Add the HAVE_INIJMP symbol to be set by architectures that support
initjmp(), a non-standard extension to setjmp()/longjmp() allowing to
initialize a jump buffer with a function pointer and a stack pointer.
This will be useful to later introduce threads. With this new function
it becomes possible to longjmp() to a particular function pointer
(rather than to a point previously reached during program execution as
is the case with setjmp()), and with a custom stack. Both things are
needed to spin off a new thread. Then the usual setjmp()/longjmp() pair
is enough to save and restore a context, i.e., switch thread.
Add the initjmp() prototype to <include/setjmp.h> since it is common to
all architectures.
Add an entry to the API documentation: doc/api/setjmp.rst.
Signed-off-by: Jerome Forissier <jerome.foriss...@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodi...@linaro.org>
---
arch/Kconfig | 7 +++++++
doc/api/index.rst | 1 +
doc/api/setjmp.rst | 10 ++++++++++
include/setjmp.h | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
4 files changed, 47 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 doc/api/setjmp.rst
diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
index 35b19f9bfdc..14111ca14fb 100644
--- a/arch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -13,6 +13,13 @@ config HAVE_SETJMP
help
The architecture supports setjmp() and longjmp().
+config HAVE_INITJMP
+ bool
+ depends on HAVE_SETJMP
+ help
+ The architecture supports initjmp(), a non-standard companion to
+ setjmp() and longjmp().
+
config SUPPORT_BIG_ENDIAN
bool
diff --git a/doc/api/index.rst b/doc/api/index.rst
index a108718ea99..0dc9ad45d41 100644
--- a/doc/api/index.rst
+++ b/doc/api/index.rst
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ U-Boot API documentation
rng
sandbox
serial
+ setjmp
sysreset
timer
unicode
diff --git a/doc/api/setjmp.rst b/doc/api/setjmp.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7718047085c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/api/setjmp.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+Long jump API
+=============
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/setjmp.h
+ :doc: Overview
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/setjmp.h
+ :internal:
diff --git a/include/setjmp.h b/include/setjmp.h
index 37d3a8af85d..8b2ff66a4c2 100644
--- a/include/setjmp.h
+++ b/include/setjmp.h
@@ -3,12 +3,26 @@
#ifndef _SETJMP_H_
#define _SETJMP_H_ 1
+/**
+ * DOC: Overview
+ *
+ * The long jump API allows to perform nonlocal gotos, that is jump from one
+ * function to another typically further down in the stack, while properly
+ * restoring the stack's state (unwinding). The two functions needed to do this
+ * are setjmp() and longjmp().
+ *
+ * In addition to these two standard POSIX.1-2001/C89 functions, a third one is
+ * present in U-Boot: initjmp(). It is an extension which allows to implement
+ * user-mode threads.
+ */
+
#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_SETJMP
#include <asm/setjmp.h>
#else
struct jmp_buf_data {
};
#endif
+#include <linux/compiler_attributes.h>
/**
* typedef jmp_buf - information needed to restore a calling environment
@@ -37,4 +51,19 @@ int setjmp(jmp_buf env);
*/
void longjmp(jmp_buf env, int val);
+/**
+ * initjmp() - prepare for a long jump to a given function with a given stack
+ *
+ * This function sets up a jump buffer for later use with longjmp(). It allows
+ * to branch to a specific function with a specific stack. Please note that
+ * @func MUST NOT return. It shall typically restore the main stack and resume
+ * execution by doing a long jump to a jump buffer initialized by setjmp()
+ * before the long jump. initjmp() allows to implement multithreading.
+ *
+ * @env: jump buffer
+ * @func: function to be called on longjmp(), MUST NOT RETURN
+ * @stack: the stack to be used by @func
+ */
+int initjmp(jmp_buf env, void __noreturn (*func)(void), void *stack);
+
#endif /* _SETJMP_H_ */
--
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