arch/arm64/kernel/return_address.c

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File Facts

System
Linux kernel
Corpus path
arch/arm64/kernel/return_address.c
Extension
.c
Size
948 bytes
Lines
51
Domain
Architecture Layer
Bucket
arch/arm64
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;
	}
}
NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(save_return_addr);

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

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

	arch_stack_walk(save_return_addr, &data, current, NULL);

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

Annotation

Implementation Notes