NAME
__builtin_return_address —
the return address of a
function
SYNOPSIS
void *
__builtin_return_address(unsigned
int level);
void *
__builtin_frame_address(unsigned
int level);
DESCRIPTION
The__builtin_return_address()
is a GNU extension for obtaining the return address of the current function or
one of the callers of the current function.
The parameter level specifies the number of frames that should be scanned up in the call stack. A value 0 returns the address of the current function, a value 1 requests the address of the caller of the current function, a value 2 asks for the address of the caller's caller, and so forth. If the top of the call stack has been reached, the function will return 0. Note also that on some architectures it is only possible to determine the address of the current function. In such cases a value 0 is returned. Thus, it is usually safe to only use the value 0 for level.
The
__builtin_frame_address()
behaves similarly, but returns the address of the function frame rather than
the return address of the function.
SEE ALSO
CAVEATS
These are non-standard, compiler-specific extensions.