[PATCH v2 3/9] sframe: Enhance comments for SFRAME_CFA_*_REG macros

Indu Bhagat indu.bhagat@oracle.com
Sat Feb 24 07:46:01 GMT 2024


On 2/23/24 09:07, Jens Remus wrote:
> Specify what the SFRAME_CFA_*_REG register numbers are used for:
> - SP (stack pointer): CFA tracking
> - FP (frame pointer): CFA and FP tracking
> - RA (return address): RA tracking
> 
> gas/
> 	* config/tc-aarch64.h: Enhance comments for SFRAME_CFA_*_REG
> 	  macros.
> 	* config/tc-i386.h: Likewise.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Andreas Krebbel <krebbel@linux.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jens Remus <jremus@linux.ibm.com>
> ---
>   gas/config/tc-aarch64.h | 6 +++---
>   gas/config/tc-i386.h    | 4 ++--
>   2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/gas/config/tc-aarch64.h b/gas/config/tc-aarch64.h
> index 599d78db7908..59c9b5a09ec0 100644
> --- a/gas/config/tc-aarch64.h
> +++ b/gas/config/tc-aarch64.h
> @@ -267,15 +267,15 @@ extern void aarch64_after_parse_args (void);
>   extern bool aarch64_support_sframe_p (void);
>   #define support_sframe_p aarch64_support_sframe_p
>   
> -/* The stack-pointer register number for SFrame stack trace info.  */
> +/* The stack-pointer register number for CFA tracking.  */

What do you think about including "SFrame" in all the touched comments 
in this patch.  So something like:

/* The stack-pointer register number for SFrame CFA tracking.  */

above ...

>   extern unsigned int aarch64_sframe_cfa_sp_reg;
>   #define SFRAME_CFA_SP_REG aarch64_sframe_cfa_sp_reg
>   
> -/* The frame-pointer register number for SFrame stack trace info.  */
> +/* The frame-pointer register number for CFA and FP tracking.  */

... and here

>   extern unsigned int aarch64_sframe_cfa_fp_reg;
>   #define SFRAME_CFA_FP_REG aarch64_sframe_cfa_fp_reg
>   
> -/* The return address register number for SFrame stack trace info.  */
> +/* The return address register number for RA tracking.  */

and here. And others below :)

Thanks

>   extern unsigned int aarch64_sframe_cfa_ra_reg;
>   #define SFRAME_CFA_RA_REG aarch64_sframe_cfa_ra_reg
>   
> diff --git a/gas/config/tc-i386.h b/gas/config/tc-i386.h
> index b93799a3b48c..0d6fb002166f 100644
> --- a/gas/config/tc-i386.h
> +++ b/gas/config/tc-i386.h
> @@ -440,11 +440,11 @@ extern bool x86_scfi_callee_saved_p (uint32_t dw2reg_num);
>   extern bool x86_support_sframe_p (void);
>   #define support_sframe_p x86_support_sframe_p
>   
> -/* The stack-pointer register number for SFrame stack trace info.  */
> +/* The stack-pointer register number for CFA tracking.  */
>   extern unsigned int x86_sframe_cfa_sp_reg;
>   #define SFRAME_CFA_SP_REG x86_sframe_cfa_sp_reg
>   
> -/* The frame-pointer register number for SFrame stack trace info.  */
> +/* The frame-pointer register number for CFA and FP tracking.  */
>   extern unsigned int x86_sframe_cfa_fp_reg;
>   #define SFRAME_CFA_FP_REG x86_sframe_cfa_fp_reg
>   



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