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Re: Status of GCC memory checking, -fcheck-memory-usage
On Fri, Feb 08, 2002 at 03:57:16PM +0100, Lars Brinkhoff wrote:
> Tristan Gingold <tgingold@ipricot.com> writes:
> > On Fri, Feb 08, 2002 at 02:46:24PM +0100, Carlo Wood wrote:
> > > On Fri, Feb 08, 2002 at 11:00:59AM +0100, Lars Brinkhoff wrote:
> > > > The first URL I sent you hinted that a new memory checker,
> > > > implemented as a separate pass over trees, could be accepted.
> > > Is anyone working on that?
> > I don't think so. IMHO, a simple separate pass over trees is not
> > enough.
>
> In http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2001-01/msg01226.html, you wrote:
> > I think a separate pass on tree is the right way to do the job (RTL
> > i really too late), but is there a single point of entry?
>
> What has caused you to change your mind?
You can do a pass on the tree, but this is not enough since you need to set the
right for the subprogram arguments. I think this cannot be done at the TREE
level.
Tristan.