userspace stack start and end

[Peter Teoh]

and look into the function "print_context_stack()" which will teach u how
to identify the start/end of stack, whether the address is valid, how to
traverse from one frame to another (using RBP / EBP of course, so CONFIG
for framepointer is definitely needed).


On Sat, Aug 2, 2014 at 12:22 AM, Peter Teoh <htmldeveloper at gmail.com> wrote:

> FYI, there are many different types of kernel stack:
>
> http://www.x86-64.org/pipermail/discuss/2005-April/005944.html
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 12:52 AM, Xin Tong <trent.tong at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I am trying to find the start and end address of the userspace stack. I
>> see in the task_struct there is start_stack. But I could not find end_start
>> anywhere in the kernel code ?
>>
>> Can someone please tell me how to find the end of the stack ?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Xin
>>
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> Regards,
> Peter Teoh
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Regards,
Peter Teoh
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