linux-kernel - [PATCH 12/18] x86/asm: Add task_top_of_stack() to find the top of a task's stack

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Date:   Thu, 26 Oct 2017 01:26:44 -0700
From:   Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
To:     X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>
Cc:     Borislav Petkov <bpetkov@...e.de>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 12/18] x86/asm: Add task_top_of_stack() to find the top of a task's stack

This will let us get rid of a few places that hardcode accesses to
thread.sp0.

Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
index 064b84722166..ad59cec14239 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -795,6 +795,8 @@ static inline void spin_lock_prefetch(const void *x)
 #define TOP_OF_INIT_STACK ((unsigned long)&init_stack + sizeof(init_stack) - \
 			   TOP_OF_KERNEL_STACK_PADDING)
 
+#define task_top_of_stack(task) ((unsigned long)(task_pt_regs(task) + 1))
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
 /*
  * User space process size: 3GB (default).
-- 
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