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 * stack_count.c
 *
 * Header containing two functions to monitor stack usage of a program.
 *
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 * Copyright (C) 2013 Timo Bingmann <tb@panthema.net>
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#include "stack_count.h"

#include <inttypes.h>

/* default stack size on Linux is 8 MiB, so fill 75% of it. */
static const size_t stacksize = 6*1024*1024;

/* "clear" the stack by writing a sentinel value into it. */
void* stack_count_clear(void)
{
    const size_t asize = stacksize / sizeof(uint32_t);
    uint32_t stack[asize]; /* allocated on stack */
    uint32_t* p = stack;
    while ( p < stack + asize ) *p++ = 0xDEADC0DEu;
    return p;
}

/* checks the maximum usage of the stack since the last clear call. */
size_t stack_count_usage(void* lastbase)
{
    const size_t asize = stacksize / sizeof(uint32_t);
    uint32_t* p = (uint32_t*)lastbase - asize; /* calculate top of last clear. */
    while ( *p == 0xDEADC0DEu ) ++p;
    return ((uint32_t*)lastbase - p) * sizeof(uint32_t);
}

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