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From: Segher Boessenkool <segher@kernel.crashing.org>
To: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>
Cc: "linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org" <linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org>,
	Nicholas Miehlbradt <nicholas@linux.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc/64: Implement arch_within_stack_frames
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2022 18:17:25 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20221215001725.GS25951@gate.crashing.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CP1IFJNCTTZ4.33ROBE5VAFAKM@bobo>

On Wed, Dec 14, 2022 at 09:39:25PM +1000, Nicholas Piggin wrote:
> What about just copying x86's implementation including using
> __builtin_frame_address(1/2)? Are those builtins reliable for all
> our targets and compiler versions?

__builtin_frame_address(n) with n > 0 is specifically not supported, not
on any architecture; it does not work in all situations on *any* arch,
and not in *any* situation on some archs.

This is clearly documented:

     Calling this function with a nonzero argument can have
     unpredictable effects, including crashing the calling program.  As
     a result, calls that are considered unsafe are diagnosed when the
     '-Wframe-address' option is in effect.  Such calls should only be
     made in debugging situations.

(and that warning is enabled by -Wall).


Segher

  parent reply	other threads:[~2022-12-15  0:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-12-14  4:42 [PATCH] powerpc/64: Implement arch_within_stack_frames Nicholas Miehlbradt
2022-12-14  8:39 ` Christophe Leroy
2022-12-14 11:39   ` Nicholas Piggin
2022-12-14 11:48     ` Christophe Leroy
2022-12-14 11:54       ` Christophe Leroy
2022-12-15  0:17     ` Segher Boessenkool [this message]
2022-12-15  0:52       ` Nicholas Piggin
2022-12-15 16:29         ` Segher Boessenkool
2022-12-15 17:16           ` Segher Boessenkool
2022-12-19  6:32     ` Nicholas Miehlbradt

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