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31 .Dt RETURN_ADDRESS 9 i386
35 .Nd return address from call stack
39 .Fn return_address "unsigned int level"
43 function evaluates to the first return address on the call stack
47 to the return address for the stack frame
51 This function is intended to be called by diagnostic code to record
54 A special fault handler stops
56 from crashing the kernel by examining a non-existent or corrupt stack
59 Kernel compilation options affect both the ability of
61 to locate return addresses on the stack, and the programmer's
62 ability to interpret the addresses.
63 The compiler may optimize away the stack frame pointers that
68 effecively, try a kernel configuration option such as
70 makeoptions DEBUG="-g -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-optimize-sibling-calls -O0"
75 requested return address, or
77 if it cannot dissect the call stack.
79 .Pa sys/arch/i386/i386/copy.S ,
80 .Pa sys/arch/i386/include/return.h
88 .An "David Young" Aq dyoung@NetBSD.org