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1 /*--------------------------------------------------------------------*/
2 /*--- Stack traces: getting, traversing, printing. ---*/
3 /*--- tool_stacktrace.h ---*/
4 /*--------------------------------------------------------------------*/
6 /*
7 This file is part of Valgrind, a dynamic binary instrumentation
8 framework.
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31 #ifndef __PUB_TOOL_STACKTRACE_H
32 #define __PUB_TOOL_STACKTRACE_H
34 #include "pub_tool_basics.h" // Addr, DiEpoch
36 // The basic stack trace type: just an array of code addresses.
37 typedef Addr* StackTrace;
39 // Walks the stack to get instruction pointers from the top stack frames
40 // for thread 'tid'. Maximum of 'n_ips' addresses put into 'ips';
41 // 0 is the top of the stack, 1 is its caller, etc. Everything from
42 // ips[return_value] onwards is undefined and should not be read.
43 // The initial IP value to use is adjusted by first_ip_delta before
44 // the stack is unwound. A safe value to pass is zero.
46 // The specific meaning of the returned addresses is:
48 // [0] is the IP of thread 'tid'
49 // [1] points to the last byte of the call instruction that called [0].
50 // [2] points to the last byte of the call instruction that called [1].
51 // etc etc
53 // Hence ips[0 .. return_value-1] should all point to currently
54 // 'active' (in the sense of a stack of unfinished function calls)
55 // instructions. [0] points to the start of an arbitrary instruction.#
56 // [1 ..] point to the last byte of a chain of call instructions.
58 // If sps and fps are non-NULL, the corresponding frame-pointer and
59 // stack-pointer values for each frame are stored there.
61 extern UInt VG_(get_StackTrace) ( ThreadId tid,
62 /*OUT*/StackTrace ips, UInt n_ips,
63 /*OUT*/StackTrace sps,
64 /*OUT*/StackTrace fps,
65 Word first_ip_delta );
67 // Same as VG_(get_StackTrace), but applies a delta to the first SP used for
68 // unwinding the first frame.
69 extern UInt VG_(get_StackTrace_with_deltas)(
70 ThreadId tid,
71 /*OUT*/StackTrace ips, UInt n_ips,
72 /*OUT*/StackTrace sps,
73 /*OUT*/StackTrace fps,
74 Word first_ip_delta,
75 Word first_sp_delta
78 // Apply a function to every element in the StackTrace. The parameter 'n'
79 // gives the index of the passed ip. 'opaque' is an arbitrary pointer
80 // provided to each invocation of 'action' (a poor man's closure). 'ep' is
81 // the debuginfo epoch assumed to apply to all code addresses in the stack
82 // trace. Doesn't go below main() unless --show-below-main=yes is set.
83 extern void VG_(apply_StackTrace)(
84 void(*action)(UInt n, DiEpoch ep, Addr ip, void* opaque),
85 void* opaque,
86 DiEpoch ep, StackTrace ips, UInt n_ips
89 // Print a StackTrace.
90 extern void VG_(pp_StackTrace) ( DiEpoch ep, StackTrace ips, UInt n_ips );
92 // Gets and immediately prints a StackTrace. Just a bit simpler than
93 // calling VG_(get_StackTrace)() then VG_(pp_StackTrace)().
94 extern void VG_(get_and_pp_StackTrace) ( ThreadId tid, UInt n_ips );
96 #endif // __PUB_TOOL_STACKTRACE_H
98 /*--------------------------------------------------------------------*/
99 /*--- end ---*/
100 /*--------------------------------------------------------------------*/