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Re: [patch][rfa] Do not call output_constant from the front end
On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 12:23 AM, Steven Bosscher <stevenb.gcc@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 11:51 PM, Steven Bosscher <stevenb.gcc@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 11:07 PM, Eric Botcazou <ebotcazou@adacore.com> wrote:
>>>> With this patch a variable named "_Jv_CLS" is written out. The
>>>> assembly before and after the patch is the same, except for the
>>>> variable name. I want to write out a nameless variable but I don't
>>>> know how.
>>>
>>> Try tree_output_constant_def.
>>
>> I didn't know about this function. But as far as I can tell, there is
>> no way to instruct that function to put the data in a specific
>> section. In the Java case, the data must be put in the .jcr section. I
>> suppose that can be achieved with a bit more re-working of varasm, but
>> not with the code as-is. Thanks for the pointer, though!
>
> It also doesn't appear to be possible to adjust the alignment via
> tree_output_constant_def(), so going down that path seems more trouble
> than it's worth.
>
> Therefore, an RFA for the attached patch. Bootstrapped&tested on
> powerpc64-unknown-linux-gnu. OK?
Ok.
Thanks for applying TLC to Java.
Richard.
> Ciao!
> Steven