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+/* Get previous frame state for an existing frame state using frame pointers.
+   Copyright (C) 2017 Red Hat, Inc.
+   This file is part of elfutils.
+
+   This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of either
+
+     * the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free
+       Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+       your option) any later version
+
+   or
+
+     * the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+       Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at
+       your option) any later version
+
+   or both in parallel, as here.
+
+   elfutils is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+   WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received copies of the GNU General Public License and
+   the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this program.  If
+   not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+# include <config.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <assert.h>
+
+#define BACKEND i386_
+#include "libebl_CPU.h"
+
+/* Register numbers for frame and stack pointers.  We take advantage of
+   them being next to each other when calling getfunc and setfunc.  */
+#define ESP 4
+#define EBP (ESP + 1)
+
+/* Most basic frame pointer chasing with EBP as frame pointer.
+   PC = *(FP + 4), SP = FP + 8, FP = *FP.  */
+bool
+i386_unwind (Ebl *ebl __attribute__ ((unused)),
+	     Dwarf_Addr pc __attribute__ ((unused)),
+	     ebl_tid_registers_t *setfunc, ebl_tid_registers_get_t *getfunc,
+	     ebl_pid_memory_read_t *readfunc, void *arg,
+	     bool *signal_framep __attribute__ ((unused)))
+{
+  /* sp = 0, fp = 1 */
+  Dwarf_Word regs[2];
+
+  /* Get current stack and frame pointers.  */
+  if (! getfunc (ESP, 2, regs, arg))
+    return false;
+
+  Dwarf_Word sp = regs[0];
+  Dwarf_Word fp = regs[1];
+
+  /* Sanity check.  We only support traditional stack frames.  */
+  if (fp == 0 || sp == 0 || fp < sp)
+    return false;
+
+  /* Get the return address from the stack, it is our new pc.  */
+  Dwarf_Word ret_addr;
+  if (! readfunc (fp + 4, &ret_addr, arg) || ret_addr == 0)
+    return false;
+
+  /* Get new sp and fp.  Sanity check again.  */
+  sp = fp + 8;
+  if (! readfunc (fp, &fp, arg) || fp == 0 || sp >= fp)
+    return false;
+
+  /* Set new sp, fp and pc.  */
+  regs[0] = sp;
+  regs[1] = fp;
+  if (! setfunc (ESP, 2, regs, arg) || ! setfunc (-1, 1, &ret_addr, arg))
+    return false;
+
+  return true;
+}