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__builtin_apply questions
- From: Eric Botcazou <ebotcazou at libertysurf dot fr>
- To: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2003 11:36:14 +0200
- Subject: __builtin_apply questions
Hi,
Firstly, the docs contain these sentence for __builtin_apply_args:
The function saves the arg pointer register, structure value
address, and all registers that might be used to pass arguments to
a function into a block of memory allocated on the stack. Then it
returns the address of that block.
What is the "structure value address"? Is it a typo for "return value
address"?
Secondly, the docs contain these sentence for __builtin_apply:
It is not always simple to compute the proper value for SIZE. The
value is used by `__builtin_apply' to compute the amount of data
that should be pushed on the stack and copied from the incoming
argument area.
How should it be interpreted for an ABI (namely SPARC) where the first
arguments are passed in registers (and the rest on the stack) but where room
is always reserved for them on the stack by the caller (for eventual use by
the callee) but not filled by the caller? As the size of the whole area
allocated by the caller or that of the area allocated for the arguments not
passed in registers?
--
Eric Botcazou