2007-08-10 13:38:44

by Jan Blunck

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Subject: [PATCH 2/2] i386/x86_64: Introduce frame_pointer() and stack_pointer()

This patch defines frame_pointer() and stack_pointer() similar to the
already defined instruction_pointer(). Thus the oprofile code can be written
in a more readable fashion.

Signed-off-by: Jan Blunck <[email protected]>
---
arch/i386/oprofile/backtrace.c | 12 ++----------
include/asm-i386/ptrace.h | 2 ++
include/asm-x86_64/ptrace.h | 2 ++
3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/i386/oprofile/backtrace.c
+++ b/arch/i386/oprofile/backtrace.c
@@ -76,16 +76,8 @@ dump_user_backtrace(struct frame_head *
void
x86_backtrace(struct pt_regs * const regs, unsigned int depth)
{
- struct frame_head *head;
- unsigned long stack;
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
- head = (struct frame_head *)regs->rbp;
- stack = regs->rsp;
-#else
- head = (struct frame_head *)regs->ebp;
- stack = regs->esp;
-#endif
+ struct frame_head *head = (struct frame_head *)frame_pointer(regs);
+ unsigned long stack = stack_pointer(regs);

if (!user_mode_vm(regs)) {
if (depth)
--- a/include/asm-i386/ptrace.h
+++ b/include/asm-i386/ptrace.h
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ static inline int v8086_mode(struct pt_r
}

#define instruction_pointer(regs) ((regs)->eip)
+#define frame_pointer(regs) ((regs)->ebp)
+#define stack_pointer(regs) ((regs)->esp)
#define regs_return_value(regs) ((regs)->eax)

extern unsigned long profile_pc(struct pt_regs *regs);
--- a/include/asm-x86_64/ptrace.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86_64/ptrace.h
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ struct pt_regs {
#define user_mode(regs) (!!((regs)->cs & 3))
#define user_mode_vm(regs) user_mode(regs)
#define instruction_pointer(regs) ((regs)->rip)
+#define frame_pointer(regs) ((regs)->rbp)
+#define stack_pointer(regs) ((regs)->rsp)
#define regs_return_value(regs) ((regs)->rax)

extern unsigned long profile_pc(struct pt_regs *regs);

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