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[PATCH 1/6] arm: LLVMLinux: Add global named register current_stack_pointer for ARM

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From: behanw at converseincode.com <hidden>
Date: 2014-07-08 20:16:42
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Subsystem: arm port, the rest · Maintainers: Russell King, Linus Torvalds

Revision v1 of 8 in this series; 2 review trailers.

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  8. v1
From: Behan Webster <redacted>

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 <redacted>
Reviewed-by: Jan-Simon M?ller <redacted>
Reviewed-by: Mark Charlebois <redacted>
---
 arch/arm/include/asm/thread_info.h | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/thread_info.h
index e4e4208..9cb9c66 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -100,6 +100,11 @@ struct thread_info {
 #define init_stack		(init_thread_union.stack)
 
 /*
+ * how to get the current stack pointer in 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__;
-- 
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