[PATCH 2/2] task_stack.h: Clean-up stack_not_used() implementation
From: Linus Walleij
Date: Fri Aug 29 2025 - 07:45:08 EST
From: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@xxxxxxxxxx>
Inside the small stack_not_used() function there are several ifdefs for
stack growing-up vs. regular versions. Instead just implement this
function two times, one for growing-up and another regular.
Add comments like /* !CONFIG_DEBUG_STACK_USAGE */ to clarify what the
ifdefs are doing.
[linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx: Rebased, function moved elsewhere in the kernel]
Signed-off-by: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20240311164638.2015063-13-pasha.tatashin@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/exit.c | 23 ++++++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index 343eb97543d568baeb23142edcc9050a8b8be8bf..9f74e8f1c431b6aa6e391ff71aadf9895a3857ae 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -780,24 +780,29 @@ static void exit_notify(struct task_struct *tsk, int group_dead)
}
#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_STACK_USAGE
+#ifdef CONFIG_STACK_GROWSUP
unsigned long stack_not_used(struct task_struct *p)
{
unsigned long *n = end_of_stack(p);
do { /* Skip over canary */
-# ifdef CONFIG_STACK_GROWSUP
n--;
-# else
- n++;
-# endif
} while (!*n);
-# ifdef CONFIG_STACK_GROWSUP
return (unsigned long)end_of_stack(p) - (unsigned long)n;
-# else
+}
+#else /* !CONFIG_STACK_GROWSUP */
+unsigned long stack_not_used(struct task_struct *p)
+{
+ unsigned long *n = end_of_stack(p);
+
+ do { /* Skip over canary */
+ n++;
+ } while (!*n);
+
return (unsigned long)n - (unsigned long)end_of_stack(p);
-# endif
}
+#endif /* CONFIG_STACK_GROWSUP */
/* Count the maximum pages reached in kernel stacks */
static inline void kstack_histogram(unsigned long used_stack)
@@ -856,9 +861,9 @@ static void check_stack_usage(void)
}
spin_unlock(&low_water_lock);
}
-#else
+#else /* !CONFIG_DEBUG_STACK_USAGE */
static inline void check_stack_usage(void) {}
-#endif
+#endif /* CONFIG_DEBUG_STACK_USAGE */
static void synchronize_group_exit(struct task_struct *tsk, long code)
{
--
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