glibc/sysdeps/i386/stackinfo.h

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/* This file contains a bit of information about the stack allocation
   of the processor.  */

#ifndef _STACKINFO_H
#define _STACKINFO_H	1

/* On x86 the stack grows down.  */
#define _STACK_GROWS_DOWN	1

/* Access to the stack pointer.  The macros are used in alloca_account
   for which they need to act as barriers as well, hence the additional
   (unnecessary) parameters.  */
#define stackinfo_get_sp() \
  ({ void *p__; asm volatile ("mov %%esp, %0" : "=r" (p__)); p__; })
#define stackinfo_sub_sp(ptr) \
  ({ ptrdiff_t d__;                                             \
     asm volatile ("sub %%esp, %0" : "=r" (d__) : "0" (ptr));   \
     d__; })

#endif	/* stackinfo.h */