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<title>Examining the call stack in Debugging information</title> |
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<h2>General Points</h2> |
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<p>Tracing the call stack is an advanced use of the |
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<a href="CrashDebugger_cmd_m.guide.html" title="The debug monitor and command syntax / m - do a memory dump">m</a> command that |
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allows you to <a href="CrashDebuggerExaminingMemory.guide.html" title="Examining memory">examine memory</a>.</p> |
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<p>Every time a function is called, the return address is |
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automatically saved into register R14 (Link Register). In addition |
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to this the return address is generally pushed onto the call stack; it is |
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always pushed in debug builds but the push operation is sometimes optimised out |
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in release builds. This allows you to trace back through the value of |
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R14 and these saved addresses to see the sequence of function |
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calls. Unfortunately this is quite tedious to do because the stack is also used |
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for automatic variables and other data. You need to work out which values on |
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the stack refer to return addresses. </p> |
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<p>When you are debugging only ROM-based code, it is relatively easy |
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to identify the pushed return addresses because all code addresses will be in |
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the ROM range: 0xF800000 to 0xFFEFFFFF for the |
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<a href="CrashDebuggerMemoryMap.guide.html" title="Symbian OS memory map / Moving model">moving model</a>. However, |
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there is also data in the ROM, which means that an address on the stack which |
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is in the ROM range could point to data instead of code. If you want to trace |
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applications loaded into RAM, i.e. anything not run from drive Z:, then stack |
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tracing is more difficult because the code can move about and RAM-loaded code |
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is given an address assigned at load time.</p> |
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<p>Note that <a href="CrashDebuggerUsingMAKSYM-Ref.guide.html">using the MAKSYM tool</a> is essential for tracing back through the stack.</p> |
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<h5>Related tasks</h5> |
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<li><a href="CrashDebuggerCallStack.guide03.html">Finding the Stack</a></li> |
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<li><a href="CrashDebuggerCallStack.guide04.html">Tracing through the Call Stack Heuristically</a></li> |
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<li><a href="CrashDebuggerCallStack.guide05.html">Walking through the Call Stack</a></li> |
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