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Re: [google/main][RFA] change i386 pc_thunk prefix to be "__x86"
- From: Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gmail dot com>
- To: Chris Demetriou <cgd at google dot com>
- Cc: Diego Novillo <dnovillo at google dot com>, gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Mon, 2 May 2011 11:49:18 -0700
- Subject: Re: [google/main][RFA] change i386 pc_thunk prefix to be "__x86"
- References: <BANLkTi=j1cnbqS=bpDwOQ66ojdStABvBLg@mail.gmail.com>
On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 2:14 PM, Chris Demetriou <cgd@google.com> wrote:
> Makes -S output more easily preprocessable -- otherwise, the __i686 in
> __i686.get_pc_think.reg chokes things.
IIRC the reason why it uses __i686 is because 586 and before does not
need to worry about the return stack addresses.
And really I think having a name which is not able to be produced by a
C code is the best.
Thanks,
Andrew Pinski