arch/arm/kernel/return_address.c

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File Facts

System
Linux kernel
Corpus path
arch/arm/kernel/return_address.c
Extension
.c
Size
1151 bytes
Lines
61
Domain
Architecture Layer
Bucket
arch/arm
Inferred role
Architecture Layer: exported/initcall integration point
Status
integration implementation candidate

Why This File Exists

CPU and platform-specific kernel glue: boot entry, traps, syscall entry, interrupts, page tables, context switch, and low-level barriers.

Dependency Surface

Detected Declarations

Annotated Snippet

struct return_address_data {
	unsigned int level;
	void *addr;
};

static bool save_return_addr(void *d, unsigned long pc)
{
	struct return_address_data *data = d;

	if (!data->level) {
		data->addr = (void *)pc;

		return false;
	} else {
		--data->level;
		return true;
	}
}

void *return_address(unsigned int level)
{
	struct return_address_data data;
	struct stackframe frame;

	data.level = level + 2;
	data.addr = NULL;

	frame.fp = (unsigned long)__builtin_frame_address(0);
	frame.sp = current_stack_pointer;
	frame.lr = (unsigned long)__builtin_return_address(0);
here:
	frame.pc = (unsigned long)&&here;
#ifdef CONFIG_KRETPROBES
	frame.kr_cur = NULL;
	frame.tsk = current;
#endif
	frame.ex_frame = false;

	walk_stackframe(&frame, save_return_addr, &data);

	if (!data.level)
		return data.addr;
	else
		return NULL;
}

EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(return_address);

Annotation

Implementation Notes