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[v5,06/17] arm64: stacktrace: Add description of stacktrace/common.h

Message ID 20220721055728.718573-7-kaleshsingh@google.com (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Series KVM nVHE Hypervisor stack unwinder | expand

Commit Message

Kalesh Singh July 21, 2022, 5:57 a.m. UTC
Add brief description on how to use stacktrace/common.h to implement
a stack unwinder.

Signed-off-by: Kalesh Singh <kaleshsingh@google.com>
---

Changes in v5:
  - Add short description of each required function, per Fuad and Marc
  - Add Reviewed-by tag from Fuad

 arch/arm64/include/asm/stacktrace/common.h | 15 +++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)

Comments

Fuad Tabba July 21, 2022, 9:57 a.m. UTC | #1
Hi Kalesh,

On Thu, Jul 21, 2022 at 6:57 AM Kalesh Singh <kaleshsingh@google.com> wrote:
>
> Add brief description on how to use stacktrace/common.h to implement
> a stack unwinder.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kalesh Singh <kaleshsingh@google.com>
> ---
>
> Changes in v5:
>   - Add short description of each required function, per Fuad and Marc
>   - Add Reviewed-by tag from Fuad

Actually it's missing :)

Reviewed-by: Fuad Tabba <tabba@google.com>

Cheers,
/fuad


>
>  arch/arm64/include/asm/stacktrace/common.h | 15 +++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/stacktrace/common.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/stacktrace/common.h
> index 7807752aaab1..be7920ba70b0 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/stacktrace/common.h
> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/stacktrace/common.h
> @@ -2,6 +2,21 @@
>  /*
>   * Common arm64 stack unwinder code.
>   *
> + * To implement a new arm64 stack unwinder:
> + *     1) Include this header
> + *
> + *     2) Provide implementations for the following functions:
> + *          on_overflow_stack():   Returns true if SP is on the overflow
> + *                                 stack.
> + *          on_accessible_stack(): Returns true is SP is on any accessible
> + *                                 stack.
> + *          unwind_next():         Performs validation checks on the frame
> + *                                 pointer, and transitions unwind_state
> + *                                 to the next frame.
> + *
> + *         See: arch/arm64/include/asm/stacktrace.h for reference
> + *              implementations.
> + *
>   * Copyright (C) 2012 ARM Ltd.
>   */
>  #ifndef __ASM_STACKTRACE_COMMON_H
> --
> 2.37.0.170.g444d1eabd0-goog
>
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diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/stacktrace/common.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/stacktrace/common.h
index 7807752aaab1..be7920ba70b0 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/stacktrace/common.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/stacktrace/common.h
@@ -2,6 +2,21 @@ 
 /*
  * Common arm64 stack unwinder code.
  *
+ * To implement a new arm64 stack unwinder:
+ *     1) Include this header
+ *
+ *     2) Provide implementations for the following functions:
+ *          on_overflow_stack():   Returns true if SP is on the overflow
+ *                                 stack.
+ *          on_accessible_stack(): Returns true is SP is on any accessible
+ *                                 stack.
+ *          unwind_next():         Performs validation checks on the frame
+ *                                 pointer, and transitions unwind_state
+ *                                 to the next frame.
+ *
+ *         See: arch/arm64/include/asm/stacktrace.h for reference
+ *              implementations.
+ *
  * Copyright (C) 2012 ARM Ltd.
  */
 #ifndef __ASM_STACKTRACE_COMMON_H