Re: [PATCH v4 06/18] arm64: stacktrace: Add description of stacktrace/common.h

From: Marc Zyngier
Date: Sun Jul 17 2022 - 06:02:21 EST


On Fri, 15 Jul 2022 07:10:15 +0100,
Kalesh Singh <kaleshsingh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Add brief description on how to use stacktrace/common.h to implement
> a stack unwinder.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kalesh Singh <kaleshsingh@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/arm64/include/asm/stacktrace/common.h | 8 ++++++++
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/stacktrace/common.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/stacktrace/common.h
> index f86efe71479d..b362086f4c70 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/stacktrace/common.h
> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/stacktrace/common.h
> @@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
> /*
> * 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()
> + * - on_accessible_stack()
> + * - unwind_next()

A short description of what these helpers are supposed to do would
also be helpful.

Thanks,

M.

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