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arm64: LLVMLinux: Add current_stack_pointer() for arm64

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>
Reviewed-by: Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>
Acked-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Behan Webster 11 years ago
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      arch/arm64/include/asm/thread_info.h

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arch/arm64/include/asm/thread_info.h

@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@ struct thread_info {
 #define init_thread_info	(init_thread_union.thread_info)
 #define init_stack		(init_thread_union.stack)
 
+/*
+ * how to get the current stack pointer from C
+ */
+register unsigned long current_stack_pointer asm ("sp");
+
 /*
  * how to get the thread information struct from C
  */