[PATCH 1/2] powerpc: Make stack frame marker upper case

Michael Ellerman mpe at ellerman.id.au
Wed Sep 28 01:04:18 AEST 2022


Now that the stack frame regs marker is only 32-bits it is not as
obvious in memory dumps and easier to miss, eg:

  c000000004733e40 0000000000000000 0000000000000000  |................|
  c000000004733e50 0000000000000000 0000000000000000  |................|
  c000000004733e60 0000000000000000 0000000000000000  |................|
  c000000004733e70 7367657200000000 0000000000000000  |sger............|
  c000000004733e80 a700000000000000 708897f7ff7f0000  |........p.......|
  c000000004733e90 0073428fff7f0000 208997f7ff7f0000  |.sB..... .......|
  c000000004733ea0 0100000000000000 ffffffffffffffff  |................|
  c000000004733eb0 0000000000000000 0000000000000000  |................|

So make it upper case to make it stand out a bit more:

  c000000004733e70 5347455200000000 0000000000000000  |SGER............|

Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe at ellerman.id.au>
---
 arch/powerpc/include/asm/ptrace.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ptrace.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ptrace.h
index 5b496e589d54..6c23d1d25dc7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ptrace.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ptrace.h
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ struct pt_regs
 
 #define STACK_FRAME_WITH_PT_REGS (STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD + sizeof(struct pt_regs))
 
-#define STACK_FRAME_REGS_MARKER	ASM_CONST(0x72656773)
+#define STACK_FRAME_REGS_MARKER	ASM_CONST(0x52454753)
 
 #ifdef __powerpc64__
 
-- 
2.37.3



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