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Re: bounds checking and traps
- From: James E Wilson <wilson at specifixinc dot com>
- To: Jan Beulich <JBeulich at novell dot com>
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 16:42:48 -0700
- Subject: Re: bounds checking and traps
- References: <s11a3915.034@emea1-mh.id2.novell.com>
Jan Beulich wrote:
When I came across the x86 backend emitting int 5 instructions I
wondered what that would be good for
These are standard named patterns. Grep for "gen_trap", and note where
it is called.
Yes, this may need to be OS dependent.
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Jim Wilson, GNU Tools Support, http://www.SpecifixInc.com