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Re: Using the stack from inline assembly
On 14/12/16 10:01, Segher Boessenkool wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 09:49:32AM +0000, Andrew Haley wrote:
>> On 13/12/16 18:15, Segher Boessenkool wrote:
>>> Clobbering "memory" does not work here. Clobbering "rsp" however seems
>>> to work. But, "seems to", I don't think there is a guarantee anywhere.
>>> Clobbering the stack pointer forces the use of the frame pointer, but is
>>> that guaranteed even?
>>
>> No, I think we shouldn't do that. If it's necessary to save things on
>> the stack all we need to do is to avoid the red zone. That really isn't
>> hard.
>
> That was a workaround for doing this with released compiler versions,
> like e.g. anything you build current glibc with.
But so is my suggestion, and it's much safer IMO.
Andrew.