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Re: End markers for functions.

To: akpm at zip dot com dot au (Andrew Morton)
Subject: Re: End markers for functions.
From: Andi Kleen <ak at muc dot de>
Date: 17 Nov 1999 22:29:37 +0100
cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
References: <199911171024.VAA01137@gluttony.geoffk.wattle.id.au> <38329095.DFA30F6@zipworld.com.au>

akpm@zip.com.au (Andrew Morton) writes:
> 
> What advantage does this have over searching the symtab for the
> highest-address function symbol which is less than the PC?

For some things you want to preprocess the assembler output of the 
compiler before feeding it into the assembler. Given you're working on 
assembly source  you have no symbol table or a PC, the symbol table only 
exists after assembling/linking.

-Andi

-- 
This is like TV. I don't like TV.

References:
- End markers for functions.
  - From: Geoff Keating
- Re: End markers for functions.
  - From: Andrew Morton

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