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<concept id="GUID-1E43E258-A926-5D24-B0A5-8756491C687F" xml:lang="en"><title>Call

Stack Information Commands</title><prolog><metadata><keywords/></metadata></prolog><conbody>

<p>Describes how to use the debug monitor commands to get information about

the call stack. </p>

<ul>

<li id="GUID-9D1E42B6-658E-59DF-AC7D-0551B8EF6B61"><p> <xref href="GUID-1E43E258-A926-5D24-B0A5-8756491C687F.dita#GUID-1E43E258-A926-5D24-B0A5-8756491C687F/GUID-D8F141D7-3BE2-5ADB-8A55-CFFE85E89804">General points</xref>  </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-92B8F3E9-11C1-5260-A862-6CE017984DB0"><p> <xref href="GUID-1E43E258-A926-5D24-B0A5-8756491C687F.dita#GUID-1E43E258-A926-5D24-B0A5-8756491C687F/GUID-1EC3F2E7-6BFF-56BE-B042-DA6940CC909E">Finding the stack</xref>  </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-CEFC5F08-C19E-53DD-A0E2-C9C4FFFF3490"><p> <xref href="GUID-1E43E258-A926-5D24-B0A5-8756491C687F.dita#GUID-1E43E258-A926-5D24-B0A5-8756491C687F/GUID-877742A5-F07F-54B6-B871-255FAAE790EB">Tracing through the call stack heuristically</xref>  </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-8D00F8C3-B367-5C75-89E4-B712002E942D"><p> <xref href="GUID-1E43E258-A926-5D24-B0A5-8756491C687F.dita#GUID-1E43E258-A926-5D24-B0A5-8756491C687F/GUID-7F160B0F-9921-578B-B9B0-7CC4CA3B24C3">Walking through the call stack</xref>  </p> </li>

</ul>

<section id="GUID-D8F141D7-3BE2-5ADB-8A55-CFFE85E89804"><title>General points</title> <p>Tracing

the call stack is an advanced use of the <xref href="GUID-08E14B34-5144-5AA8-AA55-7AF03671676C.dita#GUID-08E14B34-5144-5AA8-AA55-7AF03671676C/GUID-2A0D5950-F1A5-5EE1-87A3-840B1EAD6AAD">m</xref> command that allows you to <xref href="GUID-DC2CF276-95E2-5810-9B8D-EB8B72E04FEC.dita">examine

memory</xref>. </p> <p>Every time a function is called, the return address

is automatically saved into register <codeph>R14</codeph> (Link Register).

In addition to this the return address is generally pushed onto the call stack;

it is always pushed in debug builds but the push operation is sometimes optimized

out in release builds. This allows you to trace back through the value of <codeph>R14</codeph> and

these saved addresses to see the sequence of function calls. Unfortunately

this is quite tedious to do because the stack is also used for automatic variables

and other data. You need to work out which values on the stack refer to return

addresses. </p> <p>When you are debugging only ROM-based code, it is relatively

easy to identify the pushed return addresses because all code addresses will

be in the ROM range: <codeph>0xF800000</codeph> to <codeph>0xFFEFFFFF</codeph> for

the <xref href="GUID-D520CBC3-FCAC-5A53-AE1A-E5254ABBC6A2.dita#GUID-D520CBC3-FCAC-5A53-AE1A-E5254ABBC6A2/GUID-A5845A0C-2C88-52BB-B7DE-210C2DE481B9">moving

model</xref>. However, there is also data in the ROM, which means that an

address on the stack which is in the ROM range could point to data instead

of code. If you want to trace applications loaded into RAM, i.e. anything

not run from drive Z:, then stack tracing is more difficult because the code

can move about and RAM-loaded code is given an address assigned at load time. </p> <p>Note

that <xref href="GUID-DA62FD4F-2E74-5B2F-B703-4A40DF5F01CA.dita">using the MAKSYM

tool</xref> is essential for tracing back through the stack. </p> </section>

<section id="GUID-1EC3F2E7-6BFF-56BE-B042-DA6940CC909E"><title>Finding the

stack</title> <p>To trace back through a thread’s kernel or user stack, you

first need to find the stack pointer value. On the ARM, <codeph>R13</codeph> always

points to the stack, but there are different <codeph>R13</codeph> registers

for each processor mode: </p> <ul>

<li id="GUID-756C8CDD-AF47-561B-BAA7-EA8FBDEE5245"><p>In thread context: </p> <ul>

<li id="GUID-81BC92C2-6022-5EBF-BF60-C4D69131C720"><p> <codeph>R13usr</codeph> points

to the thread’s user stack, </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-CA6CF8C9-0BA3-5BD4-AECE-80AB3DFCFAD1"><p> <codeph>R13svc</codeph> points

to the thread’s kernel stack. </p> </li>

</ul> </li>

<li id="GUID-C4A1AD73-64E8-56F7-A7DF-129B2A35FC9D"><p>When handling interrupts,

dedicated stacks are used: </p> <ul>

<li id="GUID-7D27A691-1479-578B-9B05-7946C8D84010"><p> <codeph>R13Fiq</codeph> points

to the stack used when processing fast interrupts (FIQ). </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-CE76BE0F-A6BA-55A6-8CDD-B1E40D97A42D"><p> <codeph>R13Irq</codeph> points

to the stack used when processing general purpose interrupts (IRQ). </p> </li>

</ul> </li>

</ul> <p>To find out which stack to inspect, you need to know what mode the

CPU was in when the fault occurred. The <xref href="GUID-7ECDCF7B-3B2A-561F-9136-04BC4DAE46E4.dita#GUID-7ECDCF7B-3B2A-561F-9136-04BC4DAE46E4/GUID-BFA2235C-1598-59E6-9F1F-A8281F13A957">processor

mode</xref> is identified by the five least-significant bits of the CPSR register.

To get the value of the CPSR register: </p> <ul>

<li id="GUID-2FAF9E34-CCF0-5C6E-AA6A-9D274433FC49"><p>use the <xref href="GUID-08E14B34-5144-5AA8-AA55-7AF03671676C.dita#GUID-08E14B34-5144-5AA8-AA55-7AF03671676C/GUID-D5F2E0AF-EF03-5150-813B-DF989F12C47B">f</xref> command when the debug monitor is triggered by a hardware exception. </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-EECA647F-38C8-5B57-80EA-B4D9EBA1928B"><p>use the <xref href="GUID-08E14B34-5144-5AA8-AA55-7AF03671676C.dita#GUID-08E14B34-5144-5AA8-AA55-7AF03671676C/GUID-0CDF0190-A445-526B-AC1F-D9D58095B18B">r</xref> command when the debug monitor is triggered by a panic. </p> </li>

</ul> <p>The following examples show how to find the stack(s): </p> <ul>

<li id="GUID-A5533A14-EEF7-5A9F-B93B-E6E41ECF3928"><p> <xref href="GUID-1E43E258-A926-5D24-B0A5-8756491C687F.dita#GUID-1E43E258-A926-5D24-B0A5-8756491C687F/GUID-4E735CB7-3171-58FB-9D93-EE86702952F6">Kernel &amp; user stacks of the current thread after a hardware exception</xref>  </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-750F8489-5918-5062-9ABC-C8951E50716A"><p> <xref href="GUID-1E43E258-A926-5D24-B0A5-8756491C687F.dita#GUID-1E43E258-A926-5D24-B0A5-8756491C687F/GUID-FB9D2307-01D9-562A-A46F-AAD91D61C32E">Kernel &amp; user stacks of the current thread after a panic</xref>  </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-0ADBB680-827C-5AEF-96F9-B5684B146097"><p> <xref href="GUID-1E43E258-A926-5D24-B0A5-8756491C687F.dita#GUID-1E43E258-A926-5D24-B0A5-8756491C687F/GUID-C265F9C5-3280-5A4F-B023-56E33D52DDE0">Interrupt stacks</xref>  </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-B7CA8584-317C-5ECB-9D4D-2EEFED3F51EA"><p> <xref href="GUID-1E43E258-A926-5D24-B0A5-8756491C687F.dita#GUID-1E43E258-A926-5D24-B0A5-8756491C687F/GUID-9637574E-A9A0-509D-B9B1-C672E2B13431">Kernel &amp; user stacks of a non-current thread</xref>  </p> </li>

</ul> <p id="GUID-4E735CB7-3171-58FB-9D93-EE86702952F6"><b>Kernel &amp; user stacks

of the current thread after a hardware exception</b> </p> <p>Use the <xref href="GUID-08E14B34-5144-5AA8-AA55-7AF03671676C.dita#GUID-08E14B34-5144-5AA8-AA55-7AF03671676C/GUID-D5F2E0AF-EF03-5150-813B-DF989F12C47B">f</xref> command. </p> <codeblock id="GUID-A92D63C6-1594-5C95-AAC2-42D2FDE5160F" xml:space="preserve">Fault Category: Exception  Fault Reason: 10000000

ExcId 00000001 CodeAddr f816c908 DataAddr 80000001 Extra c0007003

Exc 1 Cpsr=60000010 FAR=80000001 FSR=c0007003

 R0=00000000  R1=00000000  R2=30000000  R3=80000001

 R4=00000001  R5=00403d88  R6=00002000  R7=f816c768

 R8=00000012  R9=00000040 R10=00000000 R11=00403fa4

R12=00403d5c R13=00403d70 R14=f80906f8 R15=f816c908

R13Svc=6571e000 R14Svc=f80074bc SpsrSvc=80000010

</codeblock> <p>In this example: </p> <ul>

<li id="GUID-7C35AE63-13E9-5D8D-A77F-CD1A0B9A5EF4"><p>the kernel stack is

the value of <codeph>R13Svc</codeph>, i.e. <codeph>0x6571e00</codeph>. </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-D70628B9-A750-5557-BACF-471D2D75A2E4"><p>the user stack is the

value of <codeph>R13</codeph>, i.e. <codeph>0x00403d70</codeph>. </p> </li>

</ul> <p id="GUID-FB9D2307-01D9-562A-A46F-AAD91D61C32E"><b>Kernel &amp; user stacks

of the current thread after a panic</b> </p> <p>Use the <xref href="GUID-08E14B34-5144-5AA8-AA55-7AF03671676C.dita#GUID-08E14B34-5144-5AA8-AA55-7AF03671676C/GUID-0CDF0190-A445-526B-AC1F-D9D58095B18B">r</xref> command. </p> <codeblock id="GUID-705AF9EC-4513-5C3C-BD28-A91992D73296" xml:space="preserve">MODE_USR:

 R0=6571de54  R1=0000002a  R2=00000002  R3=ffffffff

 R4=0000002a  R5=f8170414  R6=6571df14  R7=6403cc50

 R8=00000001  R9=6403c44c R10=640002f8 R11=6571de70

R12=00000020 R13=00404e00 R14=f80818c0 R15=f800bfa8

CPSR=60000013

MODE_FIQ:

 R8=00000000  R9=ffffffff R10=ffffffff R11=00000000

R12=00000000 R13=64000d0c R14=c080079c SPSR=e00000dc

MODE_IRQ:

R13=6400110c R14=00000013 SPSR=20000013

MODE_SVC:

R13=6571de54 R14=f80328bc SPSR=60000010

MODE_ABT:

R13=6400090c R14=ccbfd0e0 SPSR=b00000d9

MODE_UND:

R13=6400090c R14=b5a39950 SPSR=f000009d

</codeblock> <p>In this example: </p> <ul>

<li id="GUID-C23A3F68-FAEB-596A-AF51-810E7429D17B"><p>the kernel stack is

the value of <codeph>R13</codeph> under <codeph>MODE_SVC:</codeph>, i.e. <codeph>0x6571de54</codeph>. </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-98FD71CA-BD17-5CB3-B0A8-0FBECFBF3ECF"><p>the user stack is the

value of <codeph>R13</codeph> under <codeph>MODE_USR:</codeph>, i.e. <codeph>0x00404e00</codeph>. </p> </li>

</ul> <p id="GUID-C265F9C5-3280-5A4F-B023-56E33D52DDE0"><b>Interrupt stacks</b> </p> <p>Use

the <xref href="GUID-08E14B34-5144-5AA8-AA55-7AF03671676C.dita#GUID-08E14B34-5144-5AA8-AA55-7AF03671676C/GUID-0CDF0190-A445-526B-AC1F-D9D58095B18B">r</xref> command. </p> <codeblock id="GUID-28065EA2-194E-5D8D-8C1B-D85299B91431" xml:space="preserve">MODE_USR:

 R0=6571de54  R1=0000002a  R2=00000002  R3=ffffffff

 R4=0000002a  R5=f8170414  R6=6571df14  R7=6403cc50

 R8=00000001  R9=6403c44c R10=640002f8 R11=6571de70

R12=00000020 R13=00404e00 R14=f80818c0 R15=f800bfa8

CPSR=60000013

MODE_FIQ:

 R8=00000000  R9=ffffffff R10=ffffffff R11=00000000

R12=00000000 R13=64000d0c R14=c080079c SPSR=e00000dc

MODE_IRQ:

R13=6400110c R14=00000013 SPSR=20000013

MODE_SVC:

R13=6571de54 R14=f80328bc SPSR=60000010

MODE_ABT:

R13=6400090c R14=ccbfd0e0 SPSR=b00000d9

MODE_UND:

R13=6400090c R14=b5a39950 SPSR=f000009d

</codeblock> <p>In this example: </p> <ul>

<li id="GUID-6A48007B-973A-50F1-BCF5-31A72EC68D57"><p>the IRQ stack is the

value of <codeph>R13</codeph> under <codeph>MODE_IRQ:</codeph>, i.e. <codeph>0x6400110c</codeph>. </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-65CD3376-7D50-548F-A473-04B049034D0D"><p>the FRQ stack is the

value of <codeph>R13</codeph> under <codeph>MODE_FIQ:</codeph>, i.e. <codeph>0x64000d0c</codeph>. </p> </li>

</ul> <p id="GUID-9637574E-A9A0-509D-B9B1-C672E2B13431"><b>Kernel &amp; user stacks

of a non-current thread</b> </p> <p>Use the output of the <xref href="GUID-08E14B34-5144-5AA8-AA55-7AF03671676C.dita#GUID-08E14B34-5144-5AA8-AA55-7AF03671676C/GUID-D0175D78-6F84-5F4F-BA90-2C591B473C69">i</xref>, <xref href="GUID-08E14B34-5144-5AA8-AA55-7AF03671676C.dita#GUID-08E14B34-5144-5AA8-AA55-7AF03671676C/GUID-1DED2B2F-E780-50A0-8325-5DA22BC7D3E0">q</xref> and <xref href="GUID-08E14B34-5144-5AA8-AA55-7AF03671676C.dita#GUID-08E14B34-5144-5AA8-AA55-7AF03671676C/GUID-FB2E24A6-9744-5169-BA90-DDF84DF1D3E5">c0</xref> commands. </p> <codeblock id="GUID-F45908AC-ADF8-5B92-AA8C-4C33D77D24B8" xml:space="preserve">THREAD at 6403c194 VPTR=f8046c18 AccessCount=5 Owner=6403bb4c

Full name t_dmasim::Main

Thread MState READY

Default priority 12 WaitLink Priority 12

ExitInfo 3,0,

Flags 00000002, Handles 6403b418

Supervisor stack base 6571d000 size 1000

User stack base 00403000 size 2000

Id=25, Alctr=00700000, Created alctr=00700000, Frame=00000000

Trap handler=00000000, ActiveScheduler=007000c8, Exception handler=00000000

TempObj=00000000 TempAlloc=00000000

NThread @ 6403c44c Pri 12 NState READY

Next=6403c44c Prev=6403c44c Att=03 iUserContextType=02

HeldFM=00000000 WaitFM=00000000 AddrSp=6403bb4c

Time=0 Timeslice=20 ReqCount=0

SuspendCount=0 CsCount=1 CsFunction=00000000

SavedSP=6571df98

DACR f800bd2c

R13_USR 0d404c38 R14_USR 00000001 SPSR_SVC 00000000

 R4 f8022d84  R5 6571dfd4  R6 6571dfbc  R7 f8022db8

 R8 f800bddc  R9 f800a454 R10 00000000 R11 f801daac

 PC 60000010

</codeblock> <p>In this example: </p> <ul>

<li id="GUID-A4217DD4-A46C-5EAE-85D3-2EEAD763B726"><p>the kernel stack is

the value of <codeph>SavedSP</codeph>, i.e. <codeph>0x6571df98</codeph>. </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-8220888D-7411-5AC5-AD20-89E892301188"><p>the user stack is the

value of <codeph>R13_USR</codeph>, i.e. <codeph>0x0d404c38</codeph>. </p> </li>

</ul> </section>

<section id="GUID-877742A5-F07F-54B6-B871-255FAAE790EB"><title>Tracing through

the stack heuristically</title> <p>One way of tracing through the call stack

is to assume that every word on the stack which looks like a ROM code address

is a saved return address. We say that this heuristic because: </p> <ul>

<li id="GUID-B5BF6BD6-0163-55F9-A34D-EB78982848B0"><p>some data words may

look like code addresses in ROM. </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-0A978212-73B6-5C89-B805-84327B9CF733"><p>there may be saved return

addresses left over from previous function calls. For example, suppose that <codeph>F()</codeph> calls <codeph>A()</codeph> and

then <codeph>B()</codeph> in sequence. <codeph>A()</codeph> itself calls <codeph>X()</codeph>,

which calls <codeph>Y()</codeph>. If a crash occurs in <codeph>B()</codeph>,

the saved return addresses from the calls to <codeph>X()</codeph> and <codeph>Y()</codeph> are

still present on the stack and may be mistaken for function calls occuring

while <codeph>B()</codeph> is active. </p> <p>This scenario happens frequently

when <codeph>B()</codeph> allocates a buffer (e.g. <xref href="GUID-0B9C8884-6BFF-35E2-AA6F-E4057B85AFCF.dita"><apiname>TBuf</apiname></xref>)

on the stack which overlaps old stack frames. </p> <fig id="GUID-FED8CC0F-F1A0-59C9-B082-2D3B499D00D5">

<image href="GUID-A328F9E3-7D91-594A-A589-E8CE5FA9227A_d0e69077_href.png" placement="inline"/>

</fig> </li>

</ul> <p>If you want to trace applications loaded into RAM, then stack tracing

is more difficult because RAM-loaded DLLs are given addresses assigned at

load time. </p> <p>On ARM, the stack pointer starts at the higher address

end and moves 'down' towards the lower address end. This means that values

at the top of the memory dump are more recent. You need to look back through

this for code addresses. For ROM code this will be words with most significant

byte in the range <codeph>0xF8</codeph> to <codeph>0xFF</codeph>, remembering

that they are little-endian. This can either be done manually, or automatically

using the <filepath>printsym.pl</filepath> perl script, which can be found

in <codeph>...\epoc32\tools</codeph>. </p> <p>Let's follow this in an example

session: </p> <ul>

<li id="GUID-D761405E-86BD-55ED-ACC6-C6D2125FDCE7"><p>Decide whether the crash

has been caused by a panic or an exception using the <xref href="GUID-08E14B34-5144-5AA8-AA55-7AF03671676C.dita#GUID-08E14B34-5144-5AA8-AA55-7AF03671676C/GUID-D5F2E0AF-EF03-5150-813B-DF989F12C47B">f</xref> command: </p> <codeblock id="GUID-480D9B52-C556-5733-91E2-87D7F12651FC" xml:space="preserve">.f

Fault Category: EXAMPLE  Fault Reason: 0000002a

ExcId 00000000 CodeAddr 00000000 DataAddr 00000000 Extra 00000000

</codeblock> </li>

<li id="GUID-73690262-2895-51ED-9532-E76638B0EC1E"><p>This shows that the

crash was caused by a panic, so now use the <xref href="GUID-08E14B34-5144-5AA8-AA55-7AF03671676C.dita#GUID-08E14B34-5144-5AA8-AA55-7AF03671676C/GUID-0CDF0190-A445-526B-AC1F-D9D58095B18B">r</xref> command to find the CPU mode and the stack pointer: </p> <codeblock id="GUID-1FB9E3E1-54FF-5109-804D-2D6109626A66" xml:space="preserve">.r

MODE_USR:

 R0=6571de54  R1=0000002a  R2=00000002  R3=ffffffff

 R4=0000002a  R5=f8170414  R6=6571df14  R7=6403cba8

 R8=00000001  R9=6403c41c R10=640002f8 R11=6571de70

R12=00000020 R13=00404e00 R14=f80818c0 R15=f800bfa8

CPSR=60000013

MODE_FIQ:

 R8=00000000  R9=ffffffff R10=ffffffff R11=00000000

R12=00000000 R13=64000d0c R14=c080079c SPSR=e00000dc

MODE_IRQ:

R13=6400110c R14=00000013 SPSR=20000013

MODE_SVC:

R13=6571de54 R14=f80328bc SPSR=60000010

MODE_ABT:

R13=6400090c R14=ffff0010 SPSR=400000d7

MODE_UND:

R13=6400090c R14=95221110 SPSR=f000009d

</codeblock> <p>The panic happened in supervisor mode, because <codeph>CPSR

&amp;                 0x1F == 0x13</codeph>, so <codeph>R13Svc</codeph>, i.e.

the value of <codeph>R13</codeph> shown under <codeph>MODE_SVC:</codeph> in

the above display, is the stack pointer to look at; this has the value <codeph>0x6571DE54</codeph>. </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-CE74A8F7-97EF-5ACD-BA16-A35CDA293B3D"><p>Using the <xref href="GUID-08E14B34-5144-5AA8-AA55-7AF03671676C.dita#GUID-08E14B34-5144-5AA8-AA55-7AF03671676C/GUID-2A0D5950-F1A5-5EE1-87A3-840B1EAD6AAD">m</xref> command to look at memory starting at location <codeph>0x6571DE54</codeph> gives: </p> <codeblock id="GUID-BF6D6BD9-ADDE-587F-85B6-39140620B9AC" xml:space="preserve">.m6571de54+200

6571de54: 07 00 00 10 14 04 17 f8 00 00 00 00 d4 4e 40 00 .............N@.

6571de64: e8 de 71 65 74 de 71 65 74 fb 16 f8 88 28 03 f8 ..qet.qet....(..

6571de74: 0c d4 03 f8 64 35 03 f8 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ....d5..........

6571de84: d0 00 00 00 14 df 71 65 a8 cb 03 64 a8 cb 03 64 ......qe...d...d

6571de94: d0 00 00 00 14 df 71 65 1c df 71 65 ec 4e 40 00 ......qe..qe.N@.

6571dea4: 1c c4 03 64 b4 2a 03 f8 00 00 00 00 14 df 71 65 ...d.*........qe

6571deb4: d0 de 71 65 c4 de 71 65 b0 ab 03 f8 00 00 00 00 ..qe..qe........

6571dec4: e0 ba 03 64 14 df 71 65 1c df 71 65 01 00 00 00 ...d..qe..qe....

6571ded4: 1c c4 03 64 f8 02 00 64 10 df 71 65 ec de 71 65 ...d...d..qe..qe

6571dee4: 84 da 01 f8 5c fb 16 f8 00 4e 40 00 00 00 00 00 ....\....N@.....

6571def4: 00 4e 40 00 00 00 00 00 d3 00 00 00 ec 4e 40 00 .N@..........N@.

6571df04: d4 df 71 65 14 df 71 65 e0 db 01 f8 c0 d9 01 f8 ..qe..qe........

6571df14: a8 cb 03 64 e0 ba 03 64 01 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 ...d...d........

6571df24: 00 00 00 00 d4 4e 40 00 00 00 00 30 40 00 00 00 .....N@....0@...

6571df34: 13 00 00 60 98 df 71 65 48 df 71 65 f4 81 00 f8 ...`..qeH.qe....

6571df44: 8c 7a 00 f8 68 df 71 65 58 df 71 65 6c df 71 65 .z..h.qeX.qel.qe

6571df54: 60 df 71 65 0c 2b 00 f8 bc 2a 00 f8 84 df 71 65 `.qe.+...*....qe

6571df64: 70 df 71 65 e4 7d 04 f8 08 2b 00 f8 0d 00 00 00 p.qe.}...+......

6571df74: 0a 00 00 30 40 00 00 00 54 65 73 74 44 6d 61 53 ...0@...TestDmaS

6571df84: 69 6d 04 f8 a9 4b 40 00 b8 df 71 65 9c df 71 65 im...K@...qe..qe

6571df94: 2c be 00 f8 2c bd 00 f8 38 4c 40 0d 01 00 00 00 ,...,...8L@.....

6571dfa4: 00 00 00 00 84 2d 02 f8 d4 df 71 65 bc df 71 65 .....-....qe..qe

6571dfb4: b8 2d 02 f8 dc bd 00 f8 54 a4 00 f8 00 00 00 00 .-......T.......

6571dfc4: ac da 01 f8 10 00 00 60 d8 df 71 65 70 74 00 f8 .......`..qept..

6571dfd4: b8 da 01 f8 d4 4e 40 00 20 f7 16 f8 d0 4e 40 00 .....N@. ....N@.

6571dfe4: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ec 4e 40 00 40 00 00 00 .........N@.@...

</codeblock> <p>We can look for potential ROM addresses by scanning the log

and look up the corresponding function name in the symbol file generated <xref href="GUID-DA62FD4F-2E74-5B2F-B703-4A40DF5F01CA.dita">using the MAKSYM tool</xref> .

The first one is <codeph>0xF8170414</codeph> at offset <codeph>4</codeph> in

the memory dump. </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-3197B03A-FD94-5D78-B699-22BDCE71DD1D"><p>Alternatively, we can

use the <filepath>printsym.pl</filepath> perl script, passing it the dump

output. The following is part of the output: </p> <codeblock id="GUID-B4289E03-6E98-591D-9E26-CEEDC3CD9437" xml:space="preserve">R:\base\e32\rombuild&gt;perl -S printsym.pl ASSABETARM4D.symbol

ROM Symbols from ASSABETARM4D.symbol

Please enter data to be decoded

6571de54: 07 00 00 10 14 04 17 f8 00 00 00 00 d4 4e 40 00 .............N@.

= 10000007 ....    

= f8170414 ....  etext=. + 0x0

= 00000000 ....

= 00404ed4 .N@.

6571de64: e8 de 71 65 74 de 71 65 74 fb 16 f8 88 28 03 f8 ..qet.qet....(..

= 6571dee8 ..qe

= 6571de74 t.qe

= f816fb74 t...  DDmaTestChannel::DoCreate(int, TDesC8 const *, TVersion const &

) + 0x24

= f8032888 .(..  Kern::Fault(char const *, int) + 0xc

6571de74: 0c d4 03 f8 64 35 03 f8 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ....d5..........

= f803d40c ....  RHeap::Alloc(int) + 0xf4

= f8033564 d5..  Kern::MutexSignal(DMutex &) + 0xc

= 00000000 ....

= 00000000 ....

[............ truncated ...............]

= f801da84 ....  DLogicalDevice::ChannelCreate(DLogicalChannelBase *&, TChannelC

reateInfo &) + 0xd0

= f816fb5c \...  DDmaTestChannel::DoCreate(int, TDesC8 const *, TVersion const &

) + 0xc

= 00404e00 .N@.

= 00000000 ....

6571def4: 00 4e 40 00 00 00 00 00 d3 00 00 00 ec 4e 40 00 .N@..........N@.

= 00404e00 .N@.

= 00000000 ....

= 000000d3 ....

= 00404eec .N@.

6571df04: d4 df 71 65 14 df 71 65 e0 db 01 f8 c0 d9 01 f8 ..qe..qe........

= 6571dfd4 ..qe

= 6571df14 ..qe

= f801dbe0 ....  ExecHandler::ChannelCreate(TDesC8 const &, TChannelCreateInfo &

, int) + 0x134

= f801d9c0 ....  DLogicalDevice::ChannelCreate(DLogicalChannelBase *&, TChannelC

reateInfo &) + 0xc

[.......................... truncated .........................]

= f8022db8 .-..  ExecHandler::DebugPrint(void *, int) + 0x34

= f800bddc ....  A::UserDebugPrint(unsigned char const *, int, int) + 0xc

= f800a454 T...  EpocSlowExecTable + 0xc

= 00000000 ....

6571dfc4: ac da 01 f8 10 00 00 60 d8 df 71 65 70 74 00 f8 .......`..qept..

= f801daac ....  ExecHandler::ChannelCreate(TDesC8 const &, TChannelCreateInfo &

, int) + 0x0

= 60000010 ...`

= 6571dfd8 ..qe

= f8007470 pt..  __ArmVectorSwi + 0xd8

6571dfd4: b8 da 01 f8 d4 4e 40 00 20 f7 16 f8 d0 4e 40 00 .....N@. ....N@.

= f801dab8 ....  ExecHandler::ChannelCreate(TDesC8 const &, TChannelCreateInfo &

, int) + 0xc

= 00404ed4 .N@.

= f816f720  ...  etext=. + 0x560

= 00404ed0 .N@.

6571dfe4: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ec 4e 40 00 40 00 00 00 .........N@.@...

= 00000000 ....

= 00000000 ....

= 00404eec .N@.

= 00000040 @...

^C

R:\base\e32\rombuild>

</codeblock> <p>There are several false positives in this output (and even

more in the truncated parts). So some study of the source code is needed to

discard the noise and find the actual call stack. Here it is (innermost frame

first): </p> <ul>

<li id="GUID-C83CA525-1731-56BC-8C98-4AEEB5809780"><p> <codeph>Kern::Fault</codeph>  </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-40B7B48A-F6A0-5CD6-9C0C-2E432FF760BA"><p> <codeph>DDmaTestChannel::DoCreate</codeph>  </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-E9327B91-F69C-5BC1-B964-FE1B90CA314C"><p> <codeph>ExecHandler::ChannelCreate</codeph>  </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-0391ADD8-EF56-51F9-987F-B9111903EAC7"><p> <codeph> __ArmVectorSwi</codeph>  </p> </li>

</ul> <p>Note that for the sake of the example, a call to <xref href="GUID-C6946ECB-775F-3EC2-A56F-78F25B9FBE3D.dita#GUID-C6946ECB-775F-3EC2-A56F-78F25B9FBE3D/GUID-45337A03-5893-3D0D-948C-23BDCF8AECBD"><apiname>Kern::Fault()</apiname></xref> was

deliberately inserted into <xref href="GUID-63F99C5E-55C4-305B-BA86-CF73B0CF1520.dita#GUID-63F99C5E-55C4-305B-BA86-CF73B0CF1520/GUID-F0A1E76C-A0E1-39C9-845C-BE19FE2EB415"><apiname>DDmaTestChannel::DoCreate()</apiname></xref>. </p> <p>All

other function names are false positives and should be ignored. </p> </li>

</ul> </section>

<section id="GUID-7F160B0F-9921-578B-B9B0-7CC4CA3B24C3"><title>Walking through

the call stack</title> <p>The heuristic method is quick but produces lots

of false positives. Another option is to manually reconstitute the call stack

from the memory dump. This is relatively easy for debug builds because GCC

uses R11 as a frame pointer (FP) and generates the same prologue/epilogue

for every function. </p> <p>For release builds, there is no generic solution.

It is necessary to check the generated assembler code as there is no standard

prologue/epilogue and R11 is not used as frame pointer. </p> <p>A typical

prologue for a debug ARM function looks like this: </p> <codeblock id="GUID-9C1F71E0-5F2A-50FF-ABD2-035EB9B5B4D9" xml:space="preserve">mov        ip, sp

stmfd    sp!, {fp, ip, lr, pc}

sub        fp, ip, #4        /* FP now points to base of stack frame */

sub        sp, sp, #16    /* space for local variables */

</codeblock> <p>noting that: <codeph>SP = R13</codeph>, <codeph>FP = R11</codeph>, <codeph>IP

=           R12</codeph>, <codeph>LR = R14</codeph>, and <codeph>PC = R15</codeph>. </p> <p>This

code creates the following stack frame: </p> <fig id="GUID-5CE044A2-CDD0-5A09-B824-BAF46324AB27">

<image href="GUID-F12437C5-BD96-5B43-AD76-614CFAB104D2_d0e69275_href.png" placement="inline"/>

</fig> <p>Looking at the example session listed in when <xref href="GUID-1E43E258-A926-5D24-B0A5-8756491C687F.dita#GUID-1E43E258-A926-5D24-B0A5-8756491C687F/GUID-877742A5-F07F-54B6-B871-255FAAE790EB">tracing through the stack heuristically</xref>. in which the crash is due

to a panic, the FP value is the R11 value; this is <codeph>0x6571de70</codeph>.

This gives us the innermost stack frame: </p> <codeblock id="GUID-DE5FFB23-A85D-562F-858B-CFF407448E36" xml:space="preserve">6571de64:    e8 de 71 65 &lt;------------- pointer to previous stack frame 

            74 de 71 65 

            74 fb 16 f8 <------------- Saved return address 

            88 28 03 f8 <------------- FP points to this word

</codeblock> <p>Looking up the saved return address, <codeph>0xf816fb74</codeph>,

in the symbol file shows that the current function was called from <codeph>DDmaChannel::DoCreate()</codeph>. </p> <codeblock id="GUID-576615AE-2253-595C-97F5-1DC05F79B750" xml:space="preserve">f816fb50    0198    DDmaTestChannel::DoCreate(int, TDesC8 const *, TVersion const &amp;)

f816fce8    007c    DDmaTestChannel::~DDmaTestChannel(void)

f816fd64    0294    DDmaTestChannel::Request(int, void *, void *)

</codeblock> <p>Using the pointer to the previous stack frame saved into the

current frame, we can decode the next frame: </p> <codeblock id="GUID-570DB2F6-A76F-5858-816F-7A0E8562B35A" xml:space="preserve">6571ded4:    1c c4 03 64 

            f8 02 00 64 

            10 df 71 65 <------------- pointer to previous stack frame 

            ec de 71 65 

6571dee4:    84 da 01 f8 <------------- saved return address 

            5c fb 16 f8 <------------- start of second stack frame 

            00 4e 40 00 

            00 00 00 00 

</codeblock> <p>Looking up the saved return address, <codeph>0xf801da84</codeph>,

in the symbol file shows that <codeph>DDmaTestChannel::DoCreate()</codeph> was

called from <codeph>DLogicalDevice::ChannelCreate()</codeph>. </p> <codeblock id="GUID-B36A9D49-5414-5CC3-8CBF-A2A0EE332B3C" xml:space="preserve">f801d9b4    00f8    DLogicalDevice::ChannelCreate(DLogicalChannelBase *&amp;, TChannelCreateInfo &amp;)

f801daac    01b8    ExecHandler::ChannelCreate(TDesC8 const &, TChannelCreateInfo &, int)

f801dc64    00e4    ExecHandler::ChannelRequest(DLogicalChannelBase *, int, void *, void *)

</codeblock> <p>And here is the third stack frame: </p> <codeblock id="GUID-B07DEA17-BA2F-5FEA-8781-E44682BE2D1D" xml:space="preserve">6571df04:    d4 df 71 65 &lt;------------- pointer to previous stack frame 

            14 df 71 65 

            e0 db 01 f8 <------------- saved return address 

            c0 d9 01 f8 <------------- start of third stack frame 

</codeblock> <p>So <codeph>DLogicalDevice::ChannelCreate()</codeph> was called

from <codeph>ExecHandler::ChannelCreate()</codeph>. </p> <p>Note that this

mechanical way of walking the stack is valid only for debug functions. For

release functions, it is necessary to study the code generated by the compiler. </p> <p>For

completness, this is a typical prologue for a debug THUMB function: </p> <codeblock id="GUID-2DC6601E-6304-5638-A1F6-F44F1AB26288" xml:space="preserve">push    { r7, lr }

sub        sp, #28

add        r7, sp, #12 /* R7 is THUMB frame pointer */

</codeblock> <p>and this creates the following stack frame: </p> <fig id="GUID-85FAEE94-6D61-5D6B-84CB-6A9491927077">

<image href="GUID-5CF162CA-4395-58AC-A318-2BF178276A57_d0e69352_href.png" placement="inline"/>

</fig> <p>A call stack can mix ARM and THUMB frames. Odd return addresses

are used for THUMB code and even ones for ARM code. </p> </section>

</conbody></concept>