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/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later */
/*
 * Copyright (C) 2021, Ideas on Board Oy
 *
 * backtrace.h - Call stack backtraces
 */

#include <libcamera/base/backtrace.h>

#if HAVE_BACKTRACE
#include <execinfo.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#endif

#include <sstream>

#include <libcamera/base/span.h>

/**
 * \file backtrace.h
 * \brief Generate call stack backtraces
 */

namespace libcamera {

/**
 * \class Backtrace
 * \brief Representation of a call stack backtrace
 *
 * The Backtrace class represents a function call stack. Constructing an
 * instance captures the call stack at the point the instance is constructed.
 * The instance can later be used to access the call stack and to generate a
 * human-readable representation with the toString() function.
 *
 * Depending on the platform, different backends can be used to generate the
 * backtrace. The Backtrace class provides a best effort to capture accurate
 * backtraces, but doesn't offer any guarantee of a particular backtrace format.
 */

/**
 * \brief Construct a backtrace
 *
 * The backtrace captures the call stack at the point where it is constructed.
 * It can later be converted to a string with toString().
 */
Backtrace::Backtrace()
{
#if HAVE_BACKTRACE
	backtrace_.resize(32);

	int num_entries = backtrace(backtrace_.data(), backtrace_.size());
	if (num_entries < 0) {
		backtrace_.clear();
		return;
	}

	backtrace_.resize(num_entries);
#endif
}

/**
 * \brief Convert a backtrace to a string representation
 * \param[in] skipLevels Number of initial levels to skip in the backtrace
 *
 * The string representation of the backtrace is a multi-line string, with one
 * line per call stack entry. The format of the entries isn't specified and is
 * platform-dependent.
 *
 * The \a skipLevels parameter indicates how many initial entries to skip from
 * the backtrace. This can be used to hide functions that wrap the construction
 * of the Backtrace instance from the call stack. The Backtrace constructor
 * itself is automatically skipped and never shown in the backtrace.
 *
 * If backtrace generation fails for any reason (usually because the platform
 * doesn't support this feature), an empty string is returned.
 *
 * \return A string representation of the backtrace, or an empty string if
 * backtrace generation isn't possible
 */
std::string Backtrace::toString(unsigned int skipLevels) const
{
	/* Skip the first entry, corresponding to the Backtrace construction. */
	skipLevels += 1;

	if (backtrace_.size() <= skipLevels)
		return std::string();

#if HAVE_BACKTRACE
	Span<void *const> trace{ backtrace_ };
	trace = trace.subspan(skipLevels);

	char **strings = backtrace_symbols(trace.data(), trace.size());
	if (strings) {
		std::ostringstream msg;

		for (unsigned int i = 0; i < trace.size(); ++i)
			msg << strings[i] << std::endl;

		free(strings);
		return msg.str();
	}
#endif

	return std::string();
}

} /* namespace libcamera */