rename x86 pic register

Richard Henderson rth@redhat.com
Wed May 29 15:11:00 GMT 2002


On Wed, May 29, 2002 at 05:26:37PM -0400, Jakub Jelinek wrote:
> Shouldn't it apply to non-leaf functions which call only static/module local
> functions as well?

No.  The pic register may be alive across that call, which would make it
require a call-saved register.  At which point we might as well use ebx.

Note that functions with sibcalls are still considered leaf functions.


r~



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