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Re: [PATCH] mudflap: remove usage of builtin_frame_address

From: Richard Henderson <rth at redhat dot com>
To: Andreas Krebbel1 <KREBBEL1 at de dot ibm dot com>
Cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org, Ulrich Weigand <Ulrich dot Weigand at de dot ibm dot com>
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 10:20:26 -0800
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mudflap: remove usage of builtin_frame_address
References: <20050113173535.GA14076@redhat.com> <OF89A69FBF.8E0636B9-ONC1256F89.0043702C-41256F89.0043D5F7@de.ibm.com>

On Fri, Jan 14, 2005 at 01:21:01PM +0100, Andreas Krebbel1 wrote:
> It works only for s390 because the frame pointer
> is always eliminated to hard frame pointer without any offset.

Why do you think this is required?  It's a pointer to "The Frame",
and "The Frame" is whatever we define it to be.  A rather useless
definition, true, but I defy you to get any useful meaning out of
it in the first place.

r~

References:
- Re: [PATCH] mudflap: remove usage of builtin_frame_address
  - From: Richard Henderson
- Re: [PATCH] mudflap: remove usage of builtin_frame_address
  - From: Andreas Krebbel1

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