New get_function_stack function
Return a list of all the function names currently in the call stack.
Change-Id: If37bef50f4b4d4fb467de92c5bb3ff23c7e4ac4d
Signed-off-by: Michael Walsh <micwalsh@us.ibm.com>
diff --git a/lib/gen_misc.py b/lib/gen_misc.py
index 6b8d560..ef0710d 100755
--- a/lib/gen_misc.py
+++ b/lib/gen_misc.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
import collections
import json
import time
+import inspect
try:
import ConfigParser
except ImportError:
@@ -580,3 +581,14 @@
"""
return time.strftime("%y%m%d.%H%M%S", time.localtime(time.time()))
+
+
+def get_function_stack():
+ r"""
+ Return a list of all the function names currently in the call stack.
+
+ This function's name will be at offset 0. This function's caller's name
+ will be at offset 1 and so on.
+ """
+
+ return [str(stack_frame[3]) for stack_frame in inspect.stack()]