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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