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>
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Behan Webster 2014-09-27 00:31:04 +01:00 committed by Russell King
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@ -100,6 +100,11 @@ 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 in C
*/
register unsigned long current_stack_pointer asm ("sp");
/*
* how to get the thread information struct from C
*/