linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] tracing: Function stack size and its name mismatch in arm64

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Date:   Fri, 2 Aug 2019 09:03:20 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     Jiping Ma <Jiping.Ma2@...driver.com>
Cc:     Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>, <mingo@...hat.com>,
        <catalin.marinas@....com>, <will.deacon@....com>,
        <joel@...lfernandes.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] tracing: Function stack size and its name mismatch
 in arm64

On Fri, 2 Aug 2019 10:43:03 +0800
Jiping Ma <Jiping.Ma2@...driver.com> wrote:

> > *Why* does the frame appear to be off-by-one?  
> Because the PC is LR in ARM64 stack actually.  Following is ARM64 stack 
> layout. Please refer to the figure 3 in 
> http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ihi0055b/IHI0055B_aapcs64.pdf
>              LR
>              FP
>              ......
>              LR
>              FP

And the LR holds the return address, right? Which would be identical to
x86 and every other arch I know about.

-- Steve