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Re: generating functions and eh region
"Vincent R." <forumer@smartmobili.com> writes:
> Once again what I describe above is simplified because when seh is used,
> there is a mechanism
> called virtual unwiding that I didn't explained but that is the reason to
> store the prologue length.
It's worth noting that in gcc the "prologue length" is normally an
undefined concept. gcc can and will schedule prologue instructions
interleaved with non-prologue instructions. This can be prevented by
using a blockage instruction, at the cost of some runtime performance.
Ian