}
/**
- * dwarf_unwind_stack - recursively unwind the stack
+ * dwarf_unwind_stack - unwind the stack
+ *
* @pc: address of the function to unwind
* @prev: struct dwarf_frame of the previous stackframe on the callstack
*
unsigned long addr;
/*
- * If this is the first invocation of this recursive function we
- * need get the contents of a physical register to get the CFA
- * in order to begin the virtual unwinding of the stack.
+ * If we're starting at the top of the stack we need get the
+ * contents of a physical register to get the CFA in order to
+ * begin the virtual unwinding of the stack.
*
* NOTE: the return address is guaranteed to be setup by the
* time this function makes its first function call.
fde = dwarf_lookup_fde(pc);
if (!fde) {
/*
- * This is our normal exit path - the one that stops the
- * recursion. There's two reasons why we might exit
- * here,
+ * This is our normal exit path. There are two reasons
+ * why we might exit here,
*
* a) pc has no asscociated DWARF frame info and so
* we don't know how to unwind this frame. This is
} else {
/*
- * Again, this is the first invocation of this
- * recurisve function. We need to physically
- * read the contents of a register in order to
- * get the Canonical Frame Address for this
+ * Again, we're starting from the top of the
+ * stack. We need to physically read
+ * the contents of a register in order to get
+ * the Canonical Frame Address for this
* function.
*/
frame->cfa = dwarf_read_arch_reg(frame->cfa_register);