In another exemplary embodiment, a non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions is provided. The computer-executable instructions, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to detect a first exception while executing a software process. The computer-executable instructions further cause the processor to, responsive to detecting the first exception, transfer program control to an exception handler corresponding to the first exception. The computer-executable instructions also cause the processor to execute a store operation within the exception handler to store state data in an exception stack. The computer-executable instructions additionally cause the processor to detect a second exception while executing the store operation. The computer-executable instructions further cause the processor to determine that the second exception should be handled as a stack panic fault exception. The computer-executable instructions also cause the processor to, responsive to determining that the second exception should be handled as a stack panic fault exception, save stack panic fault exception state data in a plurality of dedicated stack panic fault exception state registers of the processor, and transfer program control to a stack panic fault exception handler corresponding to the stack panic fault exception.

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