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Re: i386 nonlocal_goto_receiver patch


>>>>> John Wehle <john@feith.com> writes:

> This patch removes the nonlocal_goto_receiver pattern since all it
> does is restore the global table pointer which is in the PIC register.
> The documentation in md.texi indicates that a nonlocal goto only
> happens within a unit-of-translation and as a result doesn't need
> to restore the global table pointer since it's already correct.

Hmm...but exceptions also use the nonlocal_goto_receiver.

Jason


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