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[v2,1/7] arm: LLVMLinux: Add global named register current_stack_pointer for ARM

Message ID 1409961977-11762-2-git-send-email-behanw@converseincode.com
State New
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Behan Webster Sept. 6, 2014, 12:06 a.m. UTC 
From: Behan Webster <behanw@converseincode.com>

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>
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 arch/arm/include/asm/thread_info.h | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
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diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/thread_info.h
index fc44d37..bb43515 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -101,6 +101,11 @@  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__;