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Re: [PATCH] Fix FFI return type for closures in the java interpreter
- From: Tom Tromey <tom at tromey dot com>
- To: Matthew Fortune <Matthew dot Fortune at imgtec dot com>
- Cc: Tom Tromey <tom at tromey dot com>, "java-patches\ at gcc dot gnu dot org" <java-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>, "'gcc-patches\ at gcc dot gnu dot org' \(gcc-patches\ at gcc dot gnu dot org\)" <gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>, "per\ at bothner dot com" <per at bothner dot com>, "aph\ at redhat dot com" <aph at redhat dot com>, Aurelien Jarno <aurelien at aurel32 dot net>
- Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2016 15:22:08 -0600
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix FFI return type for closures in the java interpreter
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>>>>> "Matthew" == Matthew Fortune <Matthew.Fortune@imgtec.com> writes:
Matthew> I'm not sure this will matter if the only arch is x86 as
Matthew> ffi_arg will be 32-bit anyway there.
Aha, right. Thanks for looking.
Matthew> There would need to be a
Matthew> 64bit arch using the raw api. I don't really understand what
Matthew> the raw api is, the references to it in the code seemed
Matthew> cryptic.
IIRC it's to exploit the x86 calling convention to make ffi calls a bit
more efficient for libgcj.
Tom