ARM: 8170/1: Add global named register current_stack_pointer for ARM
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>
Acked-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Acked-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
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 @@
#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__;