arch: introduce initjmp() and Kconfig symbol HAVE_INITJMP

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.forissier@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas@linaro.org>
This commit is contained in:
Jerome Forissier
2025-04-18 16:09:29 +02:00
committed by Tom Rini
parent 278be62c05
commit 1c8e166fb5
4 changed files with 50 additions and 0 deletions

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@@ -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

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@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ U-Boot API documentation
rng
sandbox
serial
setjmp
sysreset
timer
unicode

10
doc/api/setjmp.rst Normal file
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@@ -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:

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@@ -3,12 +3,27 @@
#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>
#include <stddef.h>
/**
* typedef jmp_buf - information needed to restore a calling environment
@@ -37,4 +52,21 @@ 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_base: the stack to be used by @func (lower address)
* @stack_sz: the stack size in bytes
*/
int initjmp(jmp_buf env, void __noreturn (*func)(void), void *stack_base,
size_t stack_sz);
#endif /* _SETJMP_H_ */