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\title[\sectionline] {Reliable and Fast DWARF-based Stack Unwinding}
\author[\slidecountline]{\textbf{Théophile Bastian},\\
    \textbf{Stephen Kell}, \\
\textbf{Francesco Zappa Nardelli}}
\date{}
%\subject{}
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\institute{ENS Paris, University of Kent, Inria}

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            \text{Slides: } &\text{\todo{add URL for this PDF}} \\
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\section{DWARF and stack unwinding data}

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\subsection{Introduction}

\begin{frame}[fragile]{We often use stack unwinding!}
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Program received signal SIGSEGV.
0x54625 in fct_b at segfault.c:5
5           printf("%l\n", *b);

|\pause| (gdb) backtrace
#0   0x54625 in fct_b at segfault.c:5
#1   0x54663 in fct_a at segfault.c:10
#2   0x54674 in main at segfault.c:14

|\pause| (gdb) frame 1
#1   0x54663 in fct_a at segfault.c:10
10       fct_b((int*) a);

|\pause| (gdb) print a
$1 = 84
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            \vspace{-1em}
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            \begin{center}
                \textbf{\Large How does it work?!}
            \end{center}
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            \includegraphics[width=0.95\linewidth]{img/call_stack}
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\subsection{Stack frames and unwinding}

\begin{frame}{Call stack and registers}
    \begin{columns}[c]
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            \begin{center}
                \large\bf
                How do we get the grandparent RA\@?

                \medskip

                Isn't it as trivial as \texttt{pop()}?

                \vspace{2em}

                \onslide<2>{We only have \reg{rsp} and \reg{rip}.}

            \end{center}
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            \includegraphics[width=0.95\linewidth]{img/call_stack}
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\subsection{DWARF tables}

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\begin{frame}{DWARF unwinding data}
    \vspace{2em}
    \tt \footnotesize
    \begin{tabular}{
            >{\columncolor{YellowGreen}}l
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            l l l l l l
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~LOC & CFA & rbx & rbp & r12 & r13 & r14 & r15 & ra \\
0084950 & rsp+8 & u & u & u & u & u & u & c-8 \\
0084952 & rsp+16 & u & u & u & u & u & c-16 & c-8 \\
0084954 & rsp+24 & u & u & u & u & c-24 & c-16 & c-8 \\
0084956 & rsp+32 & u & u & u & c-32 & c-24 & c-16 & c-8 \\
0084958 & rsp+40 & u & u & c-40 & c-32 & c-24 & c-16 & c-8 \\
0084959 & rsp+48 & u & c-48 & c-40 & c-32 & c-24 & c-16 & c-8 \\
\rowcolor{Aquamarine} 008495a & rsp+56 & c-56 & c-48 & c-40 & c-32 & c-24 & c-16 & c-8 \\
0084962 & rsp+64 & c-56 & c-48 & c-40 & c-32 & c-24 & c-16 & c-8 \\
0084a19 & rsp+56 & c-56 & c-48 & c-40 & c-32 & c-24 & c-16 & c-8 \\
0084a1d & rsp+48 & c-56 & c-48 & c-40 & c-32 & c-24 & c-16 & c-8 \\
0084a1e & rsp+40 & c-56 & c-48 & c-40 & c-32 & c-24 & c-16 & c-8 \\
0084a20 & rsp+32 & c-56 & c-48 & c-40 & c-32 & c-24 & c-16 & c-8 \\
0084a22 & rsp+24 & c-56 & c-48 & c-40 & c-32 & c-24 & c-16 & c-8 \\
0084a24 & rsp+16 & c-56 & c-48 & c-40 & c-32 & c-24 & c-16 & c-8 \\
0084a26 & rsp+8 & c-56 & c-48 & c-40 & c-32 & c-24 & c-16 & c-8 \\
0084a30 & rsp+64 & c-56 & c-48 & c-40 & c-32 & c-24 & c-16 & c-8 \\
    \end{tabular}

    \pause{}

    \vspace{-3cm}
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00009b30 48 009b34 FDE cie=0000 pc=0084950..0084b37
  DW_CFA_advance_loc: 2 to 0000000000084952
  DW_CFA_def_cfa_offset: 16
  DW_CFA_offset: r15 (r15) at cfa-16
  DW_CFA_advance_loc: 2 to 0000000000084954
  DW_CFA_def_cfa_offset: 24
  DW_CFA_offset: r14 (r14) at cfa-24
  DW_CFA_advance_loc: 2 to 0000000000084956
  DW_CFA_def_cfa_offset: 32
  DW_CFA_offset: r13 (r13) at cfa-32
  DW_CFA_advance_loc: 2 to 0000000000084958
  DW_CFA_def_cfa_offset: 40
  DW_CFA_offset: r12 (r12) at cfa-40
  DW_CFA_advance_loc: 1 to 0000000000084959
  [...]
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    \begin{itemize}
        \item[\textbf{$\longrightarrow$}] \textbf{\alert{constructed} on-demand
            by a \alert{Turing-complete bytecode}!}
    \end{itemize}

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    \bf \fontsize{8cm}{1cm}
        \colorbox{white}{\alert{Complex}} \\
        \colorbox{white}{\alert{\& slow!}}
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\begin{frame}{Why does slow matter?}
    \begin{itemize}

        \item{} After all, we're talking about \alert{debugging procedures} ran
            by a \alert{human being} (slower than the machine).

            \ldots{}or are we?
    \end{itemize}

    \pause{}
    \begin{center}
        \textbf{\Large{}No!}
    \end{center}

    \begin{itemize}
        \pause{}\item{} Pretty much any \alert{program analysis tool}
        \pause{}\item{} \alert{Profiling} with polling profilers

        \pause{}\item{} \alert{Exception handling} in C++

    \end{itemize}

    \vspace{2em}

    \begin{center}
        \textbf{\Large{}Debug data is not only for debugging}
    \end{center}
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    case it actually turned several trivial bugs into a \alert{total
    undebuggable hell}.''
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\section{Unwinding data as an abstract state}

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            \only<5>{and again: %
                \alert{ra = *(\reg{rsp} + 16)}}
            \only<6>{This \texttt{mov} leaves \reg{rsp} untouched: %
                \alert{ra = *(\reg{rsp} + 16)}}
            \only<7>{The unwinding table can actually be seen as\\
                    an \alert{abstract interpretation} of the code\ldots}
            \only<8>{\ldots and thus, for a given run, be
                \alert{re-computed from scratch}}
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\section{Unwinding data synthesis from binaries}

\begin{frame}{Why would synthesis be useful?}
    \pause{}
    \begin{itemize}
        \item As said earlier, \alert{DWARF is complex}
        \pause{}
        \item Some compilers \alert{do not generate it}: hard to \alert{debug}
            \& \alert{profile}.
        \pause{}
        \item Think of \alert{JIT-compiled assembly} (eg. JVM)
        \pause{}
        \item \ldots{}or even \alert{hand-written inlined assembly}!
            \pause{}
            \begin{itemize}
                \item Painful enough to write for not bothering with DWARF
                \item May not even be known by the programmer, breaks gdb
                \item May be wrong (remember Linus!)
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\begin{frame}{What have we got so far?}
    We now want to \alert{synthesize unwinding data}. \pause{}That means
    \alert{forgetting the blue part of the previous schemes}.

    \begin{itemize}[<+->]
        \item Upon entering a function, we know (ABI)
            \[ \cfa = \reg{rsp} - 8
            \qquad \ra = \cfa + 8 \]
        \item For each instruction, we know \alert{how it changes \cfa}.
        \item We assume \alert{\ra{} constant wrt. \cfa}.
            \begin{itemize}
                \item[$\leadsto$] only \cfa{} tracking matters (for unwinding)
            \end{itemize}
        \item We had a working strategy for a \alert{linear execution}
        \item We still have to handle
            \begin{itemize}
                \item \alert{\cfa{} expression}
                \item \alert{control flow graph}
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    Two possibilities:
    \begin{itemize}
        \item Either we track \cfa{} wrt. \reg{rsp}
            \begin{itemize}
                \item and update it after each instruction if needed
            \end{itemize} \pause{}
        \item Or \reg{rbp} is used as base pointer: easy
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\begin{frame}{Control flow graph}
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        \pause{}
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            \centering
            \includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{src/cfg/cfg.png}
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    \begin{itemize}
        \item \alert{Upon split} (eg. \texttt{X})\alert{:} nothing special,
            propagate end state of X to child nodes A and B
        \item \alert{Upon join} (eg. \texttt{while\_end})\alert{:} check
            consistency of both input states
            \begin{itemize}
                \item If tricky, \texttt{gcc} will have used \reg{rbp}, even
                    with \texttt{-fomit-frame-pointer}.
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        Demo time!
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\section{Unwinding data compilation}

\subsection{Compilation ahead-of-time}

\begin{frame}{Why compiling?}
    \begin{itemize}
        \item Remember that \alert{DWARF is slow}!
        \item \alert{Bytecode} interpreted \alert{on the fly} to
            generate the data tables
        \item Done so for \alert{extreme compacity}
    \end{itemize}

    \pause{}
    \vspace{1em}

    \begin{itemize}
        \item Goal: \alert{reasonable time-space trade-off} to speed up DWARF
        \item Tables are now \alert{compiled functions} returning the requested
            DAWRF row
    \end{itemize}
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\begin{frame}{Compilation overview}
    \begin{itemize}
        \item Compiled to \alert{C code}
        \item C code then \alert{compiled to native binary} (gcc)
            \begin{itemize}
                \item[$\leadsto$] gcc optimisations for free
            \end{itemize}
        \item Compiled as \alert{separate \texttt{.so} files}, called \ehelfs{}
            \bigskip{}
        \item Morally a \alert{monolithic switch} on IPs
        \item Each case contains assembly that computes a \alert{row of the
            table}
    \end{itemize}
\end{frame}


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\begin{frame}[shrink]{Compilation example: generated C}
    \lstinputlisting[language=C]{src/fib7/fib7.eh_elf_basic.c}
\end{frame}


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\begin{frame}{Mostly plug-and-play: libunwind interface}
    \begin{itemize}
        \item \alert{libunwind}: \textit{de facto} standard library for
            unwinding
        \item Relies on DWARF

            \bigskip{}

        \item \texttt{libunwind-eh\_elf}: alternative implementation using
            \ehelfs{}

        \item[$\leadsto$] \alert{alternative implementation} of libunwind,
            almost plug-and-play for existing projects!
            \begin{itemize}
                \item[$\leadsto$] It is \alert{easy} to use \ehelfs{}: just
                    link against the right library!
            \end{itemize}
    \end{itemize}
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\subsection{Results}

\begin{frame}{Time performance}
    \todo{UPDATE}
    \small
    \centering
    \begin{tabular}{l r r r r r}
        \toprule
        \thead{Unwinding method} & \thead{Frames \\ unwound}
            & \thead{Tot.\ time \\ ($\mu s$)}
            & \thead{Avg. \\ time / frame \\ ($ns$)}
            & \thead{Time \\ ratio} \\
        \midrule
        \alert{\ehelfs{}}
            & 23506 % Frames unwound
            & 14837 % Total time
            & 631 % Avg time
            & 1
            \\
        \prog{libunwind}, \alert{cached}
            & 27058 % Frames unwound
            & 441601 % Total time
            & 16320 % Avg time
            & \alert{25.9}
            \\
        \prog{libunwind}, \alert{uncached}
            & 27058 % Frames unwound
            & 671292 % Total time
            & 24809 % Avg time
            & \alert{39.3}
            \\
        \bottomrule
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\begin{frame}{Space performance}
    \todo{UPDATE}
    \begin{center}
        \begin{tabular}{r r r r r r}
            \toprule
            \thead{Object}
                & \thead{\% of binary size}
                & \thead{Growth factor} \\
            \midrule
                libc
                    & 21.88 & 2.41 \\
                libpthread
                    & 43.71 & 2.19 \\
                ld
                    & 22.09 & 2.97 \\
                hackbench
                    & 93.87 & 4.99 \\
                    \midrule
                Total
                    & 22.81 & \alert{2.44} \\
            \bottomrule
        \end{tabular}
    \end{center}
\end{frame}

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\section*{Conclusion}
\setcounter{section}{0}

\begin{frame}{A fragment of our article}
    The original article \textbf{Reliable and Fast DWARF-based Stack Unwinding}
    contains

    \vspace{1em}

    \begin{itemize}
        \item{} DWARF unwinding tables validation;
        \item{} DWARF unwinding tables synthesis;
        \item{} DWARF-based unwinding speedup.
    \end{itemize}

    \vspace{1em}

    \begin{center}
        Come and chat if interested! \texttt{:)}
    \end{center}
\end{frame}

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