arm64: LLVMLinux: Add current_stack_pointer() for arm64
authorBehan Webster <behanw@converseincode.com>
Wed, 27 Aug 2014 04:29:29 +0000 (05:29 +0100)
committerLiviu Dudau <Liviu.Dudau@arm.com>
Thu, 23 Oct 2014 13:12:32 +0000 (14:12 +0100)
Define a global named register for current_stack_pointer. The use of this new
variable guarantees that both gcc and clang can access this register in C code.

Signed-off-by: Behan Webster <behanw@converseincode.com>
Reviewed-by: Jan-Simon Möller <dl9pf@gmx.de>
Reviewed-by: Mark Charlebois <charlebm@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>
Acked-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
arch/arm64/include/asm/thread_info.h

index 0a8b2a9..0d75414 100644 (file)
@@ -69,6 +69,11 @@ struct thread_info {
 #define init_stack             (init_thread_union.stack)
 
 /*
+ * how to get the current stack pointer from C
+ */
+register unsigned long current_stack_pointer asm ("sp");
+
+/*
  * how to get the thread information struct from C
  */
 static inline struct thread_info *current_thread_info(void) __attribute_const__;