCH 4/9] gdb: Refactor 'find_symbol_funname' and 'info_frame_command_core' in stack.c Christina Schimpe
2025-10-03 19:55 ` Tom Tromey
2025-09-23 11:18 ` [PATCH 5/9] gdb: Refactor 'stack.c:print_frame_info' Christina Schimpe
2025-10-03 20:03 ` Tom Tromey
2025-09-23 11:18 ` [PATCH 6/9] gdb: Implement 'bt shadow' to print the shadow stack backtrace Christina Schimpe
2025-09-23 11:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
2025-09-25 11:06 ` Schimpe, Christina
2025-09-25 13:19 ` Eli Zaretskii
2025-09-25 14:58 ` Simon Marchi
2025-09-26 7:45 ` Schimpe, Christina
2025-10-29 15:05 ` Schimpe, Christina
2025-10-29 15:28 ` Guinevere Larsen
2025-11-03 19:47 ` Schimpe, Christina
2025-11-04 11:53 ` Guinevere Larsen
2025-11-05 16:33 ` Schimpe, Christina
2025-10-13 1:17 ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2025-10-13 7:19 ` Schimpe, Christina
2025-10-31 4:39 ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2025-11-06 14:23 ` Schimpe, Christina
2025-10-03 20:15 ` Tom Tromey
2025-10-12 19:45 ` Schimpe, Christina
2026-02-19 17:24 ` Tom Tromey
2026-03-02 12:24 ` Schimpe, Christina
2025-10-31 4:02 ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2025-11-17 20:14 ` Schimpe, Christina
2025-11-26 4:07 ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2025-11-26 16:29 ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2026-01-22 17:04 ` Schimpe, Christina
2026-03-06 2:35 ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2026-01-15 14:05 ` Schimpe, Christina
2025-09-23 11:18 ` [PATCH 7/9] gdb: Provide gdbarch hook to distinguish shadow stack backtrace elements Christina Schimpe
2025-09-23 11:49 ` Eli Zaretskii
2025-09-25 11:10 ` Schimpe, Christina
2025-11-02 21:20 ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2025-11-12 17:28 ` Schimpe, Christina
2025-11-16 18:39 ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2025-11-17 11:51 ` Schimpe, Christina
2025-09-23 11:18 ` [PATCH 8/9] gdb: Implement the hook 'is_no_return_shadow_stack_address' for amd64 linux Christina Schimpe
2025-11-26 4:22 ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2025-09-23 11:18 ` [PATCH 9/9] gdb, mi: Add -shadow-stack-list-frames command Christina Schimpe
2025-09-23 11:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
2025-09-25 11:32 ` Schimpe, Christina
2025-10-03 20:17 ` Tom Tromey
2025-10-12 19:54 ` Schimpe, Christina
2025-10-13 0:06 ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2025-11-26 4:26 ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2026-01-22 17:01 ` Schimpe, Christina
2026-03-06 2:44 ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2025-09-25 11:46 ` [PATCH 0/9] Add new command to print the shadow stack backtrace Schimpe, Christina
2025-10-08 1:46 ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2025-10-13 1:18 ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2025-10-13 6:34 ` Schimpe, Christina
2025-10-29 14:52 ` Schimpe, Christina
2025-10-31 0:47 ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2025-12-30 10:16 ` Schimpe, Christina
2026-03-06 2:30 ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2026-03-12 9:53 ` Schimpe, Christina
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