Beyond EH Frame and Frame Pointers: The Technical Underpinnings of #SFrame

https://blogs.oracle.com/linux/post/beyond-eh-frame-frame-pointers-the-technical-underpinnings-of-sframe

""[…] SFrame, a new, lightweight, and highly efficient stack trace format designed to address the challenges and limitations of existing solutions. SFrame aims to provide accurate stack traces with minimal overhead, making it ideal for performance-critical scenarios like live tracing, profiling, and online debugging. Its design is guided by three core principles:

Minimal Data: SFrame captures only the essential stack frame details, drastically reducing overhead.
Ease of Use: SFrame is designed for straightforward parsing and generation by tools, simplifying integration.
Online Operations: SFrame is perfectly suited for real-time debugging and analysis, enabling responsive insights.

SFrame is currently expanding its adoption across various platforms, with Indu Bhagat actively working with the wider GNU/Linux community on its next version - SFrame version 3. […]""