walnux/Documentation/debugging/stackcheck.rst
guoshengyuan1 a3e63c44dd Document: add information for stack overflow check on context switching
Updated documentation to explain how to enable detection during context switching.

Co-authored-by: Chengdong Wang <wangchengdong@lixiang.com>
Signed-off-by: guoshengyuan1 <guoshengyuan1@xiaomi.com>
2025-09-27 12:56:11 +08:00

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Stack Overflow Check
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Overview
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Currently NuttX supports three types of stack overflow detection:
1. Stack Overflow Software Check During Function Call
2. Stack Overflow Software Check During Context Switching
3. Stack Overflow Hardware Check
4. Stack Canary Check
The software stack detection during function call includes two implementation ideas:
1. Implemented by coloring the stack memory
2. Implemented by comparing the sp and sl registers
The software stack detection during context switching includes two implementation ideas:
1. Implemented by coloring the stack memory
2. Implemented by checking the bottom memory of the stack and the sp register
Support
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Software and hardware stack overflow detection implementation,
currently only implemented on ARM Cortex-M (32-bit) series chips
Stack Canary Check is available on all platforms
Stack Overflow Software Check During Function Call
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1. Memory Coloring Implementation Principle
1. Before using the stack, Thread will refresh the stack area to 0xdeadbeef
2. When Thread is running, it will overwrite 0xdeadbeef
3. up_check_tcbstack() detects 0xdeadbeef to get the stack peak value
Usage:
Enable CONFIG_STACK_COLORATION
2. Compare sp and sl
When compiling the program, keep r10 and use r10 as stackbase::
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ARCHOPTIMIZATION += -finstrument-functions -ffixed-r10
Each function will automatically add the following when entering and exiting:
__cyg_profile_func_enter
__cyg_profile_func_exit
Usage:
Enable CONFIG_ARMV8M_STACKCHECK or CONFIG_ARMV7M_STACKCHECK
Stack Overflow Software Check During Context Switching
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1. Determine by detecting the number of bytes specified at the bottom of the stack.
2. Check if the sp register is out of bounds.
Usage:
Enable CONFIG_STACKCHECK_SOFTWARE
You can set the detection length by STACKCHECK_MARGIN
Stack Overflow Hardware Check
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1. Set MSPLIM PSPLIM when context switching
2. Each time sp is operated, the hardware automatically compares sp and PSPLIM. If sp is lower than PSPLIM, crash
Usage:
Enable CONFIG_ARMV8M_STACKCHECK_HARDWARE
Stack Canary Check
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1. Add a canary value to the stack
2. When the thread is running, the canary value is overwritten
3. When the thread is running, the canary value is compared with the original value
4. If the value is different, it means that the stack is overflowed
Usage:
Enable CONFIG_STACK_CANARIES